The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-17

smiled. Ii seemed % me very mneh
ont o. place. and really moekrTy % ne
poor creature; II was downrigbf crasl.
Hos any one cOald do 20 ! cannot ina
CINE.
my dear madam" ! said. 50 soon 40
| could gei chance % SPEAK 70 her.
a. how DO yoa feel 7 ] IN grisssd 10 deaIh
~ the dreadful operation you have 70 20
through. Bur You must bear % braFely;
II will soon be oyeT."
i She thanked me with tears in her eyes
for my kind sympaihies, and said ihst
she hoped she would be sustained through
the severe trial. Before l could get a
chance 10 reply. her friend broke in with
some nonsensieal stuff that made poor
Mrs. ~ laugh in spite Of herself.
even though the Tears were glislenlng on
her eye lashes. felt really shocked
And then che run on in the widest strain
You ever heard. turning even The most &C.
rious remark could make into fun. And
would you believe IL! She treated wi
leViiy the operation itself, whenever al
luded 10 il, and said that il was nothing
20 fear-a little smaning and little pain,
but not so bad as bad tooth ache she
would wager dollar. .s 81
"Thal Is all very well for you 10 say"
replied, my feelings Of Indignation a.
most boiling over, "but IL yon had the
operation 10 bear. you would find 10
good deal worse Than bad tooth ache, or
the seSeresI pain you ever suffered in your
lile." @..
"Eyen this was turned into sport.
never saw such woman. ] believe she
would have laughed in cholera hospital.
lief, assuring Mrs. Nd my deep
est sympslhies, and urged her TO nerve
herself for the sad iiial 10 which she was
soon to be subjected. ! was not present
when the operation was performed. but
one who attended al through the fearful
scene, gave me q minute description of
every thing that occurred"
The though, Of hearing the details Of
= a dreadful operation, made me sick al
heart, and yet felt morbid desire TO
know all about il. could not ask my
visitor to pause; and YET dreaded 10
hear her uiier another sentence. Such
was the strange disorder Of NY feelings!
: But itmatiered no. wha, process Of thought
was going on in my mind or what was
the state or my feelings; my visitor went
steadily on with her story, while every.
nri. -~..a sddsa . heat 10 my pulse per
minuie."- -ss...s -......- = -.
"0n the morning OF the sad day." she
said, "Mrs. H. was deeply depres-
sed. She had not been able TO sleep. except
a. short intervals. through the night, and
arose with a pale haggard countenance.
Her husband looked as bad as she did,
suffered equally with her. Neither of
them could eat mouihful al the break
fast table. Just a, ten O'Clock, the hour
appointed, carriage containing the sur
geon and two assistants, drove up 10 the
: door. Poor Mrs. ~ turned as
pale as corpse" .a~>t i. s.= w.. .
fel. as sick as death, and would have
given any thing in the world il my visi-
tor would have stopped, but had not the
courage, or rather, was ashamed b ask
| HCE W tutueds 5HC CuuNuucu- St@#
"Tbe operation was performed in the
chamber adjoining Mrs. Ms own
room. She begged har,f that they would
not lie her down, but the surgeon said il
was necessary, and she msekly submitted
10 be fastened tightly to,a chair, aaa 70
have her arlas bandaged behind her. Her
: husband was with her all the iime-her
head rested upon his bosom. The ope-
ration was long and painful oRe,-shs
bore il as well as possible; but not with
ost tbe most agohizing screams. Oh,
dear! II makes my blood run cold 10
think Of il. II was al last over, and the
dear soul was released from The hands Of
7 the surgeon, who. coolly complimented
her forli,ude. Unfortunately. high state
OF. inflammation followed, and her life was,
for many days, in jeopardy. But she e.
nally recovered, though il is feared by
both herself and friends that all The roots
Of the cancer were not extirpa,ed. and .has
there is danger. of its forming again"
The effect Of this detail was to increase
, all The cancerous symptoms in my breast.
or to cause me to imagine that they were
increased. When my husband came
/ home, | was in sad state Of nervous ex-
ci,smen,. he anxiously inquired the
cause.
j any breast, feels much. worse than ID
has felt for a long ,ime," Fsaid al am
: sure cancer is forming. | have all the
!, symptoms" 80 3D.. -
"no~ you know he symptoms" he
!, asked.
"Mrs. n. had q cancer in her
, breast, and my symptoms all resemble
|, hers"
5 "How do You know Z"
"Mrs. A. has been here, and she
is quite intimate, with Mrs. N
!. All my symptoms. she says, are precise
J. " like hers"
;, 81 wish Mrs. 49, was in the de-
n serts of Arabia" said my husband, in a
# passion. Even If what she said we're true.