Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-12-28

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What then
, beiors
Nha, then exclaimed the doctor with unds
scn,elcd anxiety
She coneealod her face in hi. bosom, chung to him
with both her hands and IN . scarcely audible wins
per. said- avn to be 4 mother for the fifth time
Inc papa was hafinclincd TO cry himself a, Thu.
unhopod ior announcement. however he concealed
his conservation well as he could Nay, sweet
heart Is that all 2 he exclaimed Come Susan
We shall have five little angels instead OF four We
cannot fail 10 be happy
Bot, my dear husband, we are so very, very
poor
The hulc angels will bring blessing upon us
Tie who iecds the Young ravens will also show me
where 70 hni crumb for my little ones Come,
tnnquilisc ihyser
Susan had had her cry out, and so became more
Tranquil matter Of course, bat the doctor had
found no such vent for his uncasiness He walked
up and down the room looked out Of the window
nothing could divert his thoughts
| Every year. more children and less bread Ev.
cry year bigger borders and thinner slices sighed
he TO himself He would have forgotten the dying
Miss Buglc, had not Susan reminded him that i
was time TO hasten to her death bed
THE WONDER.
He took Up his hat, but he did not run This little
domestic dialogne still weighed his spirits lie
thought only of the small number OF his patients, and
the exhausted stale Of his exchequer He drew his
bat over his brow and looked straight before him
thymester; on his way he saluted neiheauG
left. and had nearly run down the SUD-
eral,--a man looked upon by6G
the brightest shining Zig biz
no, " i"aee II a d"a .s s' had "'G
book boz Reflections s..s,s on ! Death
u She looked wretchedly but
4k1 DDdiflicult to say when her face look. |
$500 Use. Round her head she had tied one
~ Dshlef and another, which passed over her
y -. was fastened under her.
- What is the matter with you = asked the learned
Doctor Falcon, he laid his hat and stick aside.
The Lord knows sighed Miss Buce in a soft and
plainve tone have suffered much for several days
feel as II NY hour were come and that would be ter
ribe.'
The doctor ,honchfuv felt her pulse and said nm
consciously, halfo himself, 1t fills, with vengeance
All the good mans thoughts at home with Susan.
thought much sighed the terrified virgin. Do
you think there is danger, my dear Falcon !!
Not at your years, replied the doctor, scarcely
knowing what he said
Well, tina, is consolation, replied the lady, in
a more cheerful tone in fact, am in my best years
my strength unhroken. My constitution must bring me
through. Don't you think so, dear Faconi Only,
no expensive medicines, il they can be done without
Since bark rhubarb, aud mixtures have been turned
into colonial produce, there's enduring them. The
Lord be merciul TO US; but, realy my dear Falcon
am not at all Well
Our worthy aunt now gave the reins to her tongue
spoke, she wont to d. of thousand different
things, none of them in way connected with her in
disposition The doctor meanwhile, hummed a tune,
and beat the cevils ttoo upon the table, without lis
ienlng TO word OF what the good lady was saving
At length he was beginning to lose patience.
What then IS the matter with you = he exclaimed.
oh my appetite | have rellshed spoonful of
soup these two days And then my head aches az if
IL would burst
Something YOU have eaten has, perhaps, disagreed
with You, aunt some philosophical pate de Jore gras
may be IN fault
Gracious heaven! no, Falcon the stomach can
not be IN ault live so simply, frugally. Seri-
ously, don't think have, for several weeks eaten
any thing likely 10 dlslgtee with me But sometimes
have tooth ache, sometimes uualmshness, heart
burn, vomirings-Good Heavens do look at me, Fal.
con, and don't keep drumming upon the table look
how pale am.-how my eyes sunk in my head ;
oh dear ! am certainly very unweu'
Well, what do care ! said the doctor in 4 peev
18Th tone his mind entirely occupied by the condition
OF ~. ous"" you're in the family way, that's all
( Mercliui ilea'e"sc screamed the chas,e virgin in
voice that might have been three streets off -
Mercu. Heavens! that would be a blue ,-onder in
deed "
! cold sweat came over the doctor he heard the Sc
animated tones from the maiden lips OF Miss Sarah
Buge. lie Immediately recollected that, what with
i-hunor and what with absence of mind, he had bee
betrayed into superlavely foolish speech. and one
that chasie virgin likely TO forgive par
tcularly mad who had Tlumphanily preserved her
painful dignity unimpaired her hhieih year one
who had never paIdoned another damsel gen
tie pressure of tie nand who her more
nor less than an immaculate personfca,ion of purify
aud sanctty one who was in short, that virgin OF
virgins, Mis- Sarah Buge.
Il will let the storm vent itself and seek safety in
fight before the neghbors pouring in see
what's the matter, thought the terrified Doctor as he
opened the door and rushed into the street.
T ANOTHER BLUE WONDER.
The other three faculties had by this time BY thei
jealousy, rapacity and endless misrepresentation,
concerning each other, utterly ruined themselves in
the good opinion of the virgin Doctor Falcon wa,
the only one who d, all bore up agains, the sudir
storm He coull not for the soul of him help LAUGH
ing a, ms blunder Susan, however on tn,
following day began 10 reprove her husbands levi
~ though she had a, fast Joined IN the laugh AT hi
;houghtlcssnoss He caught her in his arms SOP
e ped her mouth with ms kisses and said You ar
in the right ought to have so rudely assaul,e,
= the maiden purity of the heavendevc,ed ves.al But
faith when left yon yesterday | scarcely -knev
5 myself which way my head was turned
n would no, say another word my dear If wer
IS no, convinced that you have offended my aunt 70
ever Such an aifront never be forgiven by :
plous maiden lady II i 81 FOR US and particular