The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-01

Then you condemn IN ignorance; wise
man ought not to do so.' ....
'Ilork ye, sirn exclaimed The sick man,
raising himself upon his elbow, with a look
Of fierce exulinlion, us tho what he was about
to say were quite unsnswerabe; 'Hark ye,
sir; the poor are bad patients foryour tribe
Look round this room; do you think broker
would give FIVE shillngs for all that it con
talnsF
Probably not, replied Mr. Kendrck.
'Ha! i1a!-and where do you think the
money would come from to pay your long
bills? No, no;go away, go away. You wouC
never get paid you see that you never woulC
get paid ........
lam willing to give up the expectation; bu
that is no reason why | should leave you tC
die
'lfl had never seen you, or known Of your
misunderstanding; but having seen you,
ain bound to my own conscience TO do all tina
can do for you
without getting paid?' screamed the pa
tent; without getting padp
'That does not effect my responsibility.
think | can do you some good-it is my duty
to try--it is yours to let me-
Try, them grumbIed the sick man,
The doctor went home, but not to the en-
joyment Of his dinner, his easy chair, his
slippers, OF his good fire; it was only to make
preparations for the care of his two new pas
lients.
Another hour had made wonderful diff
ference in The aspect of affuirs. Mr.. Ken
drick had managed, in that time, 10 surround
his poor patient with few comforts; had sem
lhm blankeI, procured him the cheering ad
vantage of fire, had given him medicine
and what was equally more necessary, nutr
lous food.
Neither had he been less careful ofhis 9TH
er patient. There he had himself admins
tered medicine, himself smoothed the sicl
pillow, and seen all that was needlul duly o.
lone.
And never was kindness and support more
crnved for than in that sick chamber. The
girl, totally unused to depend upon herself
and in a situation that would have tried The
strongest forttude, sat by the bedside of he
mother, who was raving with delirlum, almos
paralysed with terror. They were evidentl,
strangers, urknowing and unknown. Their
was not relative or fiend to share her toll
or cheer or sustain her under it. Our doctor
however, sanctioned by his profession, he
came both nurse and comforter; and by tina
Immulable law which makes the weak leaI
upon the strong, he was under God, her trust
her strength, her oracle.
Three days-ihree days of unspeaknb
anxiety and terror to poor Esther, followed
Aims! the heavy weight OF moments, tha
seemed hours--of honrs, that seemed days
of days, that seemed years Poor Esther
blood shoot eyes, her pallid lips, her fantlni
frame, bore witness to The tagging spirit; bu
our DOCTORS cheering voice, his strength o
mind, and his cohsong courage, still sustain
ed her. BY gentle, but firm compulsIon, h
had made her at intervals take an hours res
upon the sofa, in the adjoining room, while h
assumed her station by the bedside. In hi
calm, kind and authoritative voice he had oI
dered her to take needful food, and she ha
obeyed him like child When she grey
frantic, he reproved; when she despaired, h
consoIed, Oh! profession too noble for ma
office rather for an angel, to be the ins:ru
ment Of binding up the broken heart. Q
snatching life from the grasp Of death, OF CIV
ing 10 the mother the child, to the husban
the wife, the loved one 10 the loving.
We have said that three days of .thc bltie
es! anxiety had passed The fourth brongi
with it better hopes. The delrium had a
baled, the fever was alayed, and Mrs. Heath
cole lay weak and motionless, but memor
and comprehension had resumed their func
tons.
But memory nnd comprehension, thoug
!. they served TO reassure poor Esther's spr
by seeming TO give her back the identity {
her living parent, brough, with them but lii
tic solace to The sufferer, for with them cam
the remembrance of those anxioties whlc
had been in fact the occasion of her malAdles
and our doctor found, what ho had befor
more than suspected, that his own bill wa
not quite as safe as The bank Of England,'
PART II.
/ The doctors other patient lay With b
: head halfraised from the pillow, supported b
his hands, striving 10 catch the first echo {
his footsteps OH the stairs.
! 'Anolher half hour gone, and not here yet
said the poor patient his glsiening eyes IuS