The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-03

sP. 81 reopen this to say that our
common friend. Mr.. Thomas Traddlee'
has paid the debt and Gusts in the noble
name of Miss Trotwood, ana thar my
self and family are at the height Oh
Uriah Heep. with Infamous cruelty used
the notes one by one before he disaP-
peared, to make sort OF hed lnulan 10.
ment for Mr. Mlcawoer. VINO was AZ
rested almost every time he turned
around so that he was forever being torn
from the heights Of earthly bliss TO states
OF dependency so low that he called lol
knives and other dangerous implements
with which to put an end to his Wretcneo
existence Still' on the whole ne en- 80, e.
able for the long voyage, ne had proNloeo
himself with a complete suit or ciotne7
and a straw hat pitched or cauikeu on the
outside. in which attire he rolled through
the streets with a bold buccaneerlnB arr
turn to his native haunts. He carried
mariners telescope under his arm all day
and, possibly, all night, and his whole
family was correspondingly cleared lot
action. Mrs. and Miss Micawber being
bundled In shawls secured behind the
waist by a strong knot and the children
being done up like preserved meats IN
impervious cases.
wilkins Micawber. Esquire.
All the members of the family were
provided with huge clasp knives, Mr.
Micawber's being about a foot long. they
made IL a point of honor 10 use nothing
else even at table, and Mr.. Micawber
carried his conscientious preparation Tor
a hardy and venturesome life so Tar that
Each younger child had its own wooden
spoon attached TO its body by a strons
line; and in practical anticipation OF lie
afloat and in the bush, all the MicaWbe
drank out OF tin cups, scorning tho
glasses that stood on the sideboard.
And thus, out of tin cup. Mr.. and Mrs
Micawber drank farewell TO England In
that beverage which Mr.. Micawber knew
50 well how to compound. And OF THOR
fortunes in the new land OF Australia
there is hint in this paragraph In the
| Port Afiddlebay Times.
THE public dinner to our distinguished
| fellow colonist and tOwnsman, Wilklns
| Micawber, Esquire, Port Middlcbay Dis
] trict Magistrate, came up yesterday IN
/ the large room Of the hotel, which was
4 crowded to suffocation. It is estimated
| that not fewer than forty-seven persons
must have been accommodated with din
\ ner at one time" And farther on comes
| the passage: AT length all was husheu.
| and wilkins MicaWber. Esquire. presented
4 himself to return thanks. Far be Il from
| us in the present comparatively iinper-
feet state of our establishment 70 en-
deavor to follow our townsman throuen
| the smoothly flowing periods of his high
" polished and ornate address, Sufuce
it to say that II was masterpiece OK
| eloduence and that those passages IN
/ which he more particularly traced MS
/ own successful career TO Its source, anu
| warned the younger portion OF his auol-
tory from the shoals Of ever-incurrinS
/ necuniary liabilities which they were un-
able to nquidate, brought tear lhto '"o
manifest eye present , -.
| There is every reason TO beheve that
this article was accurate, Tor tnere -
every reason to believe that MI micaW-
Der wrote II himself.-(Copyrght' 1911, ny
J. w. Muller0