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saurt brip illoritinn, Itin 31, 1852
TILE DOCTOR'S STORY.
-,).,,he,ec0n,1 of Apnl, 1828, about 11 o'clock at
I was c omfortably seated in my favorite arm:
7 7 a . re; ,sc2 nty thc tights, %% hich hail been pain
t" 1 exe.7:e,l :: r z a ;tard day's labor in the
t ry rofe:t•ston, by retracing many of
%%loch the last twenty-five years of
r y ie hat beeo
The nea b e , tV .1, COM for the season ; a quantity
:ion snow lay half melted on the
a !,rant• sleet was tailing fast—just the
a make one appreciate" fire side
a ,1 I %V.l.‘ congratulating myself on the
pr zet; .t'enJing the night at home, not think
,- • 3 11 y 01 my,.pat•ents would summon me,
m~e„ double knock at the greet door
.I.:telpations to flight. My good
,vas, t i ,r,vever, speedily restored by seeing
y r t- ever f:tet me trtettil, Col Delaware, enter my
e.pecial favorite of mine, acid
wr'.l 1.1 t:enera!, and most deservedly ;a brave
otiicer ()lien desperately wounded., he uni
aml , imple heart, a strong, clear un-
:: a hatid , ome person. and a manlygniet
a*l.l, pararric•unt above all those sterlsna
c „ : ,, e l ;rov :nd honor. which a,+il the bright-
ere!i to a diadem, and c•an make the Inn.-
n ;.•! a r.errlrman of Nautte's own creating. He
01 tew worth, and generally undemon
fn :at har•c.g known him intimately for
isa.s.l in.tinitly saw that a hen y cloud hung
—, a d as 1 invited htm to take an arm-
, ”.t . e to my own, I rather anxiously inqui
aiecl tole Cecil, alluding to his on-
11•11
'. , %eiv hop of tw( years n)(1
I : ;itis of his mother am come
I exelairred " Thank Gnd
I ,•'t- Ltrave er,,to !c. wartato the
our conloecance, for I ,•aw
, r e 1,.0 :vco tlay , .‘ittet , : I vraq not
^n r ceram;v. but twat rtiOngh !ogee
E.e • L.
N•erA• my fi lend, she if: dying," tejuin-
[l. , ' a a.a•p
—(; l i;, , d! and we SI! calking here
I,er irnmediateiy, and you can ex
e , eurn...A-ceA while we are on the road,'`
j•.- wn , le preparing to invest my.
7.? :vt , rcoat that is ever the companion of
NT. .4
T. rr.% me vlsi!Dr stirred not, but mourn-
Not so, my dear tloc
,ee her to whether we can
t. s .:~~k
tzl..zzp e..er lo do so, I know not ; for now
y have :my advice, as,eriing
Li, herricid ihe reach of human
• ! and you snfier her to injure
anal morally. by giving w 4 to
.a4I 1, vety erav,ly, ihrowingdown
EINEM
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_ mtselt in my ownchairtor
a .. Tk hen these in whom I am in
-•r r) tdoa. I think they onzht. Sohen
.: a. I I• , oked more closely into my
•Ace l added, ‘• At least, tell me all yon
n. IVLere is the seat of her complain: ? how
1: teen snare:l: l and trhat are its symp-
yea, - he re plte,l r that about a month
4 :.t. I'l . (7 waste atyay, losing both uppe
an,! atsn to a great degree the
:f ~.•..ep,^q; she turns with disgust from ail
Kcer.a , mand it ot wch the greatest difficulty she
. ..e , ua,:ed to swallow a few spoonfuls of any
i L- e,
-:•ie day . That pure color von
• 0:•1y appears in sodden flush
" • , • a :t: she is ill, yet she has
se; ye.l :o sned tears over her boy,
rr. her heart with almost convulsive
o'as e'ected member of the House
P.,
• I :.are Lad a separate sleeping apart
:. ': a• la'e }K , urs l airs oblitzed Io
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chose cons - co:ion. you
rre. thru4h not stcl - Iy, is very deli
ac •,me stie wiil scarcely suffer me
iv , m,nire f . away from her so that I
'are C , MF IC, you at any other time but
f•LI tel eves me engaLle,t at the House.
