Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-31
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Mr.. DoBBIN AND HIS CLOCK

IN ". LINDSAY.
Mr.. Dobbin's room was mex, 10 mine.
Indeed. in my opinion, it was a par, Of
mino. ordained to be 80 from tho Grs, plan
Of 'hc house. and % built according TO plan
and purpose. Bu, the convenience Of - Ia.
t'r time bad divided ii oG by the ,hinnes, Of
NIL board partitions, which partition, rs II
conscious that IL Was an Interference, hal
managed TO crack itself from Iop TO bottom
in two or three places, 50 that Mr.. Dobbin's
room and miuc, though assuredly not one
Eni the sane. were very much IN common.
Ills cas.lish. would spoil Allmy darkness,
and DO believe tha, hi- li,ilG room. or his
part oi my room. must have bccn entirely
warmed a, my expense. But II he bad the
benefit o! my coal, | bad the benefit Of bis
clock could hear i,s every tick through
the day. every tick through ID, night, and
was almos, wholly indebted 10 !, i1r iufor.
nation a, to ,hcprosrc's Of time. Through
it, influence, indeed, my Oh AMI ;ru'iy
watch va. quite neglected. and nearly fal.
len INTO di.u'.
I have spoken Of Mr. Dobbin's room; pr.
hap. oush, to have said Mr.. Dnbbin'.
clock room. ior the clock was rcllly more
tho inhabi,aut of tie place than Mr.. Dob
bin himself. It was always ihere, and ,fy
much a. home, to-. making cycry,hin; >,
comfortable, % '5c,n'l. and lively. !, had
the morrio., ol al voice., and, j! you'd liz.
ten in the right way. You could hear it s,y
distinctly, " courage now. cheer up; IN al
ways cheerful Ca. on: never s,or. aud
al wall come r,sht."
Notwithstanding have ni - much In
prai,, OF Mr. Dolhin'. clock. fear You
may no, have an entirely correct idea OF it.
| tel bound. however. in consistency with
iis own ,ryih AMI eS,cin,,.. 10 tell yon IL
was only a wooden clock. nnl very .mall
one. too. q. aw when Mr.. D1btin'. door
was lcli njr Bot. wooden e. i, was. II
was very pretty. darlin: Of clock q
bachelor'- rct, a householj treasure II
va, even mcrricr % look a, than 20 hear
it, hand. % constantly going, oni yet -
even and true IN notion, nrv,ra twiich %
j,rs. and then It hal such neat cottage
.hare, -larc,l or At the tor !isc a Io,t wi'h
little turrc,, and chimney.
Bot tho hss, was the picture {, was al.
way. showing oin happy home, the h,her
AMI mother watching H., slmhols ofiwo
b-iu,'ql children, tho grandmother hy tie
tire. the ca; asleep on a cricket, aal clock
on the mantle don, know how M'.
Do,h.n could have lo1kci - much AZ ihi.
scgn, aui It'll remain bachelor, a. ho dii,
unless It va. tic clock made h'm ro happy
aud cheerful. and lent such wings {, hi'
fancy, that be- actually beloved he b,Ionsrl
to the group b.forc hun, that the pretty
wife ani promising children were hi', and
The clock IN the picture tie real one whose
tick was in hi' ears
Nv story /. abou; Mr.. u obiin. ne well a.
his clock. Mr Dobbiu W.. n Little English.
man. Eve feet Eve inchc. in hcish,. perhaps.
rerhap, no, quiie 20 tall, with on, Of tho
happis.i. mcrr,c.t face. YOU cvcraw. |
could mover quite sc,,l, i, in my own mind
whether his clock made him q, merry, or he
made hls clock % merry. or whether they
made each other - merry. Meuiment was
M D1bbin', one AID con.,an. expression.
which swallowed up everything minor. and
mad, everything major subsidiary.
Twill. however. add for those who Ike
details, that he had small mouth, a .'Fiish,
nose, sol, black hair, softer and baeser
eyes. aud an immensely di'proporiOna,e ex.
plrs5 OF forehead, the d,spropuriiJn result.
in: from an oyergrow,h and monorolIIing
tendency m tho or.an of b.uevolence. |
don, thng ever knew wha, Mr. D1bhin's
nominal business WI; am only certain Of
this, that it was the doio: Of good some
way. probably in ,ha; best suited to hi.
taste and ap,i'uic', or hc would MT have
been 50 thoroughly merry a, he was.
/ Ny greatest Interest IN HIM was in con.
neeuan wi,h hi, clock. The clock was 20
so much TO hin, an! he was % much to the
clock. \. soon as he was within sigh, Of
hi, room, .hc ,ick,d him welcome, and he
began to hum a response. When he entered
II. she ,ickei louder, and he broke into foil
song, lie would, no doubt. have been glad
TO dance measure with her, would she
have given him hand; but she was such a
work day body she would never stop for
I it. AL the service which she ever wanted
was the winding Of hers,rIng.. and I'll, Mr.
Dotbln faithfully performed before going To
hi. slumtor. I,was his loving good nigh,
to her aud, when i, came. she would sound
ou, the funniest chorus you ever heard. Il,
was real frolIc 10 her.
There was young seryan. girl in the
house, for whom there was some strong at.
traction in Mr. Dobbin's room. could
not understand low she could fni so much
work u he done there. or how she could be
so long in dong il. a, first, though, slc
mus, stop there TO read. hut there were
books in other rooms, and ,hc never noticed
them. Then tbe was always running to
find ou, the time by Mr.. DObbln's clock
Why didn', she consul, tho clock in the
dining room2 Had she no confidence IN II?
Every one el.e depended on it, accuracy.
At las, began to fear tha, Mr.. Dobbin him.
self must he favOrito OF Kitty. How iool.