The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26

! he had ever had before. M gFss N t5s
rs After his going Florence was even
| lonelier thnnSibefore. She was all alone
save for her dog Diogenes and her books
and music Her father was much away,
md in the evenings she could go into his
room and nestle In his easy chair without
fearao repulse. She kept the room IN
order and a fresh nosegay on the table,
and never left 1t without leaving on his
deserted desk "a kiss and tear. The
purpose Of her life. she determined.
should BIO to try again to let. her Their
know how much she loved him. VI i3
But months passed, and she had no
chance. Her father, In fact, seldom M
came near the house. He was q way Wis
iting in the country with q Major Bag.
stock, who hnd struck up an acquaintance
with him because OF Mr., Dombey's
wealth. 81 III 9t5S & VI
Bagstock {who had a habit OF referring
to himself as 5..J 3. y or Joey 81. ~ or
almost any thing but his full name was
as fat as a dancing bear, with Eat pur-!!
pie, apoplectics looking face. and q laugh
like q horse g cough. He&was q gluttong
and stuffed himself SO at meals that he
the latter half sof EN-. He was q great
sflattcrer however, and he fattered SO
we'll that Mr. DON'T hey, blind from his
own pride, thought him nl very proper
person indeed. And even though every
body laughed az the major, Mr.. Dombey
found him most agreeable cornp an
u. There was an old lady at the town
theyivsited whoSswas poor but very fond
4 Of fashion and rich people. She had no
heart, and was silly enough. even though
she was seventy years old, , to wear rouge
on her cheeks and dress like 4 a glrl OF
seventeen. She had O widowed daughter,
Edith, a proud, lovely woman, who de- I
spised the life her mother led n but IN
spite OF this was weak enough to be- In d
fluenced by her. Major Bagstock intro
}duced Mr.. .Don,beys to the other. and the
latter soon made up her rnlnd 4 that her
daughter sfs6mld Sfla ii mi tIf.r Sriajors
Z (who wanted Mr.. Domb hey to marry 50
ne himself could profit BY the dinners
and entertainment s u that would ioloW2E
helped this affair on oil he could, 8 and
Edith. though at times she hated herself
for the false part she was playng g, a greed
to 1T. s s5a 5.
full Of his own concett that he d never
stopped to wonder i Edith could really
love him. She was beauttfu and as cold
and naughty as he was himself, and that
was all 3he consid So Major t5ae =
stock and the old lady were soon chuck
ling and wheeling together with delight
at the success OF Lhe'l5 pA1tttS l CIV
long Edith had promised % @ marry 4 ' ~
cnce's father
Poor Florence /! She had other grlefs
OF her own by this time. Car ~
bey5 and Sons manager, with the false;
smile and the white teeth, came sew
cral times to see her, asking Il she had
messages to send to her Efat her--each time
seeming purposelyi to wound her by re-
calling her fathers dislike. She tried
to like the smooth, oily Carker,2 put there
was something In his face she could not
but dlstrust. 81 y
TO Md to her trouble, the ship by
which Walter Gay had sailed for the West
indies had not vet arrived there. 1t was
long overdue, and in the absence OF news
nannIe began to fear 1t might have been
70 81 sba want - tre little shop where
! . ,,,oodan 1nidshipnan stood but found
oid soIon,on ellis and CAPTAIN Cutie in
. ! rrea anxietvs ana sforebodinR. q * "a Isl
=, 2 AZ.
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tress ior ~ W. baa tha snsnansa
l'ib. ~ no - er zlnra,
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ing le.ter loT W.. ~.
letter sa,o ne i,.ta soIie - ene =
70 sfarch LOT w -.
tam 20 care LOT the lit.,e supp il'u Asop
It open. 50, thattat couid DC q nome glor$
ms nephew y ne 9ula B, sver uppeut ~
Tor. himself old sol sald, = !, nc alu hot
return Wltllin yea, "oalu " usau
and the captain s! tle'l tsiAe l1'e Snip
for$.As own.
The disapp ce OF his old friend was
a2greata blow to bluff CAPTAIN CUTIE put "
determined to do his part, ne left MS
own lodgings and TOOK .. Up ms place ~ INC
little shop to wal ..foer news either & OF =
Walter or Of old Solomon Gills.
4 Florence knew nothing about this, for
the captain had not the heart TO tell her.
And, for her own part, she mad much TO
think OF In tho approaching marriage OF
her father, IN preparation 1of when the
hangers, mating 1t over for the BRIDE jS
~ The first time Florence saw Edith was