Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-10-01
Out of Heart.
BY ELLEN ASHTON.

have ! bern week after week and month aiter
MONTH may soon say year after year-wat-
ing for practice yet without success. A law
yer may volunteer in a cele brated case, and so
may make HIMSELF but physician must sit
patiently in his Office, and II unknown, see men
without half his requirements rolling IN wealth
while he, perhaps, is starving. And 1t will soon
come to that he added bitterly, If | do not get
employment
An unbdden tear started into his wifes eye,
but she srove 10 smile, and said
DO not despond, Earnest, know you have
been unfortunate so far, but you have talents
and knowledge to make your way as soon as
you get a start And depend upon it, she ad.
ded with a cheerful look, that will come when
you least expect it,
so you have told me ofen but the lucky
hour has never come said her husband des,
poudngly.
And now every cent Of our little fortune is
expended, and our credit will soon be gone
when it is found we do not pay. What then
is to become of us7
Ernest was in mood which the most ean-
gulne sometimes experience when disappont
ment after Disappointment has crushed the
spirit. and the voice of hope is no longer heard
within. His wife would have given tears if
she had been alone, but she felt the necessity
Of sustaining him, and answered cheerfullv,-
Nv hat if every cent is gone Have no fear
that we shall starve. God sent the raven to
feed Elijah and he will yet interpose for our
aid. Trust in him, dearest
But really, Mary, TINS want of success would
try the sloutest spirit. The mechanic, the dav
laborer. the humble farmer is sure Of his food
and raimen' but /, after having spent wears
in study, have wasted years, besides waiting
years for practice, and now when all my for
tune is gone, loose all have spent, both in
time and money, and must forever abandon the
idea of my profession. 1t is too hard :
And lie arose and walked the room with rap
id strides.
His wife sighed and remained silent. But
after minute or two, she went up to him, and
fondly encircling him with her arms, said,-
Dear Ernest, do not worry yourself so.-
G0u think it painful for me to endure poverty.
! | know; but woman never regards such things
when she loves A crust of bread and loo
cabin would be preferable to me, if shared
them with you, than IA palace with another -
Bur it will not come to this. Something as
sures me you will yet be rich. Have patience
ter IA little while longer. There is knock at
the or newt may be for YOU. As il her
words had been phrophetc, the little girl, their
onlv servant, appeared at this crisis, and said
the doctor was wanted in a great hurry. With
an exutlng smile his wife ran for his hat, and
then sat down with "a be atyng heart to await his
return.
1t was almost the first summons the vounc
physician had received, though he had resi- led
in the village Tor more than year. I he
place too, was large and populous, and there
were several physicians of large practice, and
all this combined to put down the young rival.
More than once, therefore, Earnest would have
abandoned the field in despair, but hls Young
wIe cheered and cncOuragel him; tbuuul
sometimes her own heart felt ready 10 plva m
Mary Llnwood was, indeed the greatest Of all
! blessings, good wife. She sympalnIZed with
| her husband economIzed to the utmost, and by
her sangulne words chased despondency from
! his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there awaiting her
| husbands return, yet he came not. At last
darkness set in, and she began to feel uneasy
She was about rising to 90 10 the koor, when
she heard her Husbands loot on the step, and
hurried out-she met him in the hall.
God bless you, Mary, for an angel as you
are were his first words. 1T it had not beer
for you, should have given up long ago, bu
now my fortune is made
Breahless with anxiety to hear all, vet no
unmlndiu of his probably wearied condition
Mary hurried her husband into the little sit
ting room, where all the tea things were laid
aud began to pour out the refreshing beyera ne
with trembling hand, while Earnest told the
history OF his days absence.
4 found, he SAID, that was sent for to ole
Golernor ilouston',, the richest aud most infu
entail man, You know, in the country, aud whel
ct there, learnt; 10 my surprise, that III,
Gouernor had been thrown from his carriaue
and was thought to be dying. All the phypl-
cans IN the town had been sent for, but non,
could aid him. la desp pair, his wife. wlthou
orders, had sent for me. saw his only chance
OF life depended on new aud difficult opera
ton, which none of the older physicians hat
ever seen performed. stated that thouch
1t could be done. The old Governor was MAJ
OF iron nerve, and quick resolution. When h.
heaTd the others say they could do nothing fD
/ hun, he determined to commit himself to m
hands, succeeded beyond my hopes-eve
] the other physicians were forced to acknow'
edge my skill, and there is nothing now bu
care required to make NV patient as well "A
ever. On parting, he put this roll of banl
notes in my baud.
Mary was in tears long before her husban
finished his narrative, but her heart went IL
with thankfuness to God, for having thus H.
terposed Just at the Crisis when hope SCENE
gone.
From that day Earnest Linwood was mad
man. The fame OF his operation was in ever,
ones mouth-by the aid of his patient, no,
become his patron, he stepped at once int
practice amoHg the best families OF that place
AnaI IA ,s.,l