The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-04


ents, ! have in my heart OF hearts ,
favorite child; and his name is Davie
Copperfield." Now we are befor,
the cottage in which David and Dor,
played at housekeeping. How easil,
can we see Dora, the pretty, lovins
and lovable child-wife, with tears fill
ing her eyes when her Doady (other
wise David) tries to demonstrate will
her about his dinner. We see tn,
disordered rooms rs they have beer
50 perfectly described: Jip runs across
the table, and il perhaps put into Iii,
little Japanese house with bills at tn.
top, while articles of every descrip
ton are strewn around the floor
Mary Ann, whose nature has been
represented to them rs but feebly ex
pressed by the name Paragon, ha.
left everything in this most uncom
Portable state, aud is gracefully re
Ginning under the boiler; but as she il
warranted not to get drunk we must
believe, with our distracted hero
that Mary Ann is in q at. As we
were saying, David is trying to reas
on with the sensitive, loving little
wife about the aggravating effects ol
going without dinner, and has jus,
been SO delighted with her winning
way Of industriously tracing the
wrinkles in his forhead that he has
been betrayed into q laugh, but re.
covers himself to her dismay.
Soon after we hear a fragment Of
their conversation. "You know. NV
love, it is not exactly comfortable to
have to go without ones dinner
Now is ity' Nm no!' replies Dora,
family. MY love, how you trembler!
Because ! know you're going to
scold me" exclaims Dora in q piteou.
voice. MY sweet, | am only going
to reason" 20, but reasoning i.
worse than scolding. exclaims Dora
in despair, II didn't marry to be
reasoned with. II you meant to rea.
son with such litttething as am,
you ought to have told me SO, you
cruel boy.
While we gaze dream lily at the cot
tage, still smiling ut the poor, giddy,
stupid little goose, rs she often tear
fully calls herself, another, a saddel
scene comes before us--the death Of
little Dora. ! wonder il any one ever
read that pathetic chapter without
stopping in the midst OF every sen
tence to wipe away the binding tears,
and at the end, wish, with many a
sob, that he might know q David and
Dora? | wonder il every reader who
has taken Dora at her own estimate,
"a little goose" does not humbly for.
give every little fault and love her
the more for it during these last few
days?
These are but = few of the innu
merable paths we may follow to visit
Dickens characters: but any of III
can easily find the places ourselves,
as they are carefully and accurately
described; 30 We shall say G Goodnight
to our guide for this time.
For our class, who have tonight
finished the first act OF their life,
work, | can but hope that, as the
children in Mother Goose's tales
were always as beautiful as their
mother and as brave as their father,
and always Lived happily ever after.
wards SO we may, to q reasonable
degree, unite the best features oil
Dickens characters. II we endeavol
to become as kind-hearted as Mr..
Jarndyce, as affectionate and faith.
full as Susan Nipper, Us truthful al
Captain Cutie, as innocent, honest
and warm hearted as Mr.. Toots, and
as patient and good rs Lizzie Hexam,
we may be sure Of fiuding q place in
everyone's heart; and q study of the
celestial purity Of Little Nell, the
saintliness of Oliver Twist through
every temptation, the beauty of Lit.
tie Paul Dombey's character, aud the
qualities Of Agnes may i'm.
prove us all. And then il we follow
the good example of Traddles in try.
ing to make all around us happy, and
in persevering in our work through
every encouragement, without think
ing how great that difficulty is, We
may confidently hope for his bright
and successful life. But il dark days
should come, let us profit by Mark
Tapley's irrepressible jollity most no
when affairs were ut their
worst. So we may oil live happily
ever afterwards" though not in the
sense of the CID nursery stories.
And SO, as Tiny Tim observed,
God bless us, every one"