Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-24
Miscellaneous.
Trust In God and PerSevere.

think OF all pursuits, physlclan's pro-
fession is the worst. Here / have been,
week after week, month after month, and
! may soon say, year after year, waiting
for practice, yet without success. A law
yer may volunteer in a celebrated case,
and so make himself known, but a ply
sician must sit patiently in his office, and |
il unknown, see men without half his ac-
quirements rolling in wealth while he
perhaps Is starving. And it will soon
come to that, he added bitterly if l do
not get employment.
An unbidden tear stole into the wife's |
eye, but she strove to smile, and said:
DO not despond, dear Ernest; l know
you have talents and knowledge to make
your way as soon as you get start, and
depend upon it, she said with cheerful
smile, that will come when you least ex-
pect it,
so you have told me, often told me,
but the lucky hour has never come, said
her husband despondingly. And now
every cent of our little fortune has been
expended, and our credit will soon be
gone when it is found that we do not pay.
What then is to become of us?
Ernest was in a mood which the most
sanguine sometimes experience when dis
appointment after disappointment has
crushed the spirit and the voice of hope
is no longer heard within. His wife
would have given to tears if she had been
alone; but she felt the necessity of sus-
tanning hum and answered him cheerfully:
And what if every cent is gone! have
no fear that we shall starve. God sent
ravens to feed Elijah, and he will yet in
terpose for our aid. Trust in him, dear
Ernest.
The husband felt rebuked, as she thus
spoke, and answered less despondingly:
But, really, Mary, this want of success
would try the stoutest spirit. The me-
chan:c, the day-laborer, the humblest far
mer, is sure of his food and raiment but
| have spent years in study, have wasted
years besides waiting for practice; and
now, when all my fortune is gone, if |
resort to other means of livelihood, |
loose all that have. spent, both time and
money, and must abandon forever the idea
to pursue my profession, it is too hard p
and he walked the room with rapid stri-
des.
His wife sighed and remained silent.
But, after a moment or two, she arose,
and went up to him, and fondly encircling
him with her arms, said:
Dear Ernest, you must not worry your
self so. You think it is painful for me tc
bear poverty, but a woman never regards
such things when she loves. A crust Of
bread and log cabin would be prefer
able to me if shared them with You thar
palace with any other. But it will moi
come to this. Something within assure:
me that you will be great and rich. Have
patience only little while longer. There
there is knock at the door-it may be
for you.
As if her words had been prophetic
the little girl, their only servant, appear.
ed at this crisis, and said the doctor wa.
wanted in a great hurry. With an exult
ing smile, his wife ran to get his hat, anC
sat down with beating heart to await hi
return. ,-H
1t was almost the first summons tha
the physician had received, although hi
had resided in the village more than ;
year. The place, too, was large and po
pulous, but there resided medical men o
large practice, and all these combined t,
put down their rival. More than one,
heretofore, Ernest would have abandoned
the field in despair, but his young wifi
/ cheered and encouraged him-though he
own heart felt ready to give up. Mar,
Linwood was, indeed, the greatest of al
blessings, a good wife; she sympathizer
with her husband, economical to the ut
most, and by her sanguine words chase,
dependency from his heart.
Hour after hour she sat there awaitin
her husband, yet still he came not. A
length darkness set In, and she began t
feel uneasy. She was about to 90 to tn
door, when she heard her husbands foe
, on the steps, and hurying out, she me
him in the hall.
God bless you, Mary, for an angel a
you are,' were his first words If it ha
not been for you, | should have given u
4 long ago, and now my fortune is made.
Breathless with anxiety to hear all, yt
: not unmindful of probably wearied cond
ton, Mary hurried her husband into th
little sitting-room, where the tea-thine
were laid, and began to pour out the n
y freshing beverage with trembling han
$ while Ernest told the story of his day
absence.
$ 4 found, he said, 4 was sent for to g
to old Governor Husten's, the richest an
most influential man, you know, in th
whole country; and whenI got there
b learned to my surprise that the Governs
# had been thrown from his carriage ar
# was thought to be dying. All the phys
clans of. the town had been sent for, OF
: after another, but none could aid him.
a In despair, his wife without orders hs
Ii sent for me. l saw his only chance f
s life depended on a new and difficult op
ration which none of the other physician
ever saw performed. Luckily ! assists
at one when a student, / stated what
thought could be done