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r.lle Implores me not to acquaint
OM
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a"a.,: cure her, I Euppose, " l
4. ` • .A ' , lrry.,:f, feeling a hale nettled at
-f fi ie^r e ;owar,L; an old friend 01 her
v., , a 1 known her from her birth- "All
y n'lca!iFfaCtery, and I can come
! -, 71 1 , ...1 observed, 'atter a min.
erne ;act is, I must Fee her my-
t' • •..
• - xi . be a: sour house to morrow about
O; 1) , -)': be warmed," I continued,
• g . :te he was about to utter, " I
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se try ro,i: a:year a purely accidental
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e s .l• s epi7t,.anti a= 1 coluinciesl him
I e - .:eavored to cheer him by express
-7.7 I rev tek. that he had, thmoch
a:zr he evil; I then returned
nle,'l•a'e on what had passed.
!s th..;Thoctioally for the glidance of my
;he healtnr , art, t.ht , ul.! they ev
a sunt:ar cae, I must citsrribe Clara
She :ca. the only chili], of a young.
) T '‘fhrzh rank, who liras imminent the
t 1.2 of Altmahera by Colonel, then Capul:lli:4i..
to , '• eztirefy exproteeted, having lost her father
hmthers in the et Tay,, , einent ; she was only
Ift ,>xof aze, and her preserver mkt !let
'"zi, %tee she irmained yeati,:ttlidet the
tire n! his aunt. At the expiration of thatiffmfC
xi s married her. Afer their had heeenniled
Itt t a year, she died in giiing , birthteplatiL:Pyr,
t •• 14 400 years the rorroeirrehttsbam[ dd
l ed t the care of the lega, ry his wife hid leh ' iurn,i
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he then esteemed himself fortunate in being able to
bestow her then on Colonel Delaware, to whom her
heart was already given. His task being thus ae
complished, two months after his daughter's mar-
riage, his spirit fled to rejoin her whom he had
loved so well. This was the first sorrow Clara bad
ever known, and so deeply did it affect her, that
for months I despaired of saving her, and only the
jOy of becoming a parent herself effectually aroused
her from the deep dejection her lather's loss had
plunged her into. She inherited her mother's a:-
most Eastern style of beauty and acutely nervous
temperament, her grace and softness, combined
with a shire of her father's English principles, and
strong, faithful heart. Altogether, however, she
was more like a daughter of the South than a na
tive born Englishwoman. lam one of those who
believe that-a proportion of the maladies that effect
humanity may be traced to mental, causes; and to
watch for the signs of these, and remove them id
possible is a part of my system ; and I have been
rather more than usually fortunate ; I still think my
views are correct. In this case, I could not divest
myself of the impression that the Lair lady's disease
owed a little to tancy: and, promising myselt to in
vestigate it very carefully on theynorrow, I retired
to rest.
Eleven o'clock on the following day found me at
Colonel Delaware's door ; and, taking the privilege
of an old friend and doctor, I proceeded unannoun
ced to her boudoir. The first glance showed me
that there was real cause for anxiety ; indeed, 1
could scarcely believe the attenuated form before
me was that of one who, but a few short weeks be
fore, had been so blooming a young woman. She
was lying on a sofa; her magnificent Spanish eyes
were slightly sunken, and surrounded by a dark
circle, sure indication of extreme langUor she had
lost that rich, deep color, so beautiful when it man
tles on the cheek of a dark eyed beauty ; her cheek
was now perfectly pale, of a wan ivory paleness
he r ha n d:, through the tine skin of which the blue
veins were fearfully apparent hang listlessly, and
seemed almost transparent; the roundness and en
/wipe:o that had made her figure one of the mist
perfect that can be imagined, had quite disappear
ed yet she was, as usual, elegantly, almost artisti
cally dressed, and every possible effort had been
made to conceal the ravages illness had made upon
her beauty. Even her beautiful long coils had.becn
arranged so as to hide as much as possible the ex•
treme emaciation of her throat and neck. 1 recog
nized in all this a moral deterrninatton to resist in
creasing illness, which I had often found to he a
bad sign ; altogether 1 was painfully surprised at
her appearance.
