The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-26

only Installed his tumble" mother in
hand OF Agnes as tho prico OF her
fathers honor.
David and his aunt as they saw how
Mr.. Wickheld daily fell more ana more
helplessly into the power Of this fawn-
ing. h1deous creature. But wien the
unexpected hand. That hand was the
hand OF the habittial victim OF pecu-
MARY difficulties, Mr.. Micawber.
In the course OF his hopeful waiting
ptsd pos66n IS an R n Mr wi
field under uriah Heep. and he now
elo1uentlX called tho friend OF his
and on being asked what was the
matter, he exclaimed: 'rvillainy Is lilo
matter! Baseness is the matter! De-
eeptton. fraud. conspiracy, are the mat
ter! And the name OF the whole afro
cious mass is-deep!
Despite his passion for oratory and
finished sentences, the gifted Micawber
esqSshp clear sa ssnSus nss dqr9E his
methods. and he furnished fucts that
made It possible to confront him. Heep
was forced to confess that 10 had
o MAIDS h' hMysTs e s.v. a1a at then se
/ himself had wasted their property by
his lax methods.
When Betsy Trotwood heard this
Of he ,e1eG she sapnG
Give me my property!' she crled. "As
long as thought It had been wasted
by Wickfeld I wouldn't breathe a word
to any one about It's having been placed
have have i fHa 'AS3s'''0''' Du' nov s
The humble uriat made full restlt.,-
tion ana then his .oal sado "
| NJ r. NH q
proposed to him TO enigrate to Aus
tralia, with sufficient capital to begin
life anew. Mrs. Mlcawher. having re-
snxous he IL e
stances Of tho country were such .as
TO give a man OF Mr.. Micawber's abili-
| ties fair chance OF rising In the So
seae ley "a And Me-
cawber Immediately assumed a hardy,
rowing manner, and looked at the bull
locks III the Canterbury market place
with the keen eye of an Australian
farmer.
When they sailed they did not sail
alone. On the same ship was Mr.. Peg
gotty: for the lost, had been found.
and he was going With his Little Emily
David ,Coprerfield watched them sail
away in calm. radiant sunset. Sur
rounded by the rosy light and standing
apart .i from the rest. he holding Is, !, her
Ing to him. they solemnly passed out
to sea. And night fell darkly on the
waters and on David.
They had left Of telling him that
more" Dora lay very stlll now. day
lip. grown weak and old suddenly,
sa night skn Shes sF Agnes Aas tss
house. she drew David down to her and
whispered: II am afraid, dear, was
ayeupF b Is lonely Soy
Hush. hush! And now / want 10 speak
TO Agnes. I want to speak to Agnes
And while David sat downstairs, lit
tie Jip crept very slowly to him. licked
20 Agnes! Look. look hcrc!' cried
| David.
Agnes stood In the doorway--her
face full Of pity and OF grief: her tears
4 toward heaven!
Through the despair that closed on
i him there came no conscious thought
for a long, long while. When at last
his first realization was that Agnes
was there With her compassionate
tears. her words OF hope and peace her
| gentle face bending down as from
pain. And It Was Agnes who led him
to decide on going abroad for space.
But before he went David had q
sacred duty to PERFORM. It was to carry
cordingly, he posted to Yarmouth ono
night under wild sky. AS the night
advanced it came on to blow harder
and harder until the horses had to
feared that tho coach would b. blown
over. AZ they approached tho sea.
from which this mighty wind was
blowing dead on shore. it's force be-
Il n tNpS S,lr
watery walls that came rolling in
looked rs II the least would engIlf
| the town.
Ham was away in scacoast village
morrow. So there Was nothing to do
but wait and listen to the wind still
rising. and watch the waves. ever
mounting higher. while the fishermen.
OF vessels seen laboring In deadly dis
4ltress off the coast
All that night the gale grew. Sud-
denly toward dawn David was aroused
Struggling to the beach, he saw it
close In. He saw men aboard OF her
struggling frantically to cut away a
fallen mast that was beating the side
them was ono brave. agile fellow. with
long. curling hair. The men on shore
1groaned and clasped their hands. For
the llfeboat had been bravely manned
] time and again III vain.
Suddenly Ham broke through tho
crowd, lie made q line fast to himself.
despite all remonstrance. and watched
tho sea for his chance. Only ona man
was left,alive now on the wreck-the
Cllnging to the topmast. lie waved his
cap as u great wave rolled over the
wreck. and as that wave burst on the
beach Ham leaped into the sea.
Once they hauled him back, FIe was
hurt. There was blood on his face.
But he dashed In again. Rising with
THE hills OF water. borne now back Wal q,
now forward. he fought toward The
ship, One more stroke would have
brought him to it--when a high. green
hillside OF water came from the sea
and this wreck was gone!
| They drew him In to DAvid's very
| feet. He had been beaten to death ty
the great wave and his generous heart
was at rest.
While David knelt BY his side a nsh-
erman Whispered. "sir. will you come
over, yonder?''
And on that part OF the shore where
Little Emily and he had Locked % {;
lighter fragments OF tho old ark,