Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-01-01

all his skill on those who had nothing but bless
ings to give him in return. But although bless
iDgs are indeed blessed things, they will not fur
nish mans table nor pay his rent, still less can
ne marry upon them; and the young surgeons
heart grew sick with disappointment, and his
hopes faded from day to day.
" Yes" he would say to himself with bitter
ness, when the present generation have died
away; when Ashley Cooper, and Cline, and all
the rest of them are gone when am fifty years
old, and Lucy MOnwarring is married to some
body ese-for how can expect her to wait for
me all her life and is, perhaps, the mother of
dozen children, shall get into practice and
drive my carriage. had better have been born
day-Iaborer, than be the son of gentleman
with an empty purse, and talents can have no
opportunity Of exercising"
His position was so difficult too, or his pride
forbade him TO tell the whole truth and whilst
he was holding out fal)acious hopes to his mis-
tress, he found them as far US ever from realiza-
linn.
Amongst the students ofmedcine he had be
come acquan ed with about the hospitals, was
one called O'Grady. He was an IriShmun, as
his name indicated, apparently o. IN" b,rh,and
without connections and with little talent or in
dustry. Neither did he seem to evince any de-
sire or ambition to rise. lie seemed either con
scions that he was born for medlocuty or content
with little but that little he never appeared io
want Yet those who had known him Longest
md understood from himself that he had no pri.
vate resources, but had come to London to trade
on his talents and education like many amongst
them. 1t occurred 10 Gerald sometimes to won
der how he cunlrivcd to live; whether he mirht
not have fallen INTO some inferior line of practice
that paid in some degree-a practice that, il
perspective, he would himself hive scorned, bu
now he would he 100 glad to take anything he
could get. With the view Of finding cut o.
Gradys secret, he cultivated his society, which
from not liking him, he had originally rather a
/
to be civil, he showed himself ready enough t,
meet him half way; and one day as they quit
ted one Of the hospitals together, he invited hin
to dine with him, at an eating house he lrequen
ted in the neghborhood.
Tic dinner was not in grand style, but it was
plentiful, and O'Gady called for aboule of win,
to relish it-a luxury which The other was yer,
little accustomed to-
Upon my word, O'Grady," said he "yor
make it out capitally, it this is the style you liv
IN every day. | don't know how il is but thoug
| get plenty of patients, never get a fee"
"Nor either" said O'Grady. "Why, man
if depended upon fees, | should not get an,
butter to my breaG.'
"ohei beg your pardon, said Gerald, "yor
have doubtless some private resources. Fortu
nate man, say |. wish had"
O'Grady did not deny the imputation, and 81
the matter rested for that time bot as eithe
for motives of his own or from good nature, h,
not unfrequently invited Gerald to share his din
ner, the intimacy continued till degree of con
fidence was established between them that LEI
to momentous results.
"As for my getting into practice here, lool
upon it as out Of the question, without some ex
traordnary lucky hit" said O'Grady one day.
81 mean by-and.bye to go back to old Ireland
where, in some miserable hole or another, shal
settle down as a country doctor, and spend thu
rest of my life astride oft sharp back bone O
an Irish horse. But you ought to get into prac
tice; YOU have not only abilities but industry
and there isn't a man amongst US who has bet
ter right TO get on than you have."
"And yet this ability and industry you arr
pleased to attribute to me, will scarcely find M
in bread and cheese. And the hard part of i
is, that when fortune turns her back upon mai
in this manner in the beginning of life, ont
cant-at least can't afford 10 wait until sh
is in better humor. suppose practice will COM
by-and.bye, when atm 40 or so years of age
but how ain to live and keep up appearance
10 the mean time!
"If had your gift of the CAB" said O'Grady
-" and knew as much about the thing as you
do, I'd give lectures on anatomy. In that wa,
you'd get known"
But who'd come to them That is, who,
pay to come to them !-and without fees couI
not do it."
"l'll tell you what would bring fces'
What ~
"Not talking alone, admit; but get subject
show 'en what you teach, and you'll get plen
" Of students to come 10 you, warrant"
81 dare say. But how am to get subjects
Why, K. gave forty pounds for one lately"
IL know that answered O'Grady but Their
are ways of doing it"-and then with his eI
bows on the table, he leaned across, and in
low vice communicated to Gerald the secret b.
alluded TO-
AT that time-and it is not So very many year
since these circumstances Occurred-surgeon
were expected as much as now, to be acquante
the Legislature placed every impcdment in tn
way of their diving into its secrets. There wa
no provision made for supplying them with sub
jects, whilst to obtain them by violating tn
grave yards was an unlawful act OF course
however, they were SO obtained many maj
lived by the trade and the surgeons were unde
the necessity of countenancing the crime, or re
naming in Ignorance of what they were boun
to know. Some Of The dire consequences of thi
short-sighted Legislation became known to tn
world, and we have verb adopted in our vocab
ulury which will carry down the legend to pos
terty but it is well understood that there wer
many more deaths by bwking in different part
of the kingdom, especially IN London, than eve
became public, as also that the annals of tn
resurrectiouiSts would record many strange es
capes and frightfu adventures.