As I am now arrived at that a'ge which (too ma
ter-of-fact to appreciate a graceful and flowery
style) thinks dhe easiest and simplest manner the
best, I will relate our conversation as they do the
dialogues in children's school book. thereby avoid:
ing the insoflerable monotomy of I observed,"
she replied," - I rejoined," etc.. etc. Assuming
a cheerfulness I was far from feeling, I seated my
self in it chair by her sofa, and silently taking pos
session of her wrist, appeared to consult the beat
ings of her pulse. Raising her eyelids, the lashes
of which were so long and silky they were a mar
vel, in a composed voice she deliberately broke the
silence that had reined until then.
Mrs. Delaware--" - Why, what brings you here,
Doctor! Have you come at my husband's requs.st 1"
Doctor—" That is very unkind queAlon. I have
not seen you for two months. Ido not think that I
have been so long without seeing you since yor.
came into this world ; now you ask me to score
this visit against yuu, thorn I really think you gTeatty
need rny.care."
Mrs. Delaware—" Why Sot you see lam guile
well." .
Da="tor—" Yes, i see that you have got a very
beautiful dress. Notning can be more eognetti-h
than that little Frenchaled cap. All that is very
false. and you are very false, too, and are trying now
to i'ecele...-me."
Mrs Delaware--" Indeed, I am suffering no
pain anywhere "
Doctor—" Would you really wish to pqsilade me
that you are in good health? Why, it I could he
mistaken in ihe expression of your countenance,
the sound of your voice, your painful respiration,
uneven pulse, the pallor of your face, and your
emaciation, speak to me .in language not to be
refuted. Now,l will venture to assert that for a
mouth you have scarcely ate or slept
Mrs. Delaware—" Oh, no, doctor, three• weeks.
et the outside,"
Doctor—" There, non-, you hare fairly avowed
and confessed, yourself' to be lit.-
Mrs. Delaware—" But is it not possible to 10-e
both sleep and appetite without being ill! one can
suffer, too, generally, without having any deckled
complaint."
Doctor—" Do yon know that you distress me ex
tremely ! but, thank God. I still teel confident that
I shall be, able to restore you to health and happi
ness. I have not so blind a confidence in the drugs
and remedies of my pmfession, but that t am 1114
rejoiced to perceive I shall have to treat you rather
for a mental care than for corporeal indisposition
Forget that I am a doctor; look upon me AS your
old lriend, your father's old friend, and tell me what
is weighing so heavily on your mind ! Iterh3Ps
may be able to In the btu-then for you."
Mrs. Delasrare--" You ~ are a kind trend, but
you car.itot restore me to sleep or appetite; I must
bear my , late
Doct6t—. , Your tee, madam ! (nothing puts me
°nubile la soap on of romance :) you ought to be
medial:mpg gratefUl for so happy a tate. The
ea it,Wetof wit / 13114 1112 na Ki rn .
tioc,intl f ,le beet Jaen of the daTißoateisiOgi f o r .:
tune; m het'. of 'the rebel- proznifinr. buy in ; these
"Sitii:pelaiware And is • it,
not a bard fate t o ' ineitt:that_ttale hin4atod'olled itii
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tta abanttoci my, dad eit Cecil_ oft:the threshold of
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had listened too fong to the honied words of some
deceiver, who was striving to induce her to aban.
don her happy home, and all its virtuous joys, to
embrace a life of misery and shame, but there was
so much real anguish in her looks and voice at the
idea of separation, that though most sincerely griev
ed, I was not much alarmed.
