New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25

afraid Keeping away from home any longer. told
him must CO. but he took no notice, 50 thought ths
best thing could do was to clip off, The last saw
working hard vt his fetter muttering impatient i'm
precautions il and at bis leg The last fheard of him.
stopped In the mist to listen, and the file was still
going.
1t was thus that the born.to-be-lucky Master
Pip laid the foundation Of his fortune, placing
the wretchsd warmint under an eternal debt
of gratitude, which it was henceforth the fan
tastc purpose Of his life to discharge BY wrench.
ing his benefactor from the humble condition Of
Joe Gargery's apprentice. and furnishing him
with all the outward means and appliances o. q
gentleman born. The cross-purposes to which
this whimsical arrangement gives rise. now form
the staple of the plot, and afford convenient
framework for the display of several new types
Of Mr.. Dickenss favorite characters.
The heroine Of the story, Estella-unless that
position may be disputed by the ram-Pagiug y
Mrs. Joe Gargery, or the good faithful little
Biddy, whose untaught homely sense and native
nobeness Of heart spread certain lustrous glow
over protracted scenes Of absurdity and crime
is no heroine at all, but young lady apparently
born with the least proportion Of heart demanded
by tho necessities Of respiration, and systomAti.
calIy educated foe murderous coquetry, with o
view to breaking the heart with malice afore.
thought of some unhappy lover, in revenge for q
similar injury committed by one of the lordsyof
creation on a weird, spectral feminine parsonage,
called Miss Hayisham, who had adopted the
beautiful Estella as her daughter, on purpose to
train her up as the fell instrument Of executing
her wrrth and malignity. Pip's relations with
the household Of Hayisham soon become too COM
plicated for our brief explanations, and we pass
to the conspicuous humbug of the story, the ex-
pausive Mr. Pumblechook, who needs lite but
his name for q complete letter of introduction.
This inevitable old imposter was Joe's uncle,
well.to.do corn-aDd- seed-,eler in tho nearest
towp, who sported his claims to "gsmablty "
by driving his own chaise.cart OF his fnscinat-
ing qualities We have glimpse in slight do
mestio scene, which We may ms well bring for
ward without abbreviation:
Mr. Pumbechook's premises IN the High slreel Of
the market town were OF d leppcrcorny and iarina.
Ceous character the premises OF coTu chandler and
secdsmau should be- II appeared TO me that he NUT
a.
drawers in his shop; ard wondered when peeped
n,O one two the lower tiers and saw the ied-ap
hrowr-papcr packages inside, whether the flower
seeds and bulbs ever wanted Of fine day to break ont
Of those laia ard bloom.
Ii was in the early morning after ny arrival tina,
eutertaned this speoulstion. On the previous night
had been sent straight to bed in an attic with slopDs
roof, which wac 90 low in the corner where The bed
stead was that caIcus,d the tiles being within
foot OF nv eyebrows. In the same early morning /
discovered sir har affinity between seeds and cordu-
roys. Mr.. Puublschook wore corduroys, aud 40 did
his shopman; and somehow there was a general air
and flavor about The cordufoys much in tie nature
of seeds, and gensl air md flavor about toe seeds,
80 much u the nature Of corduroys that hardly knew
which WIS which lhe saue opportunity served me
for noticing that Mr.. Pumlle, hook apIeacd to
dnct bis business by looking across the trect at the
saddler, who appeared to transact k,s business by
keeriua his eye on the chmaker, who apFeaIed 10
set or IN life by putting his haods in his poCkei md
contemplating the baker, TO In bis turn folded his
urns and Ftar,d ne the grocer who stood ~ his door
and ya.ncd O; the ctemAi. The matchmaker tlveys
Ipiing over it'll. deck with magnifyinR glats at bis
eye aud always INSPECTED bya group OF shock-ifocss
poing over him through the ghss 81 his shot-wndow,
seemed to be sbo1t the only Ieson IN tho Ugh sree,
whc.e tnee engagod hi, attention.
Mr.. pumblechooh and breakfaated mt O'Clock IN
tue psrlor tennd te shop while tie shornan took his
In,Iz II tea and bunch Of brdandbuitei ou sack OF
Iea,e In the front promises considered Mr. Pur1ble
cbook wptched company. Bssice hning gosre'.od b)
my tiero idoe 'ha, norIifyiDg and pehhtiai ehnI.
seler oasht TO De 10 aI@I.sG !" n y S,aos',de E,nf
EuIe butter, and putting such. qunnihy of VAN
water Into ny milk thai Is would have bern more eau
did 20 have lett ne milk ogt alto9eihar- biz conNerst
ton consisted of nothing but ariihmeiic On MY
politely bidding him Good.mGIiug, be said. Iompous.
iy, "so,en uIncs bine, boyl And how should be
able to wer, dodgod Ia tbs, way ia stmnse place
On an empty stomach / was hungry, but befEe
lasted all through ,be breakfast. "Sevenf" "Aad
four q "And eipM Z" "And sIxl' "And two %
"And tenl And 20 %. Aud sfter each figure was
disposed Of il Duoh IA could do 30 get bite
or cup tefce tie next eamsi whio h. sai a. i' @ eafs
guessing Doshing aud eirg bacon and bot roll H. i
.psy be allowed the erprs.ionl socgiIs aud gor-
nandillng ui,unef.
A direfuI, hir.ute, disbsl.e perselnge enGets
some prorsiuent sPisodss in ihe course OF ihs
narrative, whJ reliced 10 the mr,sd!ou' appel
l.tisn OF Dodge Orlick. lie was big, broa'l-
.boaldered tno.hxed, swartly iourr<ynHn black.
smith, working on weekly Wages ut tte forge OF
Joe GargerI, aud always Inspired w'ih deadly
End detillsh hatred TO tbo harmless compound Of
milk. and. water, which WAS embodied in the vie.
iblo form of tho verd,lt, enthnsisst.c, open.
Leaite,l, and openiloutted Master Pip. Toward
the conclusion of the story, the malice If this
detesable fend comes 10 a crisis, and almost
brings to a tragic end the lew "great expecta-
tionS . which III that time were lelt 10 tie ia
yorcd protcgce Of ihe ia,l.bird. THO scene, in
which thor pleasant interview Is described. Is,
perhaps, the most powerful Of any in the work,
aud fully proves that Mr. Dickens has lost none
of tho accustomed vitality which infuses such
natural blood and heat into bis deIneatlons Of .
great catastrophe.
II was a oark night, though tre hlll moon az
left tho ncloed snds aud pdssedOut upon the arhes.
Beyond their dark line there was n nbton Of clear
sky, hardly broad enough TO hold tho rcd, largo moon
In u iew minutes she had asfended OUT of shat clear
field in among the piled mountains OF cloud.