The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-12
he Mystery Of
Edwin brood
---By-
Charles Dickens
"

is morally bound-and ought to be. legally. un-
der ruinous penalties-to provide for the COM
fort Of his fellow-man"
The driver instituted with the palms Of his
hands. a superficial perqusition into the state
OF his skeleton; which seemed to make him
Have. sat upon your asked the. passenger;
Take that card. my friend"
I think l won't deprive you on it returned
feryor. without taking it, What's the good
Be member of that society,"" said the pas
What shall get by it? asked the driver.
brotherhood" returned the passenger, in a
'Thanisee,' said the driver. very deliberately:
as he got down; my mother was contented
with myself and so am I. l don't want mo
But you must have them" replied the pas
senger. also descending" whether you like
it or not. L your brother"
Il say?' expostulated the driver, becoming
more ehafed in temper. mot too furi The
But here Mr.. Crisparkle interposed remon-
strating aside. in friendly voice. Joe. Joe,
joe don't forget yourself joe my good fel;
his hat accosting the passenger with: Mr..
Honeythunder?'
That is my name, SIR
MY name is Crisparkle.''
Reverend Mr.. Septimus? Glad TO see you.
sir Neville and Helena inside. Having
little succumbed of late under the pressure
of my public labors, l thought 1 would take
a mouthfn of fresh air, and come down with
them and return at night So you are the he; Rev;
the whole with disappointment and twisting
a double eyeglass by its ribbon. as If he were
IT. but e not yo 0th egS using IT. Hail
II hope you will" was The good-humored re-
'Eh?" demanded Mr. Honeythunder
only poor little joke. Not worth repeat
aJoke?. Ay; I never see a joke" Mr.. Honey,
/ thunder frowningly retorted. "A joke is wasted
upon, me- sir. Where are they? Helena and
Neville, come here! Mr. Crisparkle has come
down TO meet you"
and an unusually handsome 1.-THE girl; much
alike; both very dark, and very rich in color;
she Of almost the gypsy type; something un-
them Of hunter and huntress; yet withal
rather than the foo 9% Slender n re sGppe
quick Of eye and limb; half shy, half defiant;
nenCe OF l9ok; an lndehnaole kind OF pause
both OF face and form. which might be equally
ba1ns The the pause before G or
first FIVE minutes by Mr.. Crsparkle would have
He invited Mr.. Honeythunder to dinner with
troubled mind 6or the discontinue Of the
ana gave his arm to Helena Landless. Both
she and her brother as they walked all to-
delight In what he pointed out of the Cathed-
raj and the Monastery ruin. and wondered-so
tiful barbaric captives brought from some wild
tropical dominion. Mr.. Honeythunder walked
out of b Oh the d G9d the ncba
| ne had, for making a raid on all the unem-
Royed be persons In the Q IN tx K1gd9m lay lay
TO become phianthropists
Mrs. Crisparkle had need Of her own share Of
philanthropy I when she beheid this very large
Always something in the nature of a boil on
the face OF society," Mr.. H0neythunder expanded
into an rnfammatory wen in Minor Canon
was facetiously charged against him by public
unbelievers. that he called aloud to his fellow
here and be blessed = still his philanthropy
was of that gunpowderous sort that the differ
ence between 1t and luminosity was hard to
deteTInine ao9 were TO abolish military force
| fcers who had done their duty, to trial by
court martial for that ofense. and then shoot
| make converts by making war upon them, and
| charging them with loving war as the apple
ishnest Iut Ie as - - sve no op IA P S
of the earth all legislators, jurists, and judges
TO have universal concord. and were to get it
by eiiminati1g all the people who wouldn't or
were to love your brother as yourself. but after
indefinite interval Of enaligning him very
all manner of names. Above all things you
were to do nothing in private, or on your own
9 H 10y WI 10 20 70 the onceS OF tne
down as member and a protesting philanthro-
ton, get your card of membership and your
riband and medal and were evermore to live
HOneythunder said and what the Treasurer
said and what the sub-treasurer said. and what
tee said and what the secretary said. and what
the vice-secretary said. And this usually
der hand and seal, to the effect: That this
assembled body of protesting philanthropists
views, with indignant scOrn and contempt, not
unmixed with utter detestatiOn and lOathng
abhorrence''-in short. the baseness of all those
to make as many obnoxious statements as pos
sible about them, without being at all particu-
The dinner was a most doleful breakdown.
The philanthropist deranged the symmetry OF
fID fnla1 ,Ga1f In ~
ing. blocked up the thOroughfare, and drove Mr..
Tope (who assisted the parior maid) to the
dishes on. his head. Nobody could talk
to anybody, because he held forth TO everybody
at once, II the company had individual
existence, but We're meeting. He impOunded
the Rev; Mr. Septimus as an official person
TO hang his oratorical hat on, and fell into
the exasperating habit. common among such
orators, of impersonating him a wicked
and weak opponent Thus, he would ask: And
So forth wbep fbe ynn9cent oy o te ing
not opened his lips nor meant to open them
position you are reduced. 1 will leave YOU
no escape. After exhausting all the resources
of fraud and falsehood during years upon years:
meanness with ensanguined daring, such as the
world has not often witnessed; you have now
the hypocrisy to bend the knee before the most
degraded Of mankind; and to sue and whine
ate Minor Canon would look in part indig-
nant and in part perplexed; while his worthy
mother sat bridling, with tears in her eyes.
and the remainder Of the party lapsed into a
sort of gelatinous state. in which there was
no flavor or solidity, and very little resist
But the gush of philanthropy that burst
forth when the departure of MIR. Honeythun-
der began to impend. must have been highly
gratifying to the feelings of that distinguished
man. His coffee was produced, by the special
activity Of Mr.. Tope, a full hour before he
wanted it. Mr. Crsparkle sat with his watch
in his hand for about the period, lest
he should overstay his time The four young
people were unanimous in believing that the
Cathedral clock struck three-quartecs, when il
actually struck but one. Miss Twirl,leton esti-
mated the distance to the omnibus at fve-and-
twenty minutes walk, when it was really five
The affectiOnate kindness of the whole circle
hustled him into his greatcoat, and showed him
out into the moonlight as if he a fugitive
traitor with whom they sympathized and a
troop OF horse the back door Mr.
Crisparkle and his new charge, who took him
to the omnibus, We're so fervent in their appre-
tensions of his catching cold. that they shut
him up in it instantly and left him, with still
half hour to spare.