Doctor (gravely but kindly)- 1 ' God will exact no
such sacrifice from you. He demands no severing
of such sacred ties ; in the twenty-five years during
which I have been engaged in soothing and heal
ing my fellow creatures, I have gained very much
experience, and with it some power to advise; nor
have I been so unobservant of the ways of the fash
ionable world as not to have marked the perils to
which youth and beauty are exposed, even when
guarded by a husband's watchful care ; but believe
me, 51ra.—
Mrs. Delaware_ (eagerly interrnpting, me)—
"Stop, doctor ; TlAnsh for the mistake I have
thoughtlessly led you into. TO clear myself from
the suspicion I have given rise to, I see I must con
fide to you the causoli of my illness and depression;
but before I do so, 1 must receive your solemn pro
mise not to communicate what I may tell you to
Colonel Delaware until after my death.P
I readily gave the required promise, which in
deed, cost me nothing, for I have invariably found,
in all anxious and trying cases, husbands and moth
ers prove very troublesome confidants. Mrs. Dela
'ware then related the following circumstances:
A month previously, she awoke rather earlier
than usual ; and not wishing to rise immediately,
passed an hour in reading Letters on Animal Mag
netism. She then laid the book aside and fell
asleep ; .she was roused from her slumbers by her
bed-room door opening, the clock on the mantle
piece striking ten at the same moment, and two
men in black entering. Astonishment kep' her si
lent as they advanced to the table in the center o
the roam. One, an old man, kept his hat on, and
leaning one hand, (in which he held a rule and
pencil) on the table, turned round to address hie
companion, who, hat in hand, appeared to be def
lerentially awaiting his orders, which consisted in
nitritne directions respecting the making of a coffin
—the length, breadth, thickness, lining, etc , being
all accurately described. When he ceased speak
ing his subordinate asked what the inscription was
to be tie old man tep!ied, speaking slowly and
impressively—
" Clara Delaware, aged 21, deceased at mid
night on the 10th of April, 1838." .
At these words both, for the first time, looked
eainestly at Clara, and slow)} leh die mom. Shak •
ins off in some degree the spell that had hitherto
bound her, she rang her bell, and her maid imine
diathlv answered her summons, she found, to add
to her consternation, that this maid had been sitting
for the last three hours'in the room through which
these men must)iave passed. Finding, on further
investigation, that no one in the house had seen her
lugubrious visitors, she gave herself up to super
natural terror; and conceiving that she had receiv
ed \yr, ning that she was to die at midnight on the
10th cr! it. 1038. she had lost her appetite and
sleep and was, in tact, fast sinking under the im
pression that the hour indicated was fated to be her
last-
At first I was quite rejoiced to find it was not
worse : and rubbing my hands with even more ap
parent glee than I really felt, I asked her how she
could possibly have allowed an uneasy dream, en
gendered. no doubt, by the mystic nature cf the
book she had been reading, to disturb her so much.
adding a tew jesting observations ; but the mon.n-
WI expression of hereountenance checked me, and
at last, taking it up seriously, I endeavored, by every
artzument that suggested itself to me. calling in the
aid of religion. philosophy and - common sense, to
demolish the monster her imagination had raised
In vain, I could not flatter myself that even for a
moment her belief wavered.
When I arose to depart; whice I did promising
mYsett to return again and again, when I had con
sidered the case a title, she gave me a letter seal
ed with black, to deliver to her husband after death.
Reflection aided considerably to the uneasiness I
already tick I saw in her altered hum what dire
havoc imag . nation had already made; and when
the extreme nervous system was ciansidered, there
was but too much reason to apprehend the very
worst might happen, unless her mind could be re
lieved from the present stale iif painful tension by
some most satisfactory and conclusive means. Tell.
jug her husband his wife required amusement and
change. and regnesting him to procure her daily
some'frien,llr society, so that she could be as title
alone a , possible, I paid her myself long and fre
ylent visits. All my spare time I employed in
in searching bor.ks for anecilo es arid arguments
which I trusted might prove more convincing than
my own.
Olen in the ilt;Z i lt I congratulated myself On hav
ing found some new light wherein to place 11, ;hal
w , 11 . ...1 at once satisty her. Sufi in vain ; all my
efforts fa:ted in c:irolging Into hesitation the firm.
lived belief, so clearly to be read in her calm,
mournful eyes, My prescriptions failed equally in
improving her bodily health. I saw her waste al
,no, as 1 wierhed her; I tell her pulse grow slow
er and weaker under My fingers,and the fatal iii4hi
was tearfully near at hand. My anxiety rase al
mo,st :0 a4rniy—indeed, I am persuaded that a ton.
