The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03


day b. day, and day by day grew moro
o%actinE In his demands. Mark nurs-
ca him and humored his fancies. and
uorc his queruiousncss, and aid tho
family cooking. and the family wash
ing, and even, in Il perfect orgy OF
| coming out strong" tried to till their
| land
! But he said to Martin on day
while trying to amusc him. there
amt any credit III 1t. even here. |
won't deny that the night We landed
here. 1t did look promising for being
Jolly: but what happens? Til :rc are
all kinds OF good neis hbors, sick
enough to be AIDED. too. that crawl
out and help us get to rights. l guess
that nothing but being very sick my
self and seeing IL ! could be jolly
to the last. Will 10 me justice
In Heavens name!' said Martin.
! Don't talk Of that What should
! do II YOU were taken ill.,
Mr.. Tapicy's spirits were stimulated
by this remark ana he observed tina;
his glass was arising" MIR. Chuz-
zlewit puzzled little over the re-
mark and fell asleep.
Death came very nea. him before
he was bctter--so near that only
Mark Tapley's desperate fight suv,u
him. When he was .anle at lust to
movs about, Mark tried one morning
to get out of his own bed and sank
back in 1t again. "Eloored!" he suiu
to Martin. after making nGrd but
vain fight to risc. 'Floored for the
present, sir: but Joiiy."
Floored he was and heavily as any
one but Martin might have known.
The spectral population az Eden
came and tried TO case him. and
grievcd; for Mark Tapley had been
like sunlight. the first healthy inhu
enc; that had entered their hopeless
beauty spot. They showed Martin
what to do for him. and 1t came Mar
tins turn to work and sit by the SICK
bed, and listen through long nights To
the melancholy sounds of the gloomy
wilderness and 10 the rawlings ot Mark
Tapley. rs In wandering fancy h"
played at skittles in the Dragon. made
love to Mrs. Lupn. got his sea-legs
on the vessel. encouraged fellow
passengers. walked singing on Eng
lish roads and chopped down troes In
Eden, all at once.
But whenever Martin gave him med
icinc or drink or entered the room,
Mark Tapley, recovering his senses
though only for a moment, never fall
ed TO say: "Tm jolly. sir. jolly!"
Now when Martin Chuzzlewit began
| to think OF this and to look at Mark
as he lay there. never reproducing him
| by as much as an expression of re-
grct that they had come to this place,
| always striving to be cheerful. he be-
| gan to learn something. Eden was
| hard school In which to learn Il les
| son, but the teachers in swamp
| thlcket and pestilcnt air were stern.
| II anybody had told him at any time
before that he was selfish. that he
was Indifferent to others. In short
that no had all the Chuzzlewlt virtues
| (Which he always had seen clearly
| ht-t ha In all he ntb yyi 10
wits). he would have rep allied the at-
cusation indignantly Now, sitting BY
Marks side,-Mark. who. when too far
gone to speak. had tried feebly TO
write Jolly" on the slatc.-it camo
to him all at once that he had dragged
this man hthcr through sslhshness.
that In every step OF his life he had
been led by self
So IL came to pass that when Mark
was able a last to sit up. he per-
ceived a surprising alteration in tn,
head OF the hruL 1t was so surpris-
ing that Mark lnohis customary self
communion decided: ~ don't know
what to make of him. He amt what
supposed. Flo don't think of him
self half so much. Ill try him.
He tried Mr.. Chuzzlewit with refer
'.ncc to sundry persons OF their &C
quain;ance whom Mr.. Chuzzlewit had
been wont to despise for their simpli-
city or stupidity or other unworldly
failings. Mr. Chuzzlewit spoke OF
them in new way. He went so far
as 10 say Of ono man who was espe-
cIally foolish about worldly things,
that perhaps he was more to DC liked
for that than If he had been wiser
With every word, every action there
after, Martin Chuzzlewit exhibited SO
new spirit to Mark that that de-
frauded man could no longer shut his
f! eyes TO the fact that he had been
| cheated again. ITS a swindle." he
| thought to himself that night. u
never entered for this sort o. SER
| vice. ThereIl DO no credit In being
jolly with hint"
| 1t is curious to know that although
Mr.. Taplcy thus realized that he was
| the victim of another betrayal on tho
| part OF Providence, he went TO sleep
| with very happy face.
! 9TH. only hope we have left" said
ChuzzlewIt, when Mark had recovered
fully. lis to quit this settlement and
get back to England. Any way! by
any means"
That's all, sir" replied Mark. with
quizzical and Significant stress on
the words. Only that"
They had no cash. They had moth.
ing to sell, but that. as Mark Tapi,y
said, did not mako much difference,
since, even Ii they had been surround
ed with portable possessions Oh the "
most value, there were no people VINO
could buy hem. There's nobody but
corpses here TO buy anything" said
J Mark Them and pigs" After
little consideration he suggested that
| Chuzzlewit write to gentleman whom
he had met In New York and who HAD
| become his friend. IF you wouldn't
mind" began Tapley, shyly.
Mind exclaimed Martin. Il am TO
| hla,,,a for and I'll 40 anythlnSs
II had taken your opinion sooner.
Mark, we never should have been here.
am certain
Mark Tapley was vastly surprised at
this admission. but he recovered his
presetce OF mind in time to protest
that he had set his heart on coming to
Eden from the first word he ever had
heard of IT.
Chuzzl4wit promptly wrote letter
| Ia the Now York friend. setting QUIZ