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named Monsieur Dennevers, who was re-
commended as an active man of business.
intrusted him with the means of making
the necessary purchase. This worthy bro
ker took my money with great GOODNESS,
and next day went off, no one knows
where.'
"Have inquiries been made?" said M
de Manleon.
"Oh, yes ?"aswered the count eve have
at least had the satisfaction of discovering
who he was. His history is rather odd
He was first peasant, became next vii
lage clerk, and finally settled in Paris as a
sort of low agent in the brokerage way
He wormed himself there by degrees into
the confidence of so many people as to get
large sums into his hands. You know the
rest. BY the by," continued the count,ad-
dressing his wife, che is coantryman OF
yours. We learned that he came from Poi
tou, and that his name was not Dennevers,
but Pierre Billion. The rascal has lett
wife, too, an excellent woman, whom he
abused and neglected, completing his ras-
calty to her by carrying off with him an
other person, an infamous character. But
must 60 to consult further with my fel-
sufferers" So speaking the count de-
parted.
M. de Manleon looked at the countess
"What think you now, madam "a villain
"a wretch!'
"Oh Monsieur de Manleon," cried the
countess, with tears IN her eyes, chow SEN
sively ungrateful have | been to Heaven
for its merces l am cured | am hap
py And you, my friend'-
"Ah, madam, | passed the wayside in
Poitou two years too soon !" cried M. de
Manleon, with smile.
DocToRs.-If we examine the life OF the
practicing physician, We find 1t gilded and
shining on the surface; but beneath the
spangles, how much pain and hardship J
The practicing physician is one of the mar
tyrs of modern society he drinks the cup
of bitterness, and empties it to the dregs.
He is under the weight of an immense re-
sponsibllity, and his reward is but too often
injustice and ingratitude. His trials begin
at the very gates of his career. He spends
Ills youthful years III tuS eh"ouSeh6 IA ~
tigatlon of Anatomy he breathes the air of
putrefaction, and is daily exposed to all the
perils of contagion. View him in the prac-
iice of his dffiucut art which he has ac-
quired at the risk of his life He saves or
cures his patient it is the result of chance,
or else it is alleged that it is nature, and
nature alone, that cures disease, and that
the physician is only useful for form sake.
Then, consider the notifications he has to
undergo, when he sees unblushlng igno-
rance win the success which is denied to
his leaning and talents, and you will &C
knowledge that the trials of the physician
are not surpassed in any other business of
life. There is another evil the honorable
physician has to contend with-a hideous
aud devouring evil, commenced by the
world, sustained by the world, and SEEM
ingly forevermore destined to be an inflc-
tor upon humanity. This evil is Quack-
cry, which takes advantage of that deplo-
rable instinct which actually seeks false
hood, and prefers it to truth. How often
do we see the shameless aod ignorant spec
ulator arrest the public attention, and attain
fortune, while neglect, obscurlty and pow
erty are the portion of the modest practi-
toner, who has embraced the profession OF
medicine with conscentiousness, and cult
Yates it with dignity and honour.-Profes-
Sor Carnochan.