night ni svrh suffering would have finished the doe
tor as well as the patient. All imaginary expedi
ents I thought of and 'ejected—among others that ot
blibiii,g, two men to come brward and coulees they
had entered her aparment and acted the warning
scene for latk or wager; but as ilte told me that
tfii.ir fraturO were indelibly impressed upon her
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I asked the opinion of several of the most eminent
men of the day ; hut (as I could not,introduce any
of them to her without at onco proving to her how
ill I thowtht of her, and which would have the most
disastrous effect,) without seeing her and under
standing her temperament, they could not conceive
her danger, and thought she woeld get over it with a
frig,tit. Thrown thus upon my resonrcer, with
the life of this young creature, a wilt and mother,
depending on the wisdom of my treatment, I neg
lected most of my patients to devote myself to her,
and spent all my evenings with her and her hits
band. Her manners were always most winning,
but became daily more PO : she spoke to us alt w.i:ll
such an affectionate expression, it appearel almost
as though she thought to secure our love for her
memory, when she herself should be summoned
away.
On the evening of the fhlt,nt April, the evening
but one before the dreadful night, she was sudden
ly seized with a violent fit ? of hysterics, succeeded
by fainting fits. Col. Delaware, who tar some
time past had, with the usual blindness of affection,
imagined that his wife was recovering., now, for
the first time, as he knelt by the side of the bed to
which he haJ carried her, perceived partly the im
n inence of her danger. I cheered him, poor fel
low, as much as possible, and on seeing Mfg Del
aware comparatively restored, I returned home ;
and alter a Light of mo-t anxious consideration as to
the means of getting my patient over the dreaded
midnight hour, the remembrance of a play I hail
seen when a boy, flashed upon my mind, and I in--
slangy determined to adopt the old stage trick of
changing the clocks. Illy plan, though it presented
some difficulties, vilis soon arranged in my mind,
and I began far the first time fur several days to en
tertain hope.
The next evening I confided to the Col. that hi=
wife had a fixed idea that on the following niht
she would have an attack, similar to the one she
had just recovered from, which would be the eris
sis of her malady , that I mysell thought it not im•
probable the excited state of her nerves might actu
ally produce what she dreaded, and I therefore
wished to save her constitution that shock, by put
ting all the clocks and watches one hour behind the
real tune, on the following day.
Ile pledged himself to tallow my directions most
tai hfuily, and promised the most inviolable secre
cy. The servants were made acquainted with pest
sufficient to encore their co operation ; athl as they
were sincerely attached to their young mi=tres-,
full rehapee eoniq,lie placed or. their faithful exe
cution of the milers entrusted to them.
The morning of the eventful 10th traf fortunate
lv, as brilliant a day as can be well conceived ;
even smoky London became almost bright, ant all
things seemed to exult in toe coming spring. I
visited my' patient in the morn rig, and found her
as 1 expected, weaker and lower than the prece
ding evening. 1 promptly ordered carriage exer
cise ; and 3.s she always yielded to my suggestions
it was settled that at three o'clock her husband
should accompany her in a short country chive to
get pure air
While she was wining for this purpose, her maid
was ark k ward enough to break the chain to %Ord,
her rriivre.ss' watch was attached. (being provided
by me the means to do at) and the match %‘ as
obliged to be left at home. During her absence the
clock arid watch was pot back one hour ; and I suc
ceeded in getting the church clock in their immedi
ate vicini'y retarded that time. Ila ill not recount
the Ildhoul'ies I met in accomplishing that part of
my plan, nor the pompous refusals with which my
earnest entreaties were first met—how the digney
of the parochial powers gradually softened into ha
manity when told that a Member of Parliament
would not only leel deeply indebted to them, but
make a liberal donation to their parochial funds
On re-entering her apartment, peer Clara eagerly
resumed her watch, the Jam: ge having been repair
ed during her absence, and RI( oui-ly compared i•
with the clock on the chim ey-piece—the hour
both i - .cheated was fire. She also found on her ta
ble two notes from her two most intimate ft iends.
int iling themselves to dine •si4i her that day at sit
alias seven—in consequence of my having paid
them a visit th it morning, when confiding the eon
sequences to them, I taught them all their own
pAqs.
One wits a Mrs. Wakefield, who had been the
instructress of Mrs. Delaware's )onth, and was
still regarded by her with sincere affection ; she
was a cairn sell-possesed person of encouraging
and maternal manners.
