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tanned IA the only way God could sustain me, ia
this severe uiilicIion--in the only wuy he can
sustain any one-and in The way He will sustain
every one who thus looks to him in trouble.
discharged, faithfully, my duty in my regular
calling Il was right ! should leave home and
make an effort to recover the body OF nv lost
son, aud | did so-noi, however, without frSl
providing iormy patients during the time should
be absent; nor did drop every thing on the i'm.
pulse OF The moment, and hurry away. First Of
all, performed a seycle operation, necessary 10
the life Of the patient. Il vas one requiring
GOODNESS, patience and delberalion. | could not
leave II unlil my return, for il was my dury to
perform il then. The man would have died had
II been delayed twenly-lour hours. ] did not at.
tam The se.ipossession required without a slrUg.
gle; IL was necessary that should be sef.posses-
sed, and | made the effort. Happily was sue.
cesslui. On returning from the hopeless search
! made for my sons body, did not sci down in.
active, and brood over my loss. That would
have done no good. Idle grief cannot restore
the dead. Nor does the bereavement any one
suffers, give him a right 10 injure others; and
others are always injured, when a man neglects
The performance Of his regular dulies. l,lhere.
fore, resumed the practice Of my profession, and
! have been sustained in faithfully discharging
the duties that appertain TO it. know that If
had neglected these duties, that ! would have
been deeply wreIched; in dischargng them,
have been able to bear with camness and resig.
Ealion, the loss | suffered. You can, yourself
Judge whether acted wisely or not"
! Whoever acls in aflcton. as Doctor Cornelius
ocled; will always be sustained as he was; but
whoever, in the selfshness Of his grief, acts as
did Mr.. Enfield. will not only entail upon him
self Cour-ioId suffering in the present, but will
find, as he found, the ghosts Of neglected dulies
haunting him, and making many an after hour
WreIchtd
A few days after Doctor Cornelius had answer.
ed, so much tolhe purpose, the question that had
been put 10 him, a visitor called upon Mr. En-
fed OF his Office, who proved by no means 10 be
welcome one. 1t was the poor widow whose
case he had forgotten and abandoned in the
overwhelming grief he had experienced on learn.
ing The probable death Of his son.
81 lost my case" said she abruptly 10 him, af
Ter he had handed her chair.
80 ! have learned with regret ltwas clear
case, and the cour in taking your property away
from you, has done great wrong"
"Ralher say" replied the woman, with much
bitterness, "lhat in neglecting 10 attend TO this
case as YOU ought TO have done, and especially
in refusing to hand over the dOcumentsin your
possession TO The counsel was compelled 10 EN-.
ploy, you have wronged me. 1t is not the court
thai is 10 blame, bul you. for not producing be.
fore the court the right evidence"
Mr.. Enfield was exceedingly freted by this,
and Told the woman very sterny, that he would
permit no such remarks 10 be made in his office.
''ll does not do for you TO talk TO me after that
fashion. Mr.. EufeId," she said, quite as prompt
Iy as he had spoken. 81 have five young chill
dren and their support is gone. have struggled
for some months 10 keep want from my door,
but the Struggle is IN vain. You, sir, have re.
duced me 10 this position! Your wiIu neglect
has bcggared me. And now you will not hear
me speakl'
"Woman! Have YOU no feelngsl" said En-
field with some agitation and some anger. "Iou
know the cause. You know the terrible afilic- |.
tion with which was visited. You know thai
could not have attended TO your case"
Il do moi know any such thing Mr.. Enfield. |
But | do know, that you could as easily have
handed over my case, with the necessary papers
TO another lawyer before yon left for New York
on hearing of The loss of your son, as Doctor
Cornelius could hand over his patients to another
physician, or stop 10 amputate the leg Of man
whose life was in jeopardy, or SET your arm that
had been broken in your eager fight. But even
excusing this first neglect; what is there TO pail.
ale your conduct in refusing 10 make search
for The papers in question three weeks afterwards.
when Their production would have satisfied the
court Of the justice of my cause"
"Woman, leave mel Youwill drive me mad"
exclaimed Enfield. rising from his chair, and be-
ginning 10 move about uneasily.
"WiII you repair the wrong you have done
me?" said The woman.
"Eow cun lrepair it. The court has decided
against YOU"
"Butlhat was your fault. Am and my chill
dren TO become brggars because you neglected or
refused 10 do your duty! You have reduced me
to desperate resource. Mr. Enfield, demand
of YOU, in The name Of my dead husband, who !
placed this case in your hands, to repair the |
wrong you have done. here most soIemnIy
declare, that until you have done SO, will not
cease my Importunilies, nor fail 10 sligmalizc |
your conduct as it deserves. every where"
You are mad, but leave mel Leave me TO
reflect"
"lr am mad you have driven me 10 madness
But ] will leave you to reflect. Tomorrow you
will see me again" And thus saying, the wo'
man turned and left the office. Enfield did re.
fleet, but his rofe eclionS were neither pleasant nor
seliapproving. He could not justify, even 10
his own mind The total abandonment Of himself
10 The grief that had followed the death of his
son, much less his cuIpable neglect Of the wild
ow's case, which had resulted in the entire loss
of her properly.
He was in STATE of perplexity. On the next
day the woman called as she had said. Enfield
lred 10 get rid of her, but it was of no use. Her
condition was desperate, and she felt that she had
a claim upon the lawyer; for he alone was 10
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