Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-07-14

ed, your honor, from the small but
secure spot in which my client had
trustingly deposited him, and mali
ciously driven to the public enclos-
ure called pound, for the vile pur-
pose doubtless of compelling my
client in his poverty and destitution,
to pay the enormous fee which has
been demanded of him, in order to
extricate the animal from his I'M
pleasant position and restore him to
the bosom of his familyr
BY this | meant the clients fami-
ly, the pig having none of his own
it was figure of speech undoubted-
", the family not inhabiting an Irish
cabin, but still it rounded off the pc
Rod, and sounded well to me, as !
repeated over and over again my
maiden speech, pacing up and down
the floor of my little office. In this,
my first case, | was successful so far
as to rescue the impounded animal
and save my client from the pay
ment of an unjust demand but il
brought no silver to my pocket, nei-
Their, to my surprise, did it seem to
bring honor to my name. The elo-
quence of my speech did not form
the theme, as fondly hoped il
would, of paragraphs in the village
papers, or of discussion at the corn
er of the streets, neither did it bring
to my office the rush of clients for
which each day | vainly made ready.
1t was plain that | should never rise
to distinction in Green Briar, and so
| came to the sudden determination
to remove from the pleasant spot,
and settle in some great city where
nobody knew or had ever heard of
me where, above all, there was
not a soul to call me Ne
There | was successful, and soon
had the opportunity of forming a
very advantageous partnership bu-
siness increased money began to
come in slow at first, but after a
time more plenty, and all things
seemed prosperous in my outward
circumstances. But alas as we
are so often told POLITICALLY, there is
no sweet without its bitter, no rose
without its thorn and trouble came
to me in the shape of disease, in
sidious, and slow in its approaches
at first, long feared and suspected,
but at length betraying itself SC
plainly, that would blind myself
no longer to the truth.
Yes | was without doubt a vic
tim of disease of the heart; moi
metaphorically, dear reader, for new
er had that organ beat with a quick
er pulsation at the approach of NOR
tai woman so far as the gentle
sex was concerned, was a perfec
stole but there was organic dii
ease about my heart, could n,
doubt, and if ever the symptom
: disclosed themselves unmistakabl,
4 they did so IN my case. There WI
: duttering palpita,ion, irregular ac
} ton, and at length pain | coul
not work life had lost its zest ; tn
fear of sudden death was ever witt
me | could enjoy nothing. If
had anything to leave, or anybody
to leave it TO, | should have mad,
my will, for | was quite sure now
that | should either drop some day
lifeleSs in the street, or that tn,
morning would soon come, when tn,
power to rise from my bed would
have left me.
remained at my boarding house
and found no comfort in anything
but my cigar, and my dread diseas,
grew worse and worse. As yet,
had consulted no physician, partly
| think, from the apprehension o
having my fears confirmed but al
| sat by my window one day, smo
king as vigorously as ever, gazins
abstractedly across the street, my at
tention was arrested by a modes
little sign upon an opposite blind
&C l.. Tod, M. d." While think
ing whether or not it would be hes
to make a trial of physicians skill
a sudden twinge and fluttering de
cided me yes, | would send 70
DIR. Tod, and know the worst a
once !
Summoning the only male serv
ant belonging to the establishment,
told him to step and ask the DI
Tod TO come and see me as soon a
possible.
The boy grinned.
What are you laughing at 2
asked, is not DIR. Tod a good ply
stefan 2
oh, yes, SIR he answered, Il be
lieve she is a very good physician
but she ha'nt never tended nobody
here
'SheP said | to myself, tn,
boy surely has WEIGH blood in hi
veins, they always she everything.
The boy soon returned saying
the Doctor was MT home, sir. but
left yonr name on the slate.
In the course Of the afternoon, a,
| lay upon the sofa, with my hanC
pressed upon my head, to still its If
regular pulsations, there was a sof
tap at my door. Come in,' l cal
led out, and to my surprise, in cam'
the neatest, brightest, most cheerful
looking little woman it had ever
been my lot to meet.