The other was an old maid, a Miss Holman. the
most agreeable plain woman I ever knew, kll rt
ihollery and anecdote, but hiding a sarong mind
and excellent heart, light, elrelesq, gay address.—
She also had known our invalid from her MTV; and
a strong friendship existed between them. I had
of course, invited my-elf tot is momentous dinner
of my own arrangement ; moreover, had requested
Colonel Dekware to bring home, to dinner, appar
ently by accident, the Rev. Wilfred Alderson, an
old friend of the family : and a blight example of
all a Christian pastor might to be. There w-as an
expression in his benign and reverend countinance
of such complete internal conviction of the nature
of his profeseion, and the truths he was called up
on to inculcate, that inspired at once confidence and
afiection ; and yet the, unbeliever and the scoffer
invariably shrunk fmm his calm, clear gaze. I had
not forgotten to pay him a visit in my morning
round- ; and I could not but hope the presence of
such a man, the type of that is most cheering and
consoling, in our holy religion, would not be aim
out its elect upon our poor sinking, hones'.
When we descended to the dining room, which
Mrs. Delaware reached with less'iliffirohy than I
apprehended—when I saw' her in the felt blaze el'
light all my terrors, in irate 'degree. smothered
_by
,the artiste exertions I had been making all day, re:
finned lull upon . me. It was not only that she was
.wasted and . pale, bin her eyes . drew "Wet intn her
head; had *Mina painful expression'; herlipr rrer e
of a purple tinge, and perreiu britchesr.s,:eAfre
tine:illy over her face. I glanced around to see if
her friends were all conducting themselves accord.
ing to orders, and observing a slight-.contraction in
the. leatures of the old maid, I frowned at her o ; and
she, immediately taking the hint, with g-eat sett
command, rattled off story after story, and bon mot
until even a sort of half smile stole over poor Cla•
ra's face. A. most painful smile it was, and nearly
unmanned her husband, ignorant as he was of the
worst ; a severe look brought him into obedience
MID
I shall never forget that dinner ! All ate and
drank but the hostess ; but I truly believe not one
of the party knew what 'they ate, and but little of
what they said. We all felt it was a thing to be
got over, and many were the anxious glances turn
ed towards the object of our solicitude, who, un
conscious thatifrimarty liming eyes were fearfully
though covertly Witching, kept continually glanc
ing at the clock, and often compared it with he•
watch. I noticed that each time the clock struck
her agitation increased, and this became worse as
the evening advanced. A fine self playing organ
in the room, which every body requested to hear
again, aided my efforts to protract the dinner as
long as possible ; so that when we rote, it was halt
past eight—really half-past nine.
Mr. Alderson had requested that we might ac
company the ladies after dinner, and not remain at
the table after their departure ; Miss Holman play
hilly entreated that instead of repairing. to that, per
mitted, ai a great indulgence. to spend the evening
ill Mrs. Delaware's pretty boudoir ;—and as we all
joined in the request, it was agreed to, and we RC
cordina4y repaired there I had been anxious toenm
pass this little arrangement, because should it be
needful to convey my patient to bed as her boudoir
opened out of her bed room, it would be more con.
yen ient.
Scarcely were we established, however, when a
little circumstance occurred, which I felt most mdig
nant with myself for not having foreseen, though I
scarcely know how I could haveprevented it Lit
tle Cecil Was bronglit in to receive his parents' last
kiss for the ;ay Those who can torm any cnncep
un•t a hat a mother's feelings would be on behold
ing for the last time an only and iihilized child, will
easily tancy 'with what convulsive despair poor
Clara strained her boy, to her heart ; and those who
cannot, will not he rendered more feelinrr by any
description:l could give. I may say that we all en
dured martyrdom chile this lasted ; no one con'd
speak, and all bowed their heads to conceal the
emotion their utmost ethrtscould not entirely re•
press• At last I motioned to oe maid to take the
child away : and making a diversion by calling on
Col. Delaware to help me bring forward the sofa, I
insisted on my patient placing herself thereon, and
I sealed myself besn'e her ; and, consulting tier
pulse from time to t tinae ; tiled to draw her into con
versation.
