Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-10
what, then, cah be contained with

fully concealed?' Old parchmen
copies of my nor cages Your for
tune hasiolrly cha hged inaspect; be
fore you were in existence, the au-
thor of your being was a beggar-
My credit alone hhs supported me
4 have with difficulty been able to in.
vest in the funds for your wants the
paltry sum / mentioned. May you
prosper better thu in your father, and
the brightness Of your day make up
for the darkness d his closing scene
Gods blessing - His head sank
on the pillow, a nd falling into a
conlatoseIstate he Slept for four or five
hours, when his II +ansition from time
to eternity was as gentle as it was
unnoticed. !,
For my part, | merely remain here
| till the last offices are Performed
All his affairs will he committed to
his solicitors, whell the fortune and
residence which | looked forward to
dnjoying as my o Kn must be left to
others.
Courage, my d Ear fellow said I,
there is no space too great to allow
df the suns rays enliyening it
lleither is that heart in existence
Which hope may not inhabit-
The funera al was pver, the mansions
! dc his father rcli hquished, and St,
Clair himself duly forgotten by his
.fyfeuds. The pro dfession, which he
before looked on $s optional in its
pursuit, wasInow I'd become his means
df existence; an ID in order to
pursue it With greater comfort to
ourselves, VIE took spacious rooms,
which enabled us TO live together, in
- street, Borough, in the neigh
borhood Of our hospital One morn
ing, it SO ha opened that l had some
thing to detain me at home, and St.
Clair proceeded by himself to his
studies. From the brilliant COM
Iplexion and handsome countenance
bof former day, his appearance had
degenerated into the pale and con-
sumptiye Look Of one aboutto follow
the friend Cir whom his sable livery
of woe was worn
Give me Joy, Dudley Joy, say,
FOR life is bright once more!' exclaimed
st. Clair, returning late in the even
ing,a while Lis face was beaming with
.gladness.
rejoice to heari it, said I. What
has happened? | inquired.
st. Clair explained. lie had met
his unforgotten mistress of Dawlish;
sic had intrpduced him to her father,
with whom she was walking, and
whom he hereaognized as Mr. Smith,
an eccentric and wealthy acquaint-
ance Of his deceased parents. AIr.
Smith invited him to dinner the next
day. To cut Short my story, st.
Clair soon received permission to pay
his addresses to the lady he had SO
long and secretly 9oved; and Mr..
Smith, who had originally been in
trade, and was at once saving and
promised $4,000 to the
young couple, on the condition that
St. Clan should follow up his profsss-
ion. The marriage was to be con-
cluded innmp mpdiately after St. Clair
had passed the College of Surgeons,
which he eS Spected to 30 in six
months.
Dudley, 1 have an engagement to-
day, and shall not be at home TIL the
evening, said st Clair, returning
from the Hospital one morning; but
as we must di8sect the arteries of
The neck somewhat more minuteiy
before we SO Iup tor examination,
wish yea would get subject. / am
told You can have one within two
,lay days, by APPLYING to this man giy-
inc me the card of an exhumatorlin
the Borough !
Very well,' l returned setting Off
(Which Eiil you have, SIR! asked
the trallieker. in human clay, whose |
bespoke the total absence
of human feeling from his heart
a lady or a jfmman?'
Whichever you can procure with I
least trouble I replied. 1When can
YOU bring it TO my lodgings I
The daysafffaer tomorrow, Sir |
Good! WHAT'S your price? /
'Nhy, Sir, the markets. very high
just now, as there's a terrible rout |
about those things; so l must have /
twelve guineas.'
sWell. then. at eleven, the evening