Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-05
FEE, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JULY ., IsA5.

arose and walked the room with rapid
strides.
His wife sighed, and remained silent. But
after moment or two she arose, went up
TO him, and fondly encircling him with her
arm said,
Dear Ernest you must not worry your
self so. You think it painful for me to
bear poverty, l know, or you would not
take it so hard; but awoman never regards
such things when she loves. A crust Of
bread log-cabin would be preferable TO
me if shared them withyou, than palace
with any other. But it will not come to
this. Something within assures me you
will yet be great and rich. Have patience
only for little while longer. There
there is a knock at the door now--it may
be for you
AS if her words had been prophetic, the
little girl their only servant, appeared at
this crisis and said the doctor was wanted
in great hurry. With an exuting smile
his wife ran for his hat, to await his return.
1t was almost the first summons that
the young physician had received, though
he had resided in the village for more than
a year. The place, too, was large and
populous, but there were several medical
men of large practice, and all these COM
bined to put down their young rival. More
than once heretofore Ernest would have
abandoned the field in despair; but his
young wife cheered and encouraged him,
though sometimes her own heart felt ready
to give up. Mary Linwood was, indeed,
that greatest of all blessings, good wife:
she sympathized with her husband, econ
omized to the utmost, and by her sanguine
words chased dependency from his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there awaiting
her husband, yet still he came not. At last
darkness set in, and she began to feel uneasy
She was about rising TO 60 to the door,
when she heard her husbands foot on the
step, and hurrying out she met him in the
hall.
"God bless you, Mary, for an angel as
you are," were his first words. "If it had
not been for you, l should have given up
long ago, and now, my fortune is made"
Breathless with anxiety TO hear all, yet
not unmindful of his probably wearied
condition, Mary hurried her husband into
the little sitting room where the tea-things
were laid, and began to pour out the re-
freshing beverage with trembling hand,
while Ernest told the history Of his days
absence.
81 found he said, u was sent forto old
Governor Huston's-the richest and most
influential man, you know, in the country
and when got there learned, to my sur
prise, that the governor had been thrown
from his carriage and was thought to be
dying. All the physicians of the town had
been sent for, one after another, but none
could aid him. In despair, his wife, with
out orders, had sent for me. | saw his
only chance for life depended on new and
difficult operation, which none of the
older physicians had ever seen performed.
Luckily | had assisted at one when a stu
dent. stated what | thought could be
done. The old governor is man of iron
nerves and quick resolution; so, when he
heard the others say they could do nothing
for him, he determined to commit himself
to my hands. / succeeded beyond my
hopes; even the other physicians were
forced to acknowledge my skill; and there
is now nothing but care required to make
my patient as well as ever. On parting he
put this roll of notes in my hand"
Mary was in tears long before her hus-
band finished his narration: but her heart
went up in thankfulness to God for having
interposed just at the crisis when hope
seemed gone.
From that day Ernest Linwood was a
made man. The fame of his skiful opera
ton was in every ones mouth; and, by
the aid of his patient, who now become his
patron, he stepped at once into practice
among the best families of the place.
Wealth as well as reputation flowed in
upon him; but he always attributed his
success to his wife. whose affection, he said,
had checred and sustained him when out
of heart.
There is nothing" he would say, "like a
| faithful wife: under God our veal or woe
for this life depends on her If she is
Responding, your own sanguine spirit
catches the infection; but if she is full of
hope and energy, her smiles will cheer you
in the darkest hours and enable you to
achieve what you, at first thought impossi-
biities. Our success in this world, as well
as our happiness depends chiefly on our
wives. Let a man marry one, therefore,
"equa to either fortune" who can adorn
his riches or brighten his poverty, and
who under all circumstances, will be truly
his helpmdte.'
A REMARKABLE CAsE.-It is stated in
a late foreign Magazine, that there is now
living in the Isle of France, man en-
dowed with such remarkable power of
sight that he perceiveS vessels several hun
dred miles at sea. He is pensioned by the
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