The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16
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Charles Dickens Writings.
| Everybody has read Dickens Eve
rybody must have road Dickens, !
cannot believe it possible that any hu.
man being who ever had access 10 his
works, or who eau read a, all, has lived
TO the age Of discretion without having
dcvourod thoGo delightful creations,
Therefore, ! do not hesitate 10 ask the
reader, whoever, OF wherever hO may
be, to come and meet fOw old friends
socially, Ny gathering may DO rather
a moIoly one, but it will be noue the
less charming for that. have bccn to
Bleak House. and brought away dear
Esther Summerson, and have even dared
to penetrate 10 the Gro wlery, aud pur'
sunde the kind.hcartSd, obstinate Jauud-
ytc 10 come out in spite Of the east
wind And Harold Skimpole, too; he
is here, as much afraid Of creditors as
ever, and Just as simple and child-liGc.
BY his side siLs honest, largO'hOartod
Boylhom, with his pot canary Ou his
head, aud with as merry laugh as when
We knew HAN first. And leaning
against pillar in its remotcst conner,
do you no! recognize the young man
of the name Of Guppy, gazing with all
his eyes at poor, uncomfortable Esther?
Ali they are indeed old fdendsl--
How pleasant it is 10 SEQ them oil agaiul
And in another coruer there iS another
set; Sir Leicester Dedlock and my lady
have dcignrd TO honor tho little party
with their presence, and Os my lady
leans back in hOr chair With her fayoritO
6rGscrcen in her hand, you have the old
lftciiag o. ply and curiosity wtSTwhith'
you FIRST gaSed q, her, She watches
little Dame burden with en- eager fuS'
CinO.ion, bul speaks no word WIN she
take her nightly pFOmiuads on the
Ghosts Walk when she goes homer
While we sit coSily together 10 qui.
ct, happy way. the door opens, and 9th
er equally delightful, equally bOlOTcd
friends, make their appearance.
Do you SEQ those two ladies', both
beautiful. but in suoh contrast to cuoh
other, who are both so sad? Ah!l see
you know them; Edith and Florence
Dombey. All their sad story comes up
before mo as look at them. Dear little
Florence! she has her reward. OF
course she will not leave behind her
best friend, our old fayorilc, Capt. Cutie
he is as sjOIly as ever, and never loSCS
that tenderness Of heart that always
makes US feel like rubbing our eyea when
we think oft, His dear 'Wol'r' ia with
them both, aud the happy circle is ccm'
plste. Blu! Toots and his Susan did mol!
leave them long alone; they are as in.
sCpOrAb!s as ever. And, in pint Of
fact, there is Cousin Feeni1 leaning
over Edith Dombcy, engaged in his old
attempt to stand straight. The eOmpa-
ny is increasing; but, il Ghere is loom
nowhere cl0e, they will certainly 6ud it
in our hearis-and a warm reception,
too. Ard here comes somebody TO claim
these thingo. The neVer,to .bS.suG.
cicntly.admircd and beloved brothers,
CHEEKY yble--thoSs friends for whom wO
keep the WarmeSt coruer-are just en-.
tedng, and with them, Of coarse, come
their proleges We canno. help feeling
a little sad not TO see poor Smika with
them; buI he sleeps 80 quietly in his
grave, it would bo pity to rouse him,
But Newman Noggs is here. and he is
como Compensation fOv the poor dead
boy.
And, iather oa, see David Copper.
Geld aud Agnes, far happier together
than were David aud poor Iii1s Dora.
Iu their Train Is Tommy TraddlOs, dOa't
they seem like old friends to yOu'
Then wO have (suausO that they
should bO 30 lateD NJ Plekwisk, Mr.
SnOdgrssS, aud Mr.. Wiuklc, AOd. be-
yond, Mro, Leo Hunter After them
como some comparatively new iriOnds:
Wunmiek and his bride, and Mr, Pip
himself followed by honest tailhfpl jos
GsrgOryi for tbiO ie reunion for them
oil, humble or gtOat But " mot these
! nav Acousintsncea. bOg acruisitiona "a