Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-10
The Victim:
a ,ruc story.
By a NJ EDIcAL sruDEST.

By a NJ EDIcA1 sTUDENT.
Some years ago, myself and fel
lPwFtudent wd mt to DawlEsh for th,
! sumner mont hs An accident whicl
u need not ma rrate, and which wa,
followed by a severe atta&k Of pleun
s5, claimed me a prisolher to my
room for seve raj weeks. My com
panioh, whose name was St. Clair
y as 2young II ban Of high spirits ant
LIVELY temper and though naturally
\ ind and aff fectiohate, escaped, a:
often rs he could, from the restraint
oF a sick room III one of his walks.
/ he Glanced to eneounte4 "a young
lady, whon he fell In lo9c with, as
the phrase is at first sight, and
! whose beauty he dweltuH lon with a
earnlh Of en- thusiasrn i lot d little
lantalizing to one, like myself, who
could not even behold it. The lady,
however, quilted Dawlish very sud
denly, and left my friend i4 ignorance
ofeyeiy other particular concerning
her tllan that her name Eas Smith,
and Her reside nee in London. So
vagucIa direction he, h4wever, re-
s9IYod to efolloF up. we returned
to town ,sooner r than we otherwise
should have done, in order that the
lover might commence his inquiries.
Ny fl lend vas worthy Of the roman
tic naine that he bore, Melville St.
Clair "A name that was The delight
Of all lAis board1ng-schooi dousins, and
rthe jdst Of all his acquaintance in
the schools.
IIq was the sole son Of Thomas
ST. Clair, Of Cla air Hall, iI the coun-
ty Of No. : -,i4 Hanover
sqaare E; and Bq mixer, No. -, LON
baf street. An eccentric L man did
the world accd unit him. Very odd
remarked the heads Of houses for
whold sale brid es, that lbe old man
saoul I insist upon his sdn studying
mellidinc and Surgery, when every
enc l4nows be viii Inherit at least ten
thousand a-year.' Not hing to do
with It, was 1.-THE ARGUMENT of the
fathcf; who ca b tell what is to hap-
pen 5 fandedI or even ID dnded prop
cry, in England? The empire OF
di4ea be takes in the void; and in
all it$ quarters, medical knowledge
may be made the key to competency
and wealth.
Willie quietly discussing in my
own mind the various relhtive merits
beiV9en two modes Of o. lIeration for
p0pli5ioal anelHrism, at MY lodgings
in totn, some three wcekF after cur
return from the country bf Hills and
rain, Some I'M CALAMITY a4d, Of thick
ankles also, my studies " ere broken
IN ppbn by d messenger, VI ho lemand-
ed my immediate c compfance with
The terms of a note he h eld in his
hand. Itran thus
Ldt me pray you to fdt off III
stantly with the bearer in by carriage
tO yotIr distressed fiiAnd4
M. Sd. CLAIR
On reachingthe house, the blinds
were down and the Shut ers closed;
While The knocker mqffle@, <bespole
a nqte Of dminou$ fFAparatiop.
How are you?1 l inquired. somewhat
relieved by seeing my IfTie4l up; and
Though looking wan, baaring & no marks
of seEere Illness. 4 hope nothing
has lappened?'
YES, the deadiicstarr@ @w in For
tunes quiver has been shot-and
found lis mark. At thfe4, this NOR
niHg, iAy fathers valet called me up,
10 say ms master was IN cPnyulsIOus.
SiispEcting it to be RETURN Of apo
.Ilex. dispatched him Of for Aber-
crqnllie, ana on reachi ng bis room, l
found my fears verified. Abercrom-
bic arriycd;he opened the t4mporal az
terry, Ind sense returned, wi lea my I'M
iorta1iate parent insistedo1 informing
ms what arransementSIhe had made
in mJiayor respecting thd property;
and on my suggesting thai his books
might previously require TO be look4d
over, be Interrupted InebJ saying 1t
Was useless. -Hou are thetson of a
ruined man I started, Yes, such
have been for the last tive hty years,
[ have secured to you a thoasaad
Do4adg, to finish your edaoat tion-and
that il all thatIcalamity haB left it in
my power to beBtow.' For some mo-
ments I was led to doubt bis sanity.