New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-07
A Cure for Hnnui.

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/ It was ten in the morning, and ] had Just risen,
when DR.. Elliott entered my apartment !" An, Doc
tor said T. in feeble voice, you see before You
| poor young man who is fast going to the grave. !
4 am surrounded BY everything that wealth can pur-
chase but at twenty-five years of age have lost all
q aya oonsue the mos
nent physicians in London, but they can do nothing
aThey were right, replied the Doctor, abruptly.
i eyes, undoubtedly, when you are eighty years
/ old
Heavens! do you know remedy p
Perhaps, perhaps Let me see, Sir Thomas, nave
4 you abused the pleasures which youth ana fortune
/ have procured for you p
!" / have used them, but never abused them..
"What are your first thoughts upon waking q
Vague and underlined" 49,
sc Have you ever been in love?"
"Alas! Ihave no strength to love or hate
g Do you like the theatre"
g 1t is a BORE
.sDo you like the pleasures Of the tablet"
I" have no Appellee
"Do you enjoy the beauties of nature?"
"I only see clouds and shadows
tYou are very sick, but not incurable."
DO you believe it,"
fice.''
g What is that ~
You must renounce your country, your friends and
the use of your fortune. You must forget that you
are Sir Thomas Wentworth, and the immense wealth
you possess. You must go to Switzerland, taking
with you only hundred guineas to buy some goats
and little cabin. You must live there for a year,
breathing the lure mountain air. and laboring with
the sweat of your brow to gain an existence, which
all the diamonds of the Indies cannot purchase"
+" You forget, cannot travel-I have no strength"
at will return There exists in society class OF
| men among whom your malady is extremely rare.
/ fho in fhor yoxT Yruct nNln
Depart, then, as soon as possible. Return in year
and you will return cured. There is but one plank
between you and shipwreck; renounce it, and you
are q dead man. 1ft
So saying, he took his hat, and politely wishing
| