Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1921-01-27

the youth is shipwrecked and reported
drowned.
This los adds one more sorrow t.
those already The portion of Florence
whose father emerging from the gloom
of his apartment seeks to divert his
mind by going ON journey with his
friend. Major Bagstoek. a garrulous
old society beau They travel to Lean
ingt0n, where Mr.. DombeY is intro
duced to some OF the majors friends.
and meets Mrs Skewton and her Wild
owed daughter. die cold and beautiful
Edith Granger who ut once attracts
his fancy
Edith is proud, scornful. imperions,
and for hose traits the proud and
dominating man admires her the more.
He offers her wealth and position, and
size, needing these things, accepts him,
scorning meanwhile both the man and
his offering. bur willing to satisfy the
irritating demands of her scheming
mother wifi whom her life is unen-
/ durable.
| A loveless marriage follows and the
| naughty wife asserts her own strong
will. refuses to further the social am
| hitions of her husband, and enrages
! him by shOWering affection upon Flor
ence. At last. goaded by Dombey's
/ effort TO break her spirit and ready to
be revenged upon him for his endeavoi
to humiliate her hy orders sent her
! through his agent, Carker, she con-
sents to fly from her home at the en-
treaty of her husbands paid minion,
who from the first has fallen a victim
to her beauty. Having reyenged her.
self upon her husband by thus humil-
iating him, Edith proceeds to cast off
Carker whom she despises she meets
him at Dion by appointment, and in
the moment when he is glorying in
the attainment of his desire, turns on
him, denounces him and before he can
stop her. tushes from the apartment,
making good her escape, while he is
left to confront bis pursuer, her en-
ragged husband, who las tracked them
to Dion.
Fooled and cntrapped, Carker fees
back to England, Guiding his pursuer,
only to be again tracked TO his hiding
place When he believes himself safe
from detection. he suddenly spies
| Dombey advancing toward him across
the platform of railway station, and
lodging in alright on to the tracks
/ behind him Carker is killed by an on
coming 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 lie has sought
vainly, casts her off with an oath and
strikes her brutally.
Partially stunned and feeling her
/ self homeless and fatherless, Florence
rushes half-crazed into the streets Of
/ London, and fainting with exhaustion
/ finds shelter at the "Wooden Midship-
man." now in the charge of Captain
Cutie. Following the sudden disap-
pearance of old Sol ellis, the captain
has taken possession of the place, not
knowing if his friend whose life had
become insupportable without his be-
loved nephew, was alive or dead.
Tenderly welcomed to this humble
home, Florence remains in hiding I'M
til the unexpected arrival of Walter.
who suddenly appears upon the scene
returning from a series of perilous
adventures. Walter, the brother, is
speedily transformed into Walter, the
lover, and the young couple are unit
ed to the delight of Captain Cutie,
also of old Sol ellis, who reappears
from iourneying to foreign parts in
vain search for some news of Walter.
Meanwhile, the fortunes of the
house of Dombey, weakened by Car
ker'S doubtful transactions, and also
by the loss of his shrewd guidance,
90 down in ruin, leaving the proud
head Of the firm broken in health and
spirit, with home and fortune wrecked.
Then tenderly fOrgiying all, Flor
ence goes 10 her father and takes him
to her home. where after a long i'll
ness, he arises q changed man, repent
ant Of the past, and only caring to
devote his last days to his daughter
and her two children Paul who re-
minds him of his lost son, and little
Florence, dearest of all to his peni-
tent heart
This work, which was first issued
in serial form in 1917 met with i'm
mediate success. It's PAGES contain a
wealth Of incident and character. of
fun. satire and pathos. Florence is
one of Dickens loveliest creations,
and Dir. Biimber'S school is described
in his finest vein. Kind Captain Cut
tie is famous the world over, as are
Mr., roots, Mrs. Pipchin and old Joe
Bagstock. TIE death-bed scene of lit
tie Paul reveals the authors stead
fast faith in immortality, and has
done much to comfort sorrowing
hearts throughout the world.
Copyright. 1919. by the Post Publishing
co. THE Boston Posb Copyright in the
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