The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1854-07-21
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~ oR-DlSEASE OF THE HEART.
FROM rHE roRrrolro OF 4 rouse LAwrrs.
i fFrom new work. BY Cousin cicoly. in the
course Of publication by Burnett a Bostwiek, New
Orleans !.
THE days Of my clerkship were ended INV.
examination was over Il was admired; wrote
myself @Nehemiah Hubs, Attorney !. put
up my new bright little sign, and Il, NV ma
tive village began my professional career.
No, did not either; ann mistaken. In.
tended to pursue the honorable practice of
the noble profession to which had dedicated
my talents aud learning, in the place of INV
birth but, never was trtier word penned than
the time-honored proverb, "a prophe. hath
no honor IN his own country. believe If
had remained in the village of Green Briar
TIL my head was white, they would have
thought of me as nothing but boy, and
would have feared to, trust me. Even after
my sign was put up, nobody called me Mr..
Habbs; was still @Ne," with old and young,
and aNen would have remained to to this
day had / remained in Green Briar.
Only one case claimed my attention dur
ing the three months of my patient continu-
ance in Green Briar, after being admitted to
the bar, and that was the case of an unjust
y impounded pig; @felouiously abstracted,
your honor, from the smalt bus secure spot in
which my client had trustingIy deposited
him, and maliciously driven to the public en-
closure called q pound, for the vile purpose.
doubtless, of compelling my client in his pow
@ ty and destitution, to pay the enormous fee
which has been demanded of him, in order
TO extricate the animal from his unpleasant
position, and restore him TO The bosom of
his family r. aa tsl.,s,rq .sgs.. -
BY this, meant the clients family, the
pig having none Of his own il was figure
OF OF speech undoubtedly, the family not in
habiting an Irish cabin, but still it rounded
off the period, 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 sue
eessful so far as to rescue the impounded an.
imal, and save my client from the payment
of an unjust demand but il brought, no sill.
yer to my pocket; neither, 10 my surprise,
did 1t seem TO bring honor to my name.
The eloquence of my speech did not form the
theme, as had fondly hoped it would, of
paragraphs in the village papers, or discus
sion at the corners 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 distinc-
ton in Green Briar, and so came to the
sudden determination to remove from that
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." tAEf3s t.t#s ~, ~ .ss2. s-
There was more successful, and soon had
the opportunity of forming very advantage
eous partnership business increased; money
began to come in slowly at first, but after a
time more plentifully, and all things seemed
prosperous in my outward circumstances.
But alas as we are so often told POLITICALLY,
there is not sweet without its bitter, no rose
without its thorn; and trouble came to me
in the shape Of diseases, insidious, and slow,
in Its approaches a. first long feared and sus-
pected, but at length betraying itself so plain
ly, that / would Blind myself no longer to
the truth. rEs - a..
Yesi was without doubt victim of dis
ease Of the heart; not metaphorically, dear
reader, for never had that organ beat with
a quicker pulsation at the approach or NOR
tai woman so far as the gentler sex was con-
cerned. / was perfect stolic but that there
was organic disease about my heart, I could
not doubt and il ever the symptoms disclos-
ed themselves unmistakbly, they did SO in
my case. There was huttering, palpitaiion,
irregular action, and at length pain could
not work; life had lost its zest; the fear of
sudden death was ever with mel could
enjoy nothing. II I had anything to leave,
or anybody to leave it to, should have
made my will, for I was quite sure now that
Ishonld either drop some day lifeiess in the
street, or that the morning would soon come,
when the Power to rise from my bed would
hayeleft me. 49, - -.
I remained at my boarding house, and
found no comfort in anything but my cigar,
and my dread disease grew worse and worse.
AS set had consulted no physician, partly
l think from the apprehension of having my
fears confirmed; but as sat by my window
one day, smoking as vigorously as ever gaz-
ing ahstractedly across the srteet, my atten-
ton was arrested by modest little sign up
on an opposite blind, i. Tod, NJ. d."
While thinking whether or not It would be
best 10 make trial Of physicians skill, q
sudden tinge and fintter decided me; yes, !
would send for DR.. Tod, and know the worst
at ONCE 49, 8,