The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-08-29

tate, aud by ii TO be placed again in a CON.
dition OF competency. A climate 10 which
he was unaccustomed, the effects of the
sudden disasters that had befallen him, and
the asslduity with which he prosecuted his
profession, had, however, made such fatal
inroads upon his constitution as TO leave
little hope of long or happy enjoyment of
his new possessions. BY the advice of bis
own judgment, which was the only moni-
tor admitted by him into his confidence,
he sold for the first price he could obtain
all his interests in the island, aud sailed
from It with the determination of seeking
more congenisl home nnd last abiding
place, M the land of his youthful reminis-
cences. lie arrived at Philadelphia but a
iew months previous TO the period Of his
decease, and sought and received the com
panlonship of the very few of his early
friends who we're seen standing around his,
bedside IN the hour of his death. First OF
these he had plnced the narrator of these
circumstances To me, who had been the
means of my introduction to the painful
scene above described, and who had been
his classmaic in his professional studies.
lie venturcd not, however, even to him, TO
] WV ""hS VI htE 10 whom lie Ind
devoted the frs, aud fondcst affections of
hIs heart, lest to his inquiry no should in
vito n response, that he felt his weak ana
shattered nature unable to Withstand.
To begulle his time aud diver, his atten-
iion as far as possible, from the devasta-
ton that an incurablc disease was working
upon his remnant of mortality, his friend
frequently induced him to take a seat with
hlm IN his daily round Of visits to those
who claimed his professional relief On
one OF these occasions, just as the friends
were leaving the door together, a servant
dressed in plain and modest livery came
to the side of the cab and handed a note
for the doctor. Charles pointed to his
friend, to whom the note was immediately
dolivercd.-On opening the note, it proved
to be an envelope to II fee, with a request
Tor the immediate attendance Of the doctor
upon poor woman who lay in u danger.
Gus situation. No name was signed to the
request, but the neat female chirography
was i'm medintely recognized by the ply
sician. Ii was the SUCCESSOR Of several sim
liar favors from nm anonymous patron, who
had for some time excited the Iiyeliest Gu
riosiy Of the Doctor, but Of whom, with nh
his anxiety, ho could learn nothing farther
than that she was called among the poor,
the Christinn lady, and the most of her
time was devoted to visiting the needy sick,
ana administering To the necessities Of IL.
unfortunate aud destitute. The mention
oi these circumstances elected n similnr
in the bronst of the warm hearted
CharlesS and he urged his friend to I,ustcn
n Il
nope that they might get a glimpse nt least,
1t the being, who could, in such retiring
md unoslehtatiOns sincerity, exercise the
rue aud holy devotion of Christian Charity.
They soon arrived at the place designa-
ed, und found themselves in the midst OF
he most wretched poverty and destitulion.,
they entered the house, tho t0ttering and
rail condition of which seemed scarcSly to
POSSESS stability enough to render momcn-
nry delay beneath It's ragged cloisiers Sc
;ure, aud asked OF one Of the inmates who
confronted them at entrance, to point the
way to the sick woman's chamber. The
'oor woman, who seemed TO recognize the
physician, poiitcd up a crazy staircase be-
ore them, aud shook her head as she nut
cred to them that it was nearly over, and
hu, II was too late too do the old lady any
,ood. They immediately hasiened to the
,alient, but the great object of their curios-
~ was not there. The good Indy, they
we're told IN answer to the inquiries, had
ust left, to avoid being seen by any stran-
ers that might be coming in. IN one COR
cr of the miserable room, upon u niocke-
y Of bed, which, with n pine table and "a
Ingle chair, constituted tile whole furniture
{ the apartment, lay streacIied the insensi-
lie and dying patient.
Charles seemed to take particular inter-
st IN the case, and his friend permitted him
% have the entire direction Of their pro-
eed,ngs. As they had been admonished
It the door, lhoy found the poor woman
,ast all hope. Charles turned to tie ap-
'orently half starved being, who seemed to
&c present IN the capacity Of nurse, and
skcd her II she knew any thing of the
haractcr of the patient. She replied that
he knew but lutIe, and had been with her
ut few days, at the request and under
he pay Of The good lady, who had been SO
Ind aud benevolent to oil the poor. ALT
he knew of this good lady was that she
we'd in-si., which information was
agefy IccrNco py ShaTies, uHo Hoteu
own in his memoranda. The old lady,
ontinued nurse, bad evidently seen better
ay., and while she seemed to bow with
hristian resignation to ,he Affections that
'ere upon her, she yet, at every interval Of
irensth, prayed to be spared, il possible, to
ear Of her son-her dear son-whose
anne was ever Oh her lips, sfter. which, she
iien said, she thought she could die happy.
'oor woman exclaimed Charles, she tkeo-
as a sou, who perhaps possesses the
means Of aaor,ling every comfort and con-
olaiiou to her in her dying hour. and he
nows not how wrcichedly destitute she is.
'ut pray, continued he in his interrogation