The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16
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Everybody he's read Dickens Eve
rybody must have read DiekOn'! !
cannot believe it possible that any ho.
man boing who ever had access 10 hi'
works, or who eau read a, all, has lived
TO the age of discretion without having
devourCd thosO delightful creations.
Therefore, ! do moi hesitate TO ask the
reader, whoever, OF wherever no may
be, to come and meet q fOw old friends
socially, Ny gathering may 30 rather
motoly one, bu. it will be noOe the
less charming for that, ! have been to
Bleak House, and brought away dear
Esther Summerson, aud have even dared
to penetrate 10 the Crowley, and pur'
suGde the kind.hearted, obstinate Jpuud'
yte 10 come out in spite Of the east
wind And Harold Skimpole, TOO no
is here, ns much afraid Of creditors as
ever, and just as simple and chiId-lIke.
BY his side siIs honest, largO'hOartod
Boylhom, with his pot canary Oh his
head, aud with as merry laugh as when
we knew him FIRST. And leaning
against pillar, in its remOtcst corner
do you not recognize the young man
of the name Of Guppy,' gazing with all
his eyes at poor, uncomfortable Esther?
All they are indeed old triendSl--
How pleasant it is 10 SEQ thOm oil again.
And in another coruer there is another
set; Sir Leicester Dedlock and my lady,
have dcigncd to hoaor the little party
with thciT presence, and os my lady
leans back in hOr chair With her iavoritO
6rOsercon in her hand, you have the old
lftoiiag 81 Pity Aud curiosity WIN which
you first gaEed at her. She watches
little Dame burden with en- eager los'
cinotion, bul speaks no word WIN she
take her nightly prOmiuadO on the
Ghosts Walk when she goes homer
While we sit cozily together 10 q qui.
Ell, happy way. the door opens, and 9TH
or equally delightful, equally beloved
friends, make their appearance.
Do you sec those two ladies, both
beautiful. but in suoh contrast TO Cuoh
other, who are both so sad? Anil see
you know them; Edith and Florence
Dombey. All their sad story comes up
before me as | look at them. Dear little
Florence she has her reward. Oh
course she Will not leave behind her
bcS, friend, our old fayorilo, Capt Cutie
he is ss jolly as ever, and never loses
that tenderness Of heart that always
makes US feel like rubbing our eyes when
we think oft. His dear 'Wulr' 10 with
them both, and the happy circle is Gem
pIete. Blu! Toois and his Susan did not
leave them long alone; they are as in.
scparabls as ever. And, in pint Of
fact, there is Cousin Fveuix leaning
over Edith Dombey, engaged in his old
attempt to stand straight, The eOmpa.
ny is increasing; but. il there ia loom
nowhere clse, they will certainly 6ud il
in our hearts q warm reception,
too. AID here comes somebody to claim
these thingo. The rGVer.to bsSufi,
cicntly. admired and beloved brothers.
CHEEKY ble--thoss frisndS for whom wO
keep the HsrmOst oomer-are just en-.
tedng, and with them, of course. como
their prolegos. We cannot help feeling
a little aad not TO see poor Smika with
them; but he sleeps 20 quietly In his
grave, it would DO a pity to rouse him.
But Newman NoggS is hero. and he is
como Compensation fOy the poor dead
boz.
And, iothOr 90, ] see David Copper.
Geld and Agnes, far happier together
than were David aud poor liuis Dora
In their Train is Tommy TrAddlOs; dca't
they seem like old friends to you'
Then wO have (srsusO that hey
should DO SO lately M nekwick, Mr.
SnodgrOsS. and Mr.. Wrinkle, aud, be-
yond, Mrs, Leo Hunter. Alter them
como some comparatively new friends:
Wunmiek and his bride, and Mt. Pip
himself followed BY honOp' failhfSl JOS
GargOryi for Tho 10 reunioa for them
Oh, humble or great But 10 no! these