New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-22


nera,ive; tie established narrative, which has be
con tiresome; the matter-of-course narrative. which
We al know by heart. How, after inteIminab'c a.
tendance ard ceHoepond nco, after nfiIute inperti
rtaces, icnoTances, and inSuts, my lords made a
Minute lumber three thousand four hundred and
stvef ty-two allowing the culprt 10 make certain trial
of Lis invention nj bis own expense. How the trial,
were made in tie presence Of a board Of SIX Of whom
two ancien Mt men bers too blind 20 see H. two
ctier ancient members too deaf to hear It one
other ancient member too lame TO get near IL and
the iral ancient member was too pg headed 10 look
at II. How there were more years; more imper-
Eeuccs, ignorances, and insults. How my lords then
made Minute number five thousand one hundred and
three, whereby they resigned the business 10 the Cir
cUmlOcutiCn Office How the Circumocu;ion Ofine. in
course Of time, took up the business ~ If it were
bran new thing Of yesterday which had never been
heard Of before muddled the business added the
business tossed the business in q blanket. How the
impertinences gnOrances, and insults went through
the multiplication table. How there was a reference
OF the invention TO three Barnaces and Stitstalkng
who knew nothing about Il; into whose heads nothing
could be Hammered about it; who got bored about it.
and reported physical impOssibilities about it. How
the CircumlOcution Office, in n Minute number eight
tboufand seven bundrd and forty, "saw no reason to
TeYCTse the decision ut which lords bad arrived"
How the CrcumlOcution Office, being reminded that
my lords had arrived at decision shelved the bust
ness How there had been final interview with the
head of the CrcumlOcution Office that very morning,
and how the BraZen Head had spoken, and had been,
upon the whole and under all the circumstances and
looking at il from tho various points of yicw Of opn-
ion that one OF two courses was to be pursued in
sptct Of the business: that TO say either to leave
II alone for evennOre, or to begin IL all again.
iron which" said Mr.. Meagles, 4" as practical
man, then and there, in that presence took Doyce
by the collar and told him was plain to ne that he
infamous rascal, and reasonable disturber Of
the Government peace, and took him away. brought
him out at the Office door by the collar that the very
porter might know was practical man who appre-
ciated the official estimate Of such characters; and
befe we are!
II that airy young BarDacle had been there, he
world have farky told them perhaps that the Crcum-
locuton Office had achieved its functions. That what
the Banaces had to do was to stick to the national
ship as long as they could. That TO trim the ship
tighten the ship clean the slip, would be to knock
them of that they could but be knocked off once;
and that If the ship went down with them yet stick
ing to it, that the ships look out, and not theirs
There" said Mr. Meaglee, "now you know all
about Doyce. Except, which own does not improve
my state Of mind, that even now you don't hear him
complain"
"Iou must have great patience" said Arthur Glen
nam, looking at him with some wonder. Great for
beoIance."
"No" be returned, al don't know that have
more than another man."
"By the Lord, you have r,orc than have though"
cried Mr.. Ne6glts.
DOyce smiled as he said to Clennon, You see, my
experience Of these things does not begin with myself
Ii has been III my way to know q little about Them
from time to time. Mine il not particular case.
put Themselves in the posOn--thsn all the Oth-
tls, was going TO say"
don't know that | should find that consolatisn,
if il my case but | am very glad that you do"
Understand me! don't say he replied, in his
steady, planning way, and looking into the distance
before him as if bis gray eye measuring it, "that
its reeonpense for a mans toll and hope; but it's
certain sort of relief 10 know that might have count
ed On this"
He spoke in that quiet deliberate manner, and in
that undertonc which il often Observable in mcchan-
ics uho conslde and adjust with great nicely. 1t be-
lOngod to him ike his 5uppleness Of thumb, or his pc
Cuiar way Of fitting up his hat at the back every now
and then. as if be were contemplating some huf-in-
isl ed work of his hand, and thinking about it.
Disappointed he went on, as he walked be-
tween them under the trees. "Yoe. No doubt am
That's only natural. But what | mean, when say
II at people who put themselves in the same position,
are mostly used IN the same way
ain England" said Mr.. Meagles.
"Ohl Of course ] mean in England. When they
take their inventions into foreign countries that's
quite different. And that's the reason why many
90 there"
Mr.. Meagles very hot indeed again.
"What mean il, that however iliscomes to be the
re cular way of Mt il is its regular way.
Have YOU ever heard OF any protector or inventor who
failed to find all but Inaccessible, and whom it did
not discourage aud ill-trcatF
g can not say that / ever have
"H6ve. YOU ever known il to be beforehand in the
adoption Of any useful thing Ever known 1t to set
an example Of any useful kind ?"
Il" / am & oil deal older than my friend here, shi
M. Geagles, "ard III answer that. Ncvef."
" But We al three have known, ] expect, said the
inventor, "a pretty many cases OF ITS fixed determine
ton 10 be miles upon miles and years upon years, be-
bind the rest Of and of its being found out persist
ing in the Of things long superseded even after the
better things were well known and generally taken
up
They all agreed upon that.
.'Wel then" said Doyce with sigh, "as know
what such metal will do at such temperature, and
such body under such pressure 30 may know lii
will only consider how these great lords aud gentle
mcn will certainly deal with such a matter mine.
lave 10 night TO be surprised, with head upon my
shoulders, and memory in it, that fall into The ranks
with all who came before me. ought t. have LET II
alone. | have had warning enough, | am sure
With that be put up his spcctacle-caSo and said to
Arthur "If | don't complain Mr.. Clennam, | can
feel ,sratitude and assure you that | feel it toward
our mutual friend. Manys the day and mony's the
way, in which he has backed me-"
" Stuff and nonsense" said Mr.. Meaglcs.
Arthur could not but glance at Daniel Doyce in the
ensuing silence Though it evidently IN the grain
of his character and OF his respect for his own case,
that be shoud abstain from idle mumurinS, ii was
evident that he had grown the OLDER, the stcruer, and
the poorer for his long endeavor lie could not but
think what blessed thing 1t would have been for
this InaD if be had taken lesson from the gentlemen
WHO were 81 kind to take the natioas affairs In
charge, and had learnt, How not to 10 it.
Mr.. Meages was hot and dependent for about five
minutes and then began to cool and clear up.
Come, come :" said he ave shall not make this
the better 10y being grim. Where do you thuk Of so
ing. Dan
81 shall go back TO the factory" saii Dan.
"Nhy, then we ii all go back to the factory or
walk in that direction returned Meagcs, chcerfuly
." Sir. Cennam won't bedetened BY It's being il Blood
iuc Heart Yard
q Bleeding Heart Yard p said Ciennsm. I" want
70 60 there
So much the better" cried Mr.. Meagl,s. "COlne
alorg :"
AZ they went along, certainly Of the party, and
nrohahly more thhR one. thonght that Beedng HeAIt