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CARROLLTON, OHIO-FRDAY, AUGUST a. 1az


the deep sea OF agitation whose waves were bea'
ung so wild upon his spirit.
"Let US, my dear sir, bow our heads in patient
submission," he said, after all that he could do
for his body had been done. III, as ! sadl fear,
the worst has belallen our sons, We should not
fret ourselves 10 useless murmurings against the
disposer Of all things. Il cannot
Don't mock me in that way, Doctor" said
Enfield, impatenty iuterruPtng him. "YCur
unieeling calmness will driveme mad. You can.
not love your son as love mine, or you would
not be so cool and self possessed, while my
mind is mud with anguish"
ave need not contrast our suficrings, my
friend to see whose heau is most deeply wrung.
God can only know thal!" The last brief sen
ience was spoken with slight iremulousness Of
voice. But he continued more steadily. "lf
have the power 10 bear my aflc'1n more calmly,
| can only say that ! am thankful for it; and that
| would gladly impan TO you a portion Of the
same ability. But must mol lingcr here. You
will have to return home, OF course. will con.
tinue on TO the city, and obtain all The iniorma.
ton TO be had, and write you Immediately"
"No-nol" said Enfield, quickly. II shall
not return home! What is broken arml do
not feel i'll Let me ride with you TO the city. J
must know all as quickly as possible"
Ii was in vain for Doctor Cornelius to oppose.
He therefore gave Enfield place in his carriage,
aud started once more for the city, after the de-.
lay Of nearly an hour. On arriving their worst
fears were realized. The survivors liom the ill.,.
laled boat had been found and all the meIancho.
ly particulars Of the disaster Obtained.
A week from this time the Doctor and Mr.. En-.
field returned home, each with a valise of his
son, which had been washed upon the beach,
They had visited the shore opposite TO that par
of the Sound where the vessel had been lost, and
there discovered these confirming evidences Of
their worst fears.
Doctor Cornelius came back to the village
and among his friends, with scarcely perl eplI.
BILE change in his appearance. He entered at
once upon the discharge Of his duties as a ply.
scan, and attended his patients with his usual
cale. 1t was different with Enfield. He re.
turned, leyered in body and mind. The broken
arm was in ahighly intlamed slale, and his mind
was still more excited. Regardless Of the ad.
vice Of The doctor, he would 60 up 10 the Sound,
and encounter the fatigue that necessarily fol-
lowed. Instead Of the healing and uniting pro.
cess going on in his arm. Inflammation ensued as
the doctor had told him would be lhe case, and
it was with the utmost difficulty that his injured
limb was saved from ampulation.
Al least u year passed, before Mr.. Enfield at.
tempted to take up the broken thread of his bus-
ness. The poor widows case had been disposed
Of, and she and her children reduced to beggarv.
1t was postponed TO another term of The court
upl =. loI, J,, Nj &C, e.;
10 appear. Bul he had important documents in
his possession, which his grief for his lost son
would not permit him TO think about or make
search for, although earnestly besoughr 10 do so.
The want Of these documents, as evidence, lost
her the case.
The very opposite conduct of these two men,
under a similar aflction, caused good deal of
talk in the village. No one doubled the deep
feeling and sincere grief Of Enfield; but some
were inclined 10 think that the sensibiilies of
Doctor Cornelius could not be very acute. No
one had seen him belray emolion--no one had
seen him shed a tear. Even within an hour af.
ter hearing of the probable death of his son, he
had ampualcd a leg with the utmost GOODNESS.
While Enfield was dashing away towards New
York. he was calmly and deliberately taking up
arteries, aud dressing the muliIated limb of The
unfortunate man who had been compelled TO un.
dergo so painful an operation.
II don't believe that any man who had true
Ior his child, could have shown so much
remarked one of his neighbors,
in conversation with some others. "The doctor
is an excellent man, and upright in every Thing;
but very much doubt his possession Of as deep
feeling as Enfield. The one you see, is COM
pleieIy unnamed, while the other passes before
you, the same even.,cmpered. orderly, dgent
person thai he was before. The idea of equal
affection and equal sensibility, is incompatible
with the very nature Of things"
There is the doctor now," remarked one of
The company. "Let US allude to the death of his
son, and see if it will produce any effect upon
him whatever"
In ihouehlless moment it was determined TO
make the experiment. So "A short time after he
Joined them, alIusion was made TO the fatal loss
of the steamer on the Sound. The doclor made
some remark upon the subject, but that was all.
"You have cause to remember that event,
DOCTOR as long as you lve," said one Of the
company.
"Yes, | shall not soon forget it," was briefly
and cody replied.
Doctor" said another, coming directly to
the point, sit has always been mystery 10 me
how you could have been able 10 bear your pain
ful loss by that terrible disaster. with so much
philosophy. While poor Enfield is completely
parayzed by the blow, YOU scarcely seem 10 feel
it. He has scarcely attended to any business
since, while you have not neglected patient.
Are you more of a sloic Than he isl or have you
more philosophy or what is The reasonl Ger.
tainly you are happier man; yetyou have sus-
tained just as heavy loss."
1t was some moments before the doctor re.
piled. Whether The pause was in order that he
might rally his feelings, his auditors did not
know; butwhen he spoke, his voice was changed.
1t was not really ,remulous; but no one could
mistake the sentiment it expressed. No one
nrocnnt dnnhted fOr n moment LONGER the deem