The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-24
OUT OF HEART.
BY L

why SO sad, Ernest2'' said the young wife
TO her husband, affectionatrly twininp her arms
around his neck and kissing him.
He looked up with a smile and replied
am almost out of heart, Mary, think of all
pursuits, my profession is The worst. Here have I
been, week after week, and month after month
j may soon say year after year-waitino for prac-
tice, yet without success. A LAWYER NAV vo,un.
teer in a celebrated case, and So make himself.
but a physician must set patiently in his office.
and, u unknown. see men without half his acquire.
ments rolling IN wealth, while he perhap s is starv.
ING. And II will soon come to that" he added
bitterly, III do not get employment"
An nnbldden tear started in the wife's eve, hut
she strove TO smile and said.
DO not %despond, Ernest. know ron have
been unfortunate so far, but you have talents and
knowledge to make your way, as soon as YOU pe,
a start. And, depend upon IT, she added with a
cheerful look, that will come when You least ex.
pcct it,
30 you told me often but the lucky hour has
never GOMEZ said her husband, despondinuly.
And now every cent Of my little fortune has been
expended. and our credit will soon be uone. when
IT'S found we do not pay. What then is to be-
come with US
Ernest was in a mood which the most sanpnine
sometimes experience, when disappointment after
disappointment has crushed the spirit. and the
voice of hope is no longer heard within. His wife
would have given way To hers, if she had been
alone but she felt the necessity o fsuslaining him.
and answered cheerfully-
What If every cent is gone Have no fear
that we shall starve. God sent ravens 10 feed
Elijah. and he will yet i~nterpose for our aid
Trust in him dearest
The husband felt rebuked, as she thus sp,ke.
and answered less despondlngly.
Bot really. Mary, this want of success would
try the sioutesi spirit. The mechanic, the day
%laborer, the humblest farmer. is sure of his food
and ra'ment; but l.. after years spent in study,
nave wasted years besides, waiting for practice
and now when all my fortune is gone, ifI resort
to other means of livelihood | lose all | have spent.
both OF time and money. and must forever abandon
the Idea OF pursuing my profession. Ii is too hard ,
And he arose and walked the room with rapid
strides.
His wife sighed and remained silent. But after
a moment or two she arose, went up 10 him. and
fondly eDcircling him with her arm. said:
Dear Ernest, you must not worry Yourself so.
fon think It painful for me to hear poverty, |
know but a woman never regards such things
when she loves. A crust Of bread, a LOO cabin.
would he preferable To me. if | shared them with
you, than a palace with any other. But we will
not come to this. Something within assures mo
you will be great and rich. Have patience only
a little while longer. There-there is a knock
at the door now-it may be for you As if her
WV q pIVpielic, the lllIe gtl. their
only servant, appeared at this crisis and said the
doctor was wanted in a great hurry. With an
exuitlng smile his wife ran for his hat, and then
sat down, with a beating heart, to await his re-
turn.
IT was almost the first summons that The Young
physician bad received, though he had resided in
me village for more than a year. The place was
large and populons, but here were several physi
cans OF large practice. and ali lhese combined To
DIT down thpIr unnnn rinol A.
heretofore, Ernest would have abandoned The
held in despair but his young wife cheereJ and
encouraged him. Though sometimes her heart felt
ready TO give up. Mary Linwood was. indeed
the greatest of all blessings. a good wife she
sympathized with her husband, economised to The
utmost, and by her s%angoine words chased des-
%pondency from his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there, awaiting her bus-
bands return, yet still he came not. AT last
darkness set in, and she began to feel uneasy.-
ohe was about rising to go to the door, when she
heard her husbands foot on the step, and hurried
out TO meet him in the hall.
God bless you, Mary, for an ANGEL az Won are )
was his first words. 'If it had not been fur Won
J should have given up long ago, but now INV for
tune is made
Breathiess with anxiety to hear all. vel mn, IN.
mindful Of his wearied condition. Mary hnrried
her husband into her IIule room where the things
were laid began TO pour out the refreshing beyer.
age with a trembling hand, whilst Ernest told the
history Of his days absence.
Il found he said, { I was sent for to old Gov
ernor Houst0n's-the richest and most influential
man, You know, in the couniry-and when | got
there, | learnt, 10 my surprise, 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, without OF.
ders, had sent for me. | saw his only chance for
life depended on a new and difficult operstion.
which none Of the older physicians had seen per.
formed Luckily, | had assisted al one when a
student. | stated what ! thought could he done
The old Governor is a man Of iron nerves and ooick
resolution so when he heard the others saw thew
could do nothing for him, he determined TO com.
nit himself TO my hands. ! succeeded beyond NV
hopes, even other physicians' were forced to &C
knowledge my skill and there is ndthing but care
required TO make my patient as well as ever. On
parting ne put this roll Of notes in my hand
Mary was in tears long before her husband fin
ished his narrative but her heart went up in
tbaDkfulness to God, for having thus intsrposed
just at The crisis when hope seemed gone.
From that day Ernest LinwoOj was a made
man. The fame Of his skilfnl operation was in
every ones mouth, and by The aid If his patient.
VINO now became his patron. he stepped at once
into practice omong The best fomilies Of he place.