The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

Dickens WINS almost spcn,Iihrift Of
genius. lie expended m::inntIup
md fancy mud VIII mud nrt NJ IS he
were pourIni. :bcim from IN inrx-
hnnntIhic horn az .mcntui picnt.. Ip
none Of hts nOrc!S prndigni IL
Nns LIS MI, WAS hr ~ prndi.a! ab ir
"Onr Mutual Friend"
"Our Mutual FricDd" is one hook, bu,
II is four novels. u niuht be Ill
rided into "Ih. M,str-y oY JuhD
IIarmon,'' "Siln- Wci:r, aud Mr.. H"f-
hn.'' "rhc ycncrrIna. nnh Their
CHESTS" and .nrudiry Urudstunc,"
md each wouid be not uni. u cuIu-
pirtc novel but IL fuIl one, nEG "a fine
one.
Except for The merely incihcntnI fact
TINT Lizzie ItcNnm IL the daughter
of II character sIiphtIy connected
with the plot of .'Gur Mutual Ericnd.''
Lizzie IIcAmii, Eugene Wrnsbnrm aud
hrndlcy Hcn,i~iour have absolutely
oihtnS 10 do With tho main story,
which IL the mystery at John iI"r-
mon,
II In In "omr Nutuni Friend, there
fore. TINT we can Sc" most clearly
Row inc,Iinhi, Dickens. characters
3ssumcd HE mud onc Is tempted 10
nn., Insisted on is"InE thrir own way
aud doing what they pleased. rev
OF the characters thai he 'inScrtch
merely 10 play certain ncrrs,ary
parts consented TO stay In their unr-
ruw plnccs. They would have stayed
Ind the. ben nuto:nntons. they
could ,ut stnE, being alive.
Dickens dropped Eugene Wrn.burn
Int" sour Mutual FRIEND rs n chance
guest ut chance dinner TINT really
had nothing 10 do with "uur MutunI
Friend" or amy friend. however fr-
p,otc, of our MUTUAL Fricnh. Eugene
Wrnyburn chccrfuiIs declined 10 dr,1,
ont again. Dickens tnopiird bradley
H"nhstonr in. bradley iicadston"
waiiscd cut nf HIS respectable school
room and passed through II ronh Of
unrndurHhic torment 10 in>cnsntc
murder.
Ho design 70 capture 'his girl
and dcscrt her? said Eugene
WrayDu-n. answering MS
10 / design to marry her? Ny daaF .sl-
low, 10. Then VIVA; do i Design Noth-
ing am incapable O: dtsign II !
should conceive design. should
abandon II hsaiu a. once. exhausted
by the operation
Then what IS 10 come OF it?' asked
IAgntwpcd. What are yoA doing:
Where arc yot So.uss
"Aiy dear Mortimer" rcpi!sd WraH-
burn. tanning Ills cigar smoke away
laz.ly, I'M sure tun't h1ow. Riddle
INC, rIdd!emc-rcc. Perhaps YOU can
,.ll me what his may be- No, upon
my life can't. | give II M
Eugene Wrayhurn was lawyer
wt,hou, clients. He belonged . an aris-
-1vrra;4c family whose Family Estat"
was rather Z. Family Embarrassment
Tie had n small income, and could npi
,eil whether he lived within Il or be-
>ond II. on the who'll, he Is inclined
To tho bclicf-bascd on many visits
from many crcditOrs--,hat he must be
living beyond IT. lie was handsome
wcll-bred and might have been !nso-
lent II ne had not been too lazy. iiis
friend Iightwpod loved him.
,fhc Girl was "a poor etrl, tho daush.
CT OF river-man whose reputation
had not been OF tho best The man
had been implicated in q case affect
INK ono cf IAghtwood's clients. Wray-
burn. who, never having ANYTHING
10 do. consequently never had any
thing better. to do. had accompanied
his friend in his loungins. idle way.
when Lishtwood visit d the man one
night in his poor habitatiom. This was
Wrayburn's first view of Lizzie ilexam.
The girls picture remained In his
indolcnt mind as he had sean her that
night--a deer, rich piece OF color, sad
and solitary sitting before " rusty