The Indianapolis journal., 1904-03-01
lhe Mystery Of
Edwin brood
=By-=
Charles Dickens
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stain do 1 notice in the ceiling. for stain co
understand you, sir. No. sir, will not be so
underhand. Go understand you before YOU pint
it dc not come in. You may lay dry there half
your lifetime; but the time will come. and ii is
best that you should know it. when dripping
SOP would be no name for you.
Mr.. GrewgiOus looked much dsgraced by be-
ing prehgured in this pickle.
Have you any other apartment, ma amT he
Mr.. Grewgous" returned Mrs Billickin. with
and my open and honest answer air. have. The
first and second floors is vacant. and sweet
rooms"
Come. comei There's nothing against them ="
said Mr Grewgious, comforting himself.
Mr.. Grewgious.' replied Mrs Billickin par
don me- there is the stairs Unless your mind
is prepared for the stairs. it VIII lead 70 in,
said Mrs. Billiekin. addressing Rosa reproaeh-
fully place first floor and far less t second
not do it, Miss. it is beyond your power and
wherefore try?'
Mrs. Billickin put it very feerngly. as il
Rosa had shown headstrong determination to
hold the untenable position.
can we see these rooms, ma 'am?' inquired
her guardian
Mr.. Grewglous." returned Mrs. Billickin.
you can. l will not disguise it from you' sir;
Mrs. Billickin then sent into her back-parlor
for her shawl cit being a state fiction, dating
from immemorial antiquity that she could never
go anywhere without being wrapped upl, ana,
having been enrolled by her attendant, led the
way. She made various genteel pauses on the
stairs for breath, and clutched at her heart in
the drawing-room if it had very nearly got
loose, and she caught il in the act or taking
wing.
on finding the first satisfactory.
Mr.. Grewgious," replied Mrs. Bilckin, turn
ing upon him with ceremony as If the time had
when distinct understanding on a
difficult point must be arrived at. and a solemn
confidence established, ''the second floor is over
this
can we see that too ma'am?"
Yes, sir returned Mrs. Billickin, 1T is open
That also proving satisfactory. Mr.. Grewgious
retired into a window with Rosa for few
words of consultation and then asking for pen
ment In the meantime Mrs. Biilickin took a
seat, and delivered kind of Index to. or Abb
stract OF. the general question.
Five -and-forty shillings per week by the
month certain at the time of year, said Mrs
1t is not Bond Street nor yet st. Jamess Pal
ace: but it is not pretended that it is. Neither
is it attempted to be denied-for why should it?
that la U, the Arehing leads to a news Mewses WISE.
m bers Sxst @ two Is Rsp
men, but dirty shoes fresh hearth -stoning
was attributable. and no wish for commission
on your orders Goals is either by the fire, or
per the scuttle" She emphasized the propositions
as marking subtle but immense difference.
Dogs is not viewed with favour. Besides lit
ter. they gets stole, and sharing suspicious is
apt to Greer in and unpleasantness take place. I"
BY this time MIR. Grewgious had his agree
ment-lines, and his earncst-money, ready. II
have signed sign dit il & for the ladies' he - said i'd
yourself, Christian and Surname. there. if you
please"
''Mr. Grewgious," said Mrs Blickin in new
burst of candor,. mo sir! You must excuse the
Christian name"
Mr.. Grewgious stared at her
. The door-plate is used as a protection said
Mrs. Billickin, ''and acts as such, and go from
Mr.. Grewgious stared Rosa.
NO, Mr.. Grewgious, you must excuse me. SO
lickins, and SO long as it is a doubt with the
rif-raf where Blickin may be hidn, near the
street-door or down the airy, and what his
Il
NIT my self to solitary female statement, no.,
Miss! Nor would you for moment wish" said
Mrs. Billickin. with a strong sense of injury,
Ito take that advantage of your sex, if you were
not brought 10 il by inconsiderate example"
Rosa reddened ss if she had made some most
disgraceful attempt to overreach the good lady.
any Signature. And accordingly, in a baroniai
way the sign-manual Billickin got appended to
Details were then settled for taking possession
on the next day but one. when Miss Twinkleton
mlght oe reasonably expected; and Rosa went
Behold Mr.. Tartar walking up and down
Furnivars Inn. checking himself when he saw
them coming and advancing towards them.