Hatf•past nine, and actnallk half•p-rct ten, was
now reached ; wither deadfol honr to drag over ;
tea was broil:2bl, and the conversation became a
little more ea. ,, k ; but my anxiety was becoming al
most intolerable. Clara was tat becoming worse
—every stroke of the ch - ck seemed to bear off some
of her remaininz, vitality ; her arid, sometimes
bnrning, had become cold as death.
Ten, ha:f past ten. passed over, and now the
dreadful moment for ns—not her—was approach
'ed. Clenching my hand so that the nail• entered
the flesh. and 'biting my lips till the blond ran
down, I a wailea !Ile ring stroke of the real midnight
hour: It passed: how great was the relief. He
who read the hearts nl those present alone can telt.
Every countenance bean to brigblen, every voice
b+_an to lase its constrained lone ; as the passing
minutes made assurance dncib:y sure. Still I trem
bled (or Clara.
1 had intended to wait the half hour before I an.
flounced to her that her F tip poced prophecy.wa4
false but when it reached a (loaner past, she be
came so much worse—short, sharp spasn:s contrac
ted her features:, and her whole fare auming a vi
&e! hue—.hat : apprehending s.he would fall into
corn-l A-ions. I dared no longer delay the announce
ment : .o f,om my place, advanced to the
taste. and striki.,7, loud enon=h.to attract the al
te.tion of Clara, E exclaimed—
" Colonel, v.o and embrace your wife—she is
saved. With one word I can effect an nista&
cure."
All mse w. my words, and Cara fixed npon me
a rpze of wonder and incredulity.
Ves,.. I cc' tined, -‘ I hereby proclaim the vi
sion which amio,noced to Ma. Delaware that P.he
was to diet this night at •welre o'clock, to be a false
l!in,g one ; becausa at this moment the is living
bef , re u 4, and it is twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock.
You donor ; it is only elevi . .n . , no:
tw el ve. — sahl .111*, as despair seemed ag, eiu settling
on Irr cuuwenatire.
' I i • pa_ct Twelve, I at,tcre ynn• tvz. my
dear M nelaWare ; hrt f.t all reason power
le-,A. ynnr friend. , and I hare pat back ndie hour ev
ery watch and clock on which your eyes have
reed."
eneld n' perCeive a rtin! ream brpe in
her 9yef: a• - • she hrea , hirfsly said, •• bin the church
ennettea ek-4 en mys , e7l uut more than halt
arttear since."
rr Ah." I replied, " that will he a bail bn.iness
for the Colonel ; not le-s than a hundred pound•
presented to the pat'ish !aid be deemed sufficient
recompense by the hic,tr and mi hip dipitane...._
theyrit-h. In half an hour we shall have the plea
sure of itearitm i± clime one: Poor midnight has
b een ;m ooe d f rom ibis very quarterto-tight.''
I then Frodnceil a second watch, with which t
hat! pinsided,Mpelf, the true time, and
lipze frontione attic chureh ,erart!eus, to,*
Colonel expressing the_satilfactiOn felt b3r.hir.
collestat t mgableio seie . ems .
eats *cisln:met; Ileifiietti t ts<l inktitild.erer4
. ett tumid her, each
truth. - . • -
Hiding her tare in at: Largs, filt.te4
and left the apartment.
_We all telt that she had
more w her child ; and, at my request, no one fol
lowed her. She retumgd in a minute, with a facts
radient witb•smileerina tears, horn yr liwh all Sid fa
ces were rapidly disappearing; and affectionately
addressing Da individually, in a few sweet low
word., expressed her gratitude; and, I prord to
say, she had ihe mcst and sweetest words for her
old friend, the doctor.- Her husband, almost tiaral.
yzed , by the sudden knowleiNe
. he had obtained of
the imagined risk; seemed. so'.der as he was, quite
overrome ;and it ads tre II for as all ashen lit‘
erable pastor, calling nr aitmurd, addressed a short
prayer to Him whose merciful aid had been so Ire
fluently, though silently implored dating „tjm,last
felt , hours,
I then resumed my, medical capacity i,anilits we
had all so intlifierently dined, I prescribed a supper,
which immediately assented to; but Mrs. Deism are
feared we might not tale as well asshe could wish,
the servants not having been warned: Ilier z emigiter
to be perfectly easy on that head, as I had Vatl'n
the liberty to miles the supper two days previously,
the bell was ra.ig for it; and a more joyous patty
never, I am sure sit down to enjoy themselves
Clara ate the wing of a chicken, and her bloom
seemed rapidly returning. We kept it op right
merrily until past three; and, remaining behind
the la-t I stopped the thanks she longed to give me
by pointing out the sin of indulging the imagina
tion too much, showing her she hail allowed a fool
ish dream to bring her within an inch of the grave
—and, bidding her good night, I too, joyfully de
parted.
