Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-30


NV ,,arves are ruined, and am undone.
+ was prevented from holding any further dis
eoprse with this unlucky specimen OF genus v-
y1table by the appearance of another OF the IN
habitants of the region Of the blues. instant
" recognised him as an old acquaintance, the
leader Of band of musicians, famous Tor ms
strength and length of wind. He could vino
a horn for hours together, and raise laugh 10
break the stiffness for miles around. lie was
legitimate descendant of Stentor; host IN
himself in MODS and town meetings. lie APP
proached me slowly and cautiously although
his athletic form and sinewy members seemed
70 scorn the snail-like pace OF their MASTER
He had on a thick "dreadnoughl' coat, but
toned IN to his chin. Two large SILK hand
kerchiefs were wrapped around ms race WIN
almost suffocating closeness: an, ON, eaio
I, | see you are indeed grIeyousy afhic'ea-
this tooth ache and the augue are lndeea mat
tiers of fact, not to be Joked out OF exist
ence. "My lungs are affected, SAID he IN j.. a
voice, which to say the least, was quite audi
BILE, even through the qulntuple folds OF SILK
They were always affecting, said /, to all your
friends. My complaints are oil pulmonary
nature. and am fast dwindlins away IN con-
sumption Look into "Buchan's domestic
Medicine and you will be persuaded cannot
long survive. Nonsense, your lungs are now
strong enough to stun man. tell YOU, SIR,
said he, tearing away the handkerchief from MS
mouth, to give free vent to his wrath and his
voice, my health is gone, my body is deoiilta-
ted, here he gesticulated most furiously) my
voice is lost, (rising in loudness) my lungs are
dreadfully affected. And SO are my ears, said
|, as retreated, TO escape from the deaienlng
explosion of the pulmonary patient.
saw man at some distance, whom at hrst
thought was the renowned lChabod Crane OF
pedagogical memory-at any rate he might be-
long to the family of Cranes, Judging from the
length of his neck He had thin, meagre,
Ratchet face,-pale as a parsnip. His body
looked like musket with coat thrown over
K. The radical moisture had evaporated, and
his whole body presented the appearance OF
bones. covered by thin membrane-in word
as if he had lived by cleaning through the whole
seven wears of Pharaoh's famine. | observed
that he frequently applied his hand to his neck,
(Which was without any coverlng) and to MS
temple. and the top Of his head Surely thought
|. this i. the victim of consumption. He pass
ed me without observing that watched him.
heard him muttering something about the ten
dency of the blood towards the heart and mum
dalton of the brain. My friend said l, you do
but little credit TO your keepers fear you see
but little beef and brandy for your ratlons Beei
and brandy, exclaimed he in asst onishment-
WHY Sir, should die of an apoplexy in week
i have escaped for the last ten years by the
most abstemious living-the tendency OF the
blood is towards the head. Yes, and | should
think YOURS had all oozed out at the top.
But who comes here, "bloody with squirting,
6ery red with speed,' mounted on a hard trot-
ting horse, and driving as ifhis only object was
to apitate his inleslines. Unless my eyes deceive
me, it is fat faced Dick-the counterpart OF Sir
Toby Philpot 81 knew him well--a fellow OF
infinite Jest, ofmost excellent fancy with red
blowsy cheeks, which would not disgrace Lon
don alderman, a roguish leer of the eye, and
real "laugh and be fat Expression Of the whole
| had never seen him on horse
back before, and his awkward and ungainly po-
silion, and his ardent endeavors TO hold on,
showed conclusively that II was ne,e business
My curiosity was excited. to know what had
induced Dick TO quit terra fyma, to which he
had always adhered with the utmost pertinaet-
tv, and to trast his precious neck to the uncer-
tain chances OF equestrian speed. But he came
as on the wind, and would have dashed by with
out needing me if / had not hailed him in
cheerful voice. He checked his raw boned geld
ng, and looked down upon me from his high
estate. But o! how altered was the expression
Of that face. The fat cheeks still remained in
all their glory, and exercise had added deep
er crimson to his usually red face. But instead
Of the gay, happy and lively meaning in the eye
which could always set the table in roar, there
was an expression c. fear, and anxiety, and des-
pondency, which set as awkward on his phz as
his body did on his horse. In the name OF the
seven wonders what sent you here, Dick? CIVIL
son on the liver complaint" answered he. /
have touch Of the liver, laying his hand with
a mournful significance on hisright side, What
1t is not week since had dis
tinct pain in my side The next day felt
rullness and oppression after dinner. luckily
had read, a few days before, few pages in
Wilson,, knew my complaint, and my only
horse, a horse, my kingdom for
horse. But fear all will not do. The liver
once diseased, the whole process Of digestion is
INSTRUCTED, nausea, vomiting, pain in the side,
costiyeness, paleness in the counlenance, all fol-
low No longer since than yesterday, discov-
cred paIeness in. my countenance, just under the
hair--do you see it now? You look, Dick, "a
bout as pale as picked beet, and as much like
an invalid as -, Here he interrupted me
by bidding me good morning, saying, Il feel the
bile collecting, must ride for my life