49,. 1T ss occurred to me- hinted Mr. Tartar that
of my own at the Temple Stairs"
I have not been up the river for. this many
day" said Mr. Grewgious. tempted.
Il never up the river added Rosa.
Within half an hour they were setting this
matter light by going UP the river. The tide was
running with them. the afternoon was charm
ing. Mr.. Tartar's boat was perfect. Mr.. Tar
pair of oars. Mr.. Tartar had yacht. it seemed,
lying somewhere down by Greenhthe: and Mr..
detached upon his present service. He was a
jolly favored man, with tawny hair and whisk-
Of the sun in old wood-cuts, his hair and whisk-
ers answering for rays all around him. Re-
ing sight. with a man-of-wars mans shirt on
or off. according to opinion--and his arms and
breast tattOoed all sorts of patterns. Lobey
seemed to take it easily. and so did Mr.. Tar
tar: yet their oars bent as they pulled. and the
if he were doing nothing. 20 Rosa who was
really doing nothing, and to Mr.. Grewgious who
but what did that matter, when a turn of Mr..
Tartar skillful wrist, or mere grin of Mr..
tide bore them on in the gsyest and most spark
ling manner, until they stopped to dine in some
hepe snd en NO ,s s
obligingly tprned-being devoted to that party
along some Osier-beds. Rosa tried what she
g GGqd 60 bs in the rPwng and and OF spen
tried what he could do and came off on his
back. doubled UP with an oar under his chin,
being not t. assisted at all Then there was an
time Mr. Lobley mopped, and arranging cush-
iors, stretchers, and the like, danced the tight
to whom shoes were superstition and stock
ings slavery; and then came the sweet return
among delicious odors Of lines in bloom. and
musical ripplings: and all too soon. the great
black city cast it's shadow on the waters, and
It's dark bridges spanned them as death spans
life. and the everlastingly-g garden seemed
to be left far everlasting, unregainable and far
away.
Cannot people get through life without gritty
stages. wonder?' Rosa thought next day. when
the town was very gritty again and everything
had strange and an uncomfortable appearance
Of seeming to wait for something that wouldn't
come. No. She began to think that. the
gone, the gritty stages would begin TO set in al
intervals and make themselves wearily known!
Miss Twnketon? Miss fwnkleton duiy exReet ca@e
Forth from her back-parlor issued the Biickin
to receive Miss Twinkleton, and War in
the Billiekin,s eye from that fell moment;
Miss TwinkletOn brought a quantity OF Ing
gage with her, having all Rosa's as well as her
own. The Billickin took il i'll that Miss Twinkle
toms mind, being sorely disturbed by this lug
gage, failed TO take in her personal identity with
that cearness of perception which due TO
its demands. Stateliness mounted her gloomy
throne upon the Bllickin's brow in consequence
And when Miss Twinkleton, in agitation taking
had seventeen. particularly counted in the BIZ
lickin herself number eleven, the B. found il
necessary to repudate.
Things cannot too be put upon the foot
to be almost obtrusive. that the person of
the 'ouse is not box nor yet bundle. nor a
carpet-bag. Ne. 1 am fly obleeged you, Miss
Twinkleton nor yet a beggar"
Tlis last disclaimer had reference 10 Miss
Twinkletons distractedly pressing two-and-six-
pence On her, instead Of the cabman.
Thus cast Off Miss Twinkleton wildly inquired
which-gentleman to be paid? There being
two gentlemen in that position Miss Twinkle
ton having arrived with two cabs), each gen
tleman on being paid held forth his two-and-
a speechless stare and a dropped jaw, displayed
his wrong to heaven and earth Terrified by this
alarming spectacle, Miss Twinkleton placed an
other shilling In each hand: at the same time
appealing the law In Hurried accents and re-
counting her luggage this time with two gentle
men in, who caused the total TO come out com