In a fe.v days she was perfectly well, and ha■
never hati a similar attack. I have related this
short incident to show my yonri successors that
complaints arising from mental causes are the best
combatted by the mind itsel(---a powerful organ nt
core, too little thought of in these days of whimsi
cal rernei]ies and wonderful discoveries.
VALUE ov ICI7ES e 1 Caesar--Not 1001^ sine% a
young English merchant took hip youthtul wile
with him to Hon• Kong, China, where the couple
were visited by a wealthy Mandarin. The latter
regarded the lady very attentively, and seemed to
dwell" with delight upon her movements. Whrn
she hail a; length lett the apartment, he said to the
husband, in broken English, (worse than broken
What . give you for that wily-trife yrinm?"
'• Oh," replied the husband, laughing a: the sin
gular error of'his visitor, " two dinusantivttuffars
This the merchant thought would appear to the
Chipcs - e rather a high figure; but he was mistak
en.
" Well" said the Mandarin, taking ant a book
'with an air at business, " s'pose you give her to me,
I give con fire thousand "
11 is difficult to ray whether the young meschanl
was more amazed than amused; but the grave and
solemn air of the Chinaman convinced him that he
was in sober earnest; and he wool compelled. there
fore, to refuse ihe offer with much placidity as he
could assume. The Mandarin, however, co/firma
ed to prmss his bargain ;
"I give you amen thousand dollax"ltaid he. " Yon
take'em
The merchant, viho had no wev tett% !Innen, of
the value of the commodity which he had taken
out with him, was compelled at 4 enttthi in inform
his visitor tfiat grattlislitrien were not in the habit
of ‘ellirc; their wives aherthey were once in their
po-session—an a4.sertion which the Chinaman a as
very slow to believe.
The merchant afterwards hail a hearty lacmh with
his young and pretty wile, and told her that he hail
just discovered her lull value, as ha had that mo
meat been offered $7OOO l'Or her : ti'Very high figura
' as wices were going' in China at that time!
A Goon SENNI 31 r.wr.—At the celebration in %Yin -
cheater, -lass.. on -Monday the sth inst., the fol
lowing good sentiment was received web peat* of
laughter and applause ;
Old bachelors--Unpmiloctive consumers ; scis
sors with 'but one btaile ; odd gloves ; tractional
quantities that are never found !II the rnultipheation
'ail : beaux withal t 6 ; ire g I r vat' ean lees
alxays in the singular number and objective case;
untidy scholars who when orderdered to conjugate
always decline ; their only recommend:a - ion is that
like the shakers, they take no pains, perpetuate us
their own - dismal fraternity ; it there be any such
in Winchester, may they speedily fall xictims to a
ntattrinonial epidemic, and the* became integral
pansihole numbers in our flourishing twin.
As 4 striking comment upon the above, awl as
an encouragement to old bachelors, a lady was
present bearing in her arms three promising infante
born at one birth.
The yoan,g man who once rare ihe day when he
wouhient asociate with -mechanics is n o w acting
ac txx•ft keeper to a manure wagon. Queer reven4
of rod : unit that.
Tor itneher.ter A mericanperpetrates the fullstw
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ingroczetat alkoinu to the weitiber :
" Yeitentay the memory an: g,erry rnt'lete par
lei! company and went in
, op t . -=ate airrrtiol the
InTmer op---ant the Wier h was hot, Kant.,
if not summer-"
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Can it be pessitde that ''•a sargle stcalkie matte
that fummer.
A Parrn - Inca—Wound the talknring gem in
in a New York paper :
Lirws.—YeAtentay,romawhere beta-yen iniarior
and same; two acthlen brans, each set rreh Fir!
diamond.minwes. No rewanl is offered, for their
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