The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-14

| l,v malignant desire to be rcvengcd On
him who had scnrncd her alliance. BY
. his tue she had acquired such an as
ccndaG;"v over the weak mind Of Ms.
WalSingham, Ut the lain."r was actually
afraid to act without consulting Ter wish
cs, and obtaining her approval. li..nry
was accordingly forbidden to enter his
parental mansion, and tho mother and son
ceased to have the slightest intercourse
with each other.
In a lofty Jcd-chambcr, surrounded by
all the appliances Of wealth and luxury,
lay Mrs. Walsinglram, attended by II ic-
.".le slave, AID apparently suffering under
severe illness. y sl,9,., noise was bcaro
at the dopr, aud the physician entered the
%aar,mcnt. lie advanced TO the bedside,
felt the pulse =! the patient, and after con-
vcrsing for short TN" III Il low voice
with the attendant, he left the room. az"
descended to the parlom. Here he found
| Miss Thornton, whose pale and agilatcd
councnanle indicated the anxiety Of her
mind.
"WclI, DOCTOR" said she, how do you
find my poor lricndP
.'Ncry i'll, ma am; and unless she be
better cared for, and my directions more
strictly observed, cannot answer for the
rcsull.n
"But, doctor, YOU do not think her dis
case contagious, do you?o
~ fear it is ma'am."
Miss Thointon's pale check assumed Il
still more llvid hue, and her voice trcmbIcd
as she requested the physician to assist
her III procuring Il conveyance to the
ncighboring town. The doctor fixed on
her Il look of surprise, not unmiyed with
horror, as he replied,
"Why ma'am, YOU surc y wonld not
think oIlcav ne your friend III this stua-
ton, to the care of mcnlalsF'
"Ah, my dear sir, scli-prescrvation, you
know, is our first duty. Besides, have
other friends, and owe it to them to
take care of my hcallh.o
~ thought. madam, had heard Won say
to Mrs. NalSlugham, that you had no
friend in the world but her. However, |
have no right TO interfere with your ar
rangcmcnts, except so far us deem ii my
depends ON the strict observance of my
directions" and the doctor quilted the
room, leaving Miss Thornton to manage
her departure from the infected mansion,
us she bcstcould.
DIR. Bland was sitting alone in his Office
on the evening Of the day he had visited
Mrs Walslngham, mcdlating on her sitn-
alton, and cndcavourng to devise some
means OF procuring that attendance " hich
he knew 10 be necessary, for the prcscr-
walton Of her life.
lie was an old friend of the Walsing-
ham family, and his feelings were much
interested i'll behalf of the dcsolatc wo-
man; who, in the midst of aillucncc, was
left without Il friend to minister TO her
necessities. 1t was impossible to procure
a nurse; for the fever by which Mrs.
Walsingham had been attacked, had
spread through the ncghborhood, and
created universal CONSERVATION.
The good physician was Illuminating
over all these discouragng circumstances
when the sound OF carriage wheels ar
rested his attention. They stopped at
, his own door, and he FASTENED to receive
his visitors. These consisted Of Il lady
and gentleman, the latter of whom was
apparently well known TO the worthy
doctor; for he shook him heartily by tho
hand. After half an hour of private con-
vcrsatlon, the gentleman departed, leaving
his female companion under the charge Of
DIR. Bland.
When the worthy physician paid his
final visit for that day at Walsinghanl
, grove, he was accompanied by young
, female, whom he introduced to the do
mcstics as muse who had come to take
care of their mistress. lie found Mrs.
WalsIngham much worse, indeed, in Il
state which forbade the indulgence OF
hope. Having, however, established the
new nurse by the bedside of his patent
and gwen particular directions respecting
her treatment. the doctor returned to his
other patients, satisfied that, let matters
result as they might, his duty had been
performed.
The night was dark and stormy, and
the little light which was admitted into
the sick chamber, served only to make its
gloom apparent. The patient tossed rest
csslly to and fro, and it was with difficult
ty that the young nurse could administer
the rcstoratives which had been prcscrb-
cd.
Her soothing voice, however, seemed
to have some influence with the sick wo'
man, and towards morning her restless
ness abated, and she sunk into a perturb-
ed sIumbcr, from which she did not awake
till the doctor come 10 pay his morning
visit lie found her symptoms rather bet
ter than on the proceeding evening, but
she was still extremely ill, and entirely
berclt of reason. For more than week
she continued in this state, and during
this time her devoted nurse hardly left
her bedside, and all the sleep she obtain
ed, was taken in IA large arm chair, which
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