El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

0ola henSleps poetry.
est regard. When later. during
Paurs illness. Walter comes to plead
for loan to save his uncles prop
erty, the sympathetic boy at once be-
comes his champion and secures the
money from his father. From this
time on Paul takes a special interest
/ in Walter and on his death bed begs
that he shall be remembered. This
: message Florence brings to Walter,
pledging to him thenceforth her sis
terly affection.
The fortunes Of the house Of Dom
! hey are guided principally by the
I clever and cat ike" manager, James
! Carker. with cleaning teeth and
! perpetual smile, the instrume nt and
! confidant Of Dombey, who by his flat
/ terry and cunning has gained almost
complete control over his masters
I business. Working always to satisfy
! his own ambitions. he mistrusts the
/ growing Partially for Walter Gay and
sends him on voyage to the Indies.
/ experiencing keen satisfaction when
! the youth is shipwrecked and re-
! ported drowned.
This loss adds one more sorrow
I to those already the portion Of Flor
: ence, whose father energies from the
+ gloom of his apartments seeks to d.
} vert his mind by going on journey
! with his friend, Mapcr Bagstocz. a
3 garrulous old society beau They
travel to bennington. where AR.
Dombey is introduced 10 some Of the
majors friends, and meets Mrs Skew
! ton and her widowed daughter. the
( cold and beautiful Edith Granger. who
at once attracts his fancy.
Edith is proud, scornfuL, imperious,
and for these traits the proud and
dominating man admlreS her the
more. He offers her wealth and posi-
ton, and she, needing these things,
accepts him. scorning meanwhile both
the man and his offering, but willing
to satisfy the irritating demands Of
hsF scheming mother with whom her
life is uncomfortable.
a loveless marriage follows and the
naughty wife asserts her own strong
VIII, refuses to further the social am
billions Of her husband. and enrages
him by showering affection upon
Florence. At last goaded by Dom
bey's efforts to break her spirit, and
ready to be revenged upon him for
his endeavor to humiliate her by or
derS sent her through his agent Car
ker, she consents to fly from her
home at the entreaty Of her husbands
7 paid miniOn. who from the first has
fallen-a victim to her beauty. Having
revenged herself upon her husband by
I thus humiliating him, Edith proceeds
TO cast off Carker. whom she despisess
she meets him at Dion by appoint
ment. and in the moment when ne is
glorying in the attainment Of his de-
sire LAIA5 Oh 444llls QE4QlAlEEe MIN anu
before he can stop her, rushes from
the apartment, making good her es-
cape, while he is left 10 confront his
pursuer, her enraged husband, who
has tracked them to Dion
Fooled and entrapped, Carker fees
back to England eluding his pursuer,
only to be again tracked to his hiding
place. When he believes himself safe
from detection, he suddenly spies
Dombey advancing towards him
H.
ton, and lodging in alright on to
the tracks behind him Carker is killed
by an oncoming train
In the hour of her fathers humilia-
ton. Florence once more turns to him ]
with loving protestatiOns. but he, en-
ragged at the remembrance that she !
has ever won the love he has sought I
vainly. casts her off with an oath and I
strikes her brutally.
Partially stunned and feeling her j
self homeless and fatherless. Florence |
rushes half crazed into the streets Of /
London, and fainting with exhaustion I
finds shelter at the Wooden Midship- I
man." now in charge Of Capt Cutie.
Following the sudden disappearance /
OF old Sol Gills, the captain has taken /
possession of the place. not knowing
If his friend, whose life had become 1
insupportable without his beloved !
nephew, was alive or dead
Tenderly welcomed to this humble j
til the unexpected arrival of Walter
who suddenly appears upon the scene
returning from q series of perilous
adventures. Walter the brother, is
lover, and the young couple are unit
ed, TO the delight Of Capt. Cutie. also
OF old Sol ellis, who reappears from
Journeying to foreign parts in vain
search for some news Of Walter.
Meanwhile. the fortunes of the Z
house Of Dombey. weakened by Car /.
ker's doubtful transactions. and also /.
by the loss Of his shrewd guidance. 90 Il
down in ruin, leaving the proud head Il
Of the firm broken in health and spir- II
it with home and fortune wrecked. 4:
Then tenderly forgiving all. Flor Il
ence goes to her fther and takes him II
to her home. where after a long i'll I
ness. he arises a changed man, re-
pentant Of the past. and only caring
to devote his last days to his daugh-
ter and her two children: Paul who
reminds him Of his lost son. and little
Florence, dearest Of all to his penitert
heart.
This work. which was first issued in
serial form in 1s47. met with immedi-
ate success. It's pages contained a
wealth Of incident and character. OF
fun, satire and pathos Florence is
one OF Dickens's loveliest creations.
and DR. Biimber's school is described
IN his finest vein Kind Capt. Cutie is
famous the world over. as are Mr.
Toots. Mrs. Pipchin and old Joe Bag
stock The death bed scene Of little
Paul reveals the authors steadfast
faith in Immortality. and has done
much to comfort sorrOwing hearts
throughout the world. - Copyright.
1913 by the Post Publishing company |
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@RomOIa." by George Eliot. ms con-
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