The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03

innocent enthusiast and In mi. ~
s1hihcaIion started him forth to sx-
piore England. But Charles Dick
snu loved his characters az nover
another author in tho wor,sNno,
because he had invented them. nm
because he loved human beings and
sYery one of HIS characters became
human under his hands no matter
what no might havo sot out to do
Win one originally. He loved Mr..
FichWiok; and he made tho whole
world love him. for in Samuel pick
WICK he gave the world a simple.
innocent. Eullelcss gentleman. not
without little nbsurdities and little
Weaknesses. and with a heart big
enough for hundred Wise men.
W1H els', saw Mr.. ptokw.ok
Der most of all the kindly old
eyes that benmed with enthusiasm and
good nature behind the large circular
spectaclcs. Who ever saw him oftcner
than once was sure sooner or later to
see him standing with one hand con-
cealed beneath his coat-tails. and the
other waving In air to assist his glow
Ing defamation. AT such times the
beholder would u. impressed inevitab-
~ with three impressive things about
ar. Pickwick; the Intense earnestness
OF his utteraucc: his philanthropic bald
-'Se' h'inl apohe SlOQueuty as his
words and his very fine legs encased
IN extremely neat CATERS. Mr., Pick.
wick was Just a little vain about those
legs.
In this form he was worshipped by
his servant. Sa Weller. though Sam
Weller had so little worship in his
general makeup that he would have
been quito capable of Knocking tho
Wig down over tho august and ma1es-
Tic cars OF the great Lord Mayor or
London himself. II never herd mind
you Mr.. Weller once expressed him
self, nor read OF In story books. nor
see In picters. any angel in tights and
Saiters-not even in spectncles as /
remember. though that may hn' been
done for anythin' l know to the con-
trnirey-but mark my words, he's a
regular thorough bred angel for all
that, and let me see tho man as
wenturs TO tell me he knows>a bet
ter vun."
Good cheer. solid and LIQUID. agreed
40 we'll with Mr.. Pickwick. and ne
agreed SO well 9TH II. that he had be-.
come a very substantial angel indeed.
and he never was more angelic than af-
ter he had done his duty by a goot
dinner and the good drinkables that
went with II. It was then that he
loved most to discourse on the great
achievements In science of the Pick
: Wick Club. whose founder he was, and
which had honored him by bestowing
on him the magnificent degree of G.
c. NJ, P. C.-General Chairman, Mem
her Pickwick Club. Al such times OF
4 digestive rapture he was wont 10
reflect with O contented smile over his
own modest successes. chief among
which was his famous paper :"Specu.
lations on the Source of the Hamp-
stead Ponds, with come Observations
on the Theory of T!ttlebats."
Besides being q. c. N. p c., lie was
honorary member OF seventeen other
learned societies. they having CON
ferred the distinction on him for his
discovery of stone in an ancient
Kentish village bearing these mysterl-
Gus marks;
list
u NJ
p S HI
S NJ
ARK
The seventeen learned societies. and
enyi number of other learned societies.
issued any number of explanations, all
IN hnc print on any number OF pages,
and all different Mr. Pickwick him
self published twenty-seven diferent|
readings OF the inscription The only
shadow on his qualification was thrown
py degraded person named Bolton,
VINO 1ourneyed to the scene of the dis
coVery and returned with the allega-
lion that he had found n villager|
named Bill Stumps. who was the au-
thor OF the inscription, and tha, the
meaning of 1t was: "Bill Stumps, His
Mark" Mr.. Stumps. owing to reasons
OF education. having merely fallen into
the error OF spelling Bill with one IL"
1t is pleasant to record that the scur-
rilous Bolton was expelled unanimous
~ from all the societies TO which tic
belonged, and denounced unanimously
by all the others.
stone was made by Mr. Pickwick in
land, which the Pickvick Club had au.
thorlzed him to make at his own cx-
pense He might, and, no doubt would,
have added many other notable facts to
the known history of the British Isles
had he not become involved early In
the, journey with person named
Jingle who won his esteem only to- be-
tray It. Mr.. Jingle posed as a mem
Der of the Pickwick Club and vanished,
leaving Mr.. Pickwick and his compan-
Ions. Mr.. Tupman, MFR. Snodgrass and
Mr.. Wrinkle. in the horrifying position
( OF being CHALLENGED to duels for Of
fenses of which they were quite ignor-
ant Mr.. Jingle rain away with the
maiden sister. of a gentleman to WHOM
Mr. Pickwick had introduced him, and
!, released his prize only after they had
chased him half across England and
bought him OF. Mr.. Jingle's equally
treacherous servant, Job Trotter led
Mr. Pickwick into the equivocable posi-
$ton of being caught In select
I. Ladies' Boarding School at night a
position from which he extricated him
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