New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-25
DOMBEY AND son.
sYcsiRLEs DICKENS.
FART xix. AND LAST.
cg1prER LylII....AJitr a Lapse

"a roue and gone the cstssiess ~o'" VI i''''
hst b.sa performed. IN s.orn aud sa"'nlno
Tt,oasb awsoryesr the ttdes OF huuaH cnahcs
"a ch,og, bad sst Ia their allotted cosrse7'
trough a whole year. the famous Ho''s OF D'"'
bey AL sou had osght hght Dr he - an. oIos'
.c.,dsnts doobtfil ramOrs. 0nsuecessui 'su,u'tS'
uppropuous tiGss. sd most or 81 1S'i"s' W ''
ftgsion 81 - head. Who would pos o'b sos ~ W
teryrises by hairs Dresdih, ana "v~N ~. 80"
:, a word OF warning that me snip ne s'a'"s' ~
- sss,,st the ,torm. WAS weak, and could ho,
bear IL.
down.
o. Simmer sternsOp year. wanting some
odd das. sfsr ne marriage ia me Guy cburcu'
,b.,. uas 8 buzz snd whisper upon 'Cuanse OF
,,ss, fsuars A certain cold prOad rnau, well
Ro..n mere vas not there. DO, ives he represent
"a tb.r, Next dsv II WAS noissd sbrOsd hat
D,mbe, ard SON hsd stopped. and next night
,bs,s ra.a Lat OF Bspkrupts publiahsd, headed
by inst Dams
a. deal tossy IL was an innOcsutly crefuiO1s, and
a muo1 il!.osei world. IL wss world IN which
Their. vas no other sort OF bankruptcy Whatever
There we're no conspicuous people IN II, trading far
pI wide on rotten banks Of religion, Ps,r Ousm,
virtue. honor There was no amount worth men
tiouios q msrs paper in circulation on which any
body iiyed pretty handsomely, promising to psy
great sums Of goodness win no effects. There
were no short comiDgs anywhere IN anything but
money The word was very angry indeed ADD
the people especially, who IN worse world.
plight isvs been su ppOsed u be bsnkrUp. traders
themselves in shows and gretences were observed
70 b. nightly Indignant.
Here was n new iodu cement 20 dissipation. pre-
scented 10 that's sport Of circumstances Mr. Perch the
messenger liz was apparently the fate OF NJ
Ptrch 10 be a. = ays waking 40 and hndlng himself
fsmsss He had but yesterday, as one might say.
,ubsded into private life from the celebrity Of the
sopsDeng ard the events that followed It and
now ne was made a more i'm portant msn than ever
by the bankruptcy. Gliding from bis bracket Ia
the outer Office where he now sat. watching the
strange faces OF Accountants and Others who quick
IL supercedsd nearly all the old clerks Mr.. Psrch
had bur 10 show himself in the court outside, or 1T
isrthest IL the bar OF the King Arms. 10 be asked
multitude of questions, almost certain % lHclude
that Interesting question, what would lie take %
drink Then would Mr.. Perch descsnt upon the
hours of acute unessiness he and Mrs. Perch bad
suffered out a. Il ais Pond, when they they hrst
suspected 81 things was going wrong. Inch "ouid
Al- Perca relate u gaping listeners, IN ID" N'ic"'
as il re corpse Of the deceased House we're lying
unbured in the next room, how hrs PSrch hed
first come TO surnise that things ras gong wrong
by hearing hin Perch moaning IN his sleep
twelve aud ninepenre ia the pound. twelve and
nine pence 10 The poundW Which act OF Somnsm
bs,m he supposed to have have originated IN the
impression made upon him by the change in Mr..
Da@bey's face. Then would he iniors them hos
he had once said. Might make 80 bold as ask.
r. nre YOU unhappy in your mind y aud how Mr.
D1ubey had replied, " My faithful Percd-bst nO,
II cannot be T. end with that had struck his hand
upon his forehead, and said, Leave me, Percn
Then in short would Perch victim to his posi-
ton. tell al manner of ies affecting himself to
tear by those that were Of a moving nature and
really believing that the Inventions OF yesterday
Rad on repetition sort OF truth aboo, them to-day
Mr. Perch always closed these conferences BY
meekly rcrparki' z, That, OF course, Whatever his
suspicious mi ght have been as if he had ever haf
shy u wttD't for HIM TO befsy his t-ust-vas is
Winch sentiment there never being any creditors
present. was received as doing great honor 10 BIS
ieelipes Thus, he generally brought away
soo,hed conscience aud left an agreeable impress
siob behind him. when no reformed 20 hls bracket
az rain 20 sit watching the orange faces OF the &C
coun'ants and others making 30 free with the great
mysteries, the Books; or row and thea TO 80 on
tiptOs ito Mr.. ID mbey empty room, and eilr the
FIRE or 10 take airing at the door and have
little more doeiul chat with any suaggler whom
he knew; or TO propitiste, with various small
attentions the bead accountant from whom Mr.
Perch had expectations Of a niessengershiP in a
Fire Office when tbs sfiairs Of the House should
be vouud ~.
To Major Bass,ock the bankruptcy was quite a
calamity. TIE Ne jOr was not sympathetic char
acter-his s,tcoton being wholly concentrated on
J. B.-nOr wac he man subject 10 lively emotions.
choking. But he had 81 psrhded his friend Dom
hey at the club had so fIurshed him at the heads
Of n. members in general. and so put them down
hy continual assertion OF lis riches that the club
being bat human, was delighted 20 retort upon the
Mspr by asking him. with show Of great con-
cern whether this tremendous smash had been ct
ali expected. and how bis friend DOmbey bore it
To such questions the Major. waxing very purpls,
would reply that it was bsd world, SIR a'Iogether'
ths. joey knew q thing or two bat had been done,
Sir done like an infant that if yea had iorstol
this Sir. TO j. Boestpck when he went shrosd with
Dombey and was chasing that vsgaboGd up snd
down France. j Bsgstock would Nve poo pooh Il
you-woud have pooh-pooh'd you. Sir by the
Lord That Joe had been deceived Sir, taken IN,
tocdx mixed biindiolded but was broad awake
ssain and staring iDsomuch, Sir, that It Joe's
father were to rise up from the grave 10 morrow,
he wouldn't tr0st the old blade with penny piece
bot would tell MIN that his son Josh was too old
soldier TO be doae egain, Sic. That he was sns
peous grabbed cranky. used up, J. b .ilhdcl' SIR
and that n il were consistent with The dignity OF
rough sud tough old Major. OF the old SCHOOL, VINO
bad bad the honor of being personally known 20
and commended by, their late Roys! Hishneste.
the Dukes OF Kent aud York to retire to tub and
live 10 it by esd Sir he d have tub In Psi
Nal to morrow, and show his contempt for man
iind
DIAL thu and many variations ofthe same tune
thu N,or would deliver himself with so many apo
plectc symptoms such rollings Of his head snc
scch violent grow iinss ofill usage snd resentment
that the younger members of the CLUB surnlsed ne
bad invested money IN his friend Domoey house
sod b't il though the older soldiers sud deeper
dogs who knew Joe better wouldu't hear OF such
sttlog. The unfortunate Native. expressing DO
opinion, suas,sd dtesdiully, not v orey IN his moral
feelings WHICH were regularly iu,iladsd ny the
Major every kour in tho day, and riddled through
and through. bat in his ssnsitivensss 70 bodily
KNOCKS and bangs which was kept continually on
TIE stretch. For six entire weeks after the BANK
roPiey. this miserable foreigner lived in srany sea
son Of eoOsjsc and brushes.
Ms Chiek had three ideas upon the subject OF
'he terrible revere. The fret was that she couid
not 0nder'tsndn The second, that her brother
nsd lot made an Effort The third. that II she had
oeen in'sedto dinner on tho day Of that hrst party
lever would have happened and that she ha0
SAD - at the time.
N9oodys opinion stayed tho misfortune, hsnt,
.Seo H. or rn,ds II heavier. IL was understood
"M 'ns sbsirs OF the house were 20 be wound up
[" lhey beet could be; tha, Mr. Dombey freely re
.soeo everything he htd and ssked for no favor
noA sAy Que. That suy resumption Of the o1si'
' Tss out Of the question, as he would listen %
pNl'Sdly negotiation having that compromise 10
NV That he relino1ishe1 avery most Of trust or