The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-26

, lhc matter,
1 drtorulncl Upon settling IN LONDON. nu,
iu"k my place in thc plymouth mail fc
'rfcd such lodgings as ] thought best suite,
my -caniy FINANCES, uud ailcr paving my quar
, icrs rent iuuudl had bat q Gw .hiIlmg
remaining.
! was returning from a walk la very d,.
cpu"lWr moud when iust a. vas upcriu,
nay door, was accostod hy % poor old lriJ
woman,
And Is Il yourself dear, fhlt'- thr goo,
dnrtor' sHid shci "aud B. tyouurlf tbatll u,
the good a@ion 2"
And what !, il Il can do for you, my good
woman" ] replied
Aud bless you for SAYING ltliat kind word
io poor crathur in DISTRESS isn't IL mvrclf
that's got three oAildcr. III OF the favcr. and
no money 10 pay the doctor with 2" her sab,
chukrd her uttcrancc.
Immediately told her to lead the way and
would follow. We passed through numc,
rods allrys until w. Samo to a ,trr,t p,,,,,.
wiretched than anything could have pictur-
asked whore we were
She replied, "Ncll, dear, aud isn't il ~.
Gilce they call the grand street"
! now understood W. were in those street.
/ inhabited by the lowest and poorest cla.. of
! l1shwmch have often heard dcsrribrd. .but
never before visited. found tho poor wo-
man 'h'drrn suffering from very mllig-
h'ht rNrr winch was then raging in the back
trcct aud allcy- of the Alctropolis.
one c,cuing had" been prevented from
visiting these poor people until much later
ihan u'nhk aud, taking q wrong turn. found
ll\-ri quite hrWldcrcd II was uuitc dark.
ihc atmosphere felt -u thick, ! mechanically
uhhuiinurd mi coat to allow of free rp,birt-
iWu' drn~r 10y surrounded every object
aud nav aud then fell in heavy drnps. stool
still tnsrc itlcuuld meet with any ono from
whom could ask uy-W.tl higt- tl.-,.. =. --,,-,-
one visible. Rather higher up perceived
"lni lght streaming through u window: /
walked on, and looking thrnuuh. | por,,.i,,J
= 'lr,, 'lr was in uie attitude, of prayer, hrr
ia'c hurled in her h1nls | p,WilT .pY-b,I
4i4'is'- -l''---it,i mt rriuvt
80 Tod spare ~ T" r.rJpoi tom h,rlips
in broken accents.
lookcd round; firlbiug din, cu with
sam" nulk, and e small piece ni hrn,,u Lr,.I
on w"ol"n stuul wcrr AN rho apiruurtt,4,u.
Htu'd.. moved @" attract hrr attention. she,
roi-cd her head, and looking at me, cN. ltini
ed
Oh do not rob .ucl lr1vc ua.hiur. moth.
ing in give YOU MN eye, wrrr turned to-
W1h, ~" table Oh take ihc bread. lul
d' not, y" not take the milk, if is tpruy sick
-iistcr' ltyou lnNca heart otpiy leave mo
Ny eood GIRL | replied 81 am aot eoing
20 r''l You; am surgeon, and htyr been
attending poor family m one oi these street.
~ the bark have lost my way aud 20 inquire
"a. ir she wohld read my ncar
"Arc you surgeon :" said she.
4 4 ALA 49, 1 rpulisl
"Nill YOU, will you sec her: cannot pay
YOU. ! have no money
Il. ityour sister, asked, You wish me to
"l-es." she Replied Il fear she is very, very
iu"
immediately assured her | would do all
could iur her sister. She did not thank me,
lit i,,,t, ~, -pi'l it's,;l -l.., -.4't
Did mc follow her up stairs; at the top she
made sign for me tu wait | could see all
arouud the ropma very small fire was in the
lrate, an elegant rnacwnnI easy chair, lined
with amber velvet, was the ouly furniture, /
small pallet bed with a sheet suspended by
pieces ofstring attached 10 nail, in the ccit- .
ing, served for q curtain ON the side near the /
door, and prevented my seeing the ucruprst
ot the hvd. She stole gcutls rouud, when a
languid voice raid .
"Aiary :"
Il am here, my love-" she replied.
"Oh, Mary, come and talk to me; have
had such q shocking dream. thought | wa,
dead, aud you were alralouc,"' Sob, chok-
eel her uttcrancc.
"Ob do not, dOpot cry SO, Nou VIII make
s0ursclizo ILL., and you know. Emily Lhcr
voice trembling with emotion iyon were to
die. | should not bc all alone"
ia 4Iai eI.A- tar I.,NNe.lL hut-A n4l- yau
Mary
"ConRe ,lovc,try To be. quiet. have brought
doctor to >cc YOU, and who knows ---"
and then as il fearful of raising hopes which
were never To bc realized, the sentence died
away upon her lips.
| approached my patient, and instantly re
coguzcd in the emaciatcd form which lay
before me, the once lovely Emily Bovorly.--
Once lovely should not say; she was, il pos
sihlc more beautiful than ever; those cycs al
WAYS SO dark now looked doubly hiliautaud
the hectic spot in each check told fearful
TatC- trtt rr T1rri-r;; lttt+,lY...l 4nL
ten. Not having my stethoscopc, ! placed
my ear to her chest, aud at once perceived
human aid was of no avail.
While | was questioning my patient |
could not help noticing the couutcnaucc OF
! Marg-I Ihlyc seen persons in almost every
stage of Distress both mental and bodily but
neither before nor since have | ever seen
such intense agony depicted in any human
cmmtcnancc. followed her down stairs;
/ her lips trcmhlcd,- but she could not speak
! |, too, was much allotted; felt | could not
/ crush every hope; | mumured, with God
all things are possible"
! She understood Out too we'll and, turning
white as death, she leaned against the wall
for support After a few minutes she efg;,in
! tf+el- speak eangkt- the Evarsl-, "llaSr
long," l-undersiaod what she, meant, and
Ercplicd, at is impossible to say"
Mary returned up stairs, and tn my soii-.
,tarv home, nursing the scene had just
witnessed. thought~ an their poverty, and
regretted had not given them sompthing
! luI no l could not oiler iAam money; no. ]
must do it in some other way; aud ! spent n
slcepless night in thinking how | might best
\ serve them. Ny own resources were very
small: my stock of money had wasted to few
shiIlings; my patients were all Of the very
tpoorcst claS---so poor that instead of rcceiy-
/ ing, could not resist the dct5tUs of my heart
and try -. alleviate their suffering. ! arose
.uncariAiu hny tp act for the best, and bent
= thatt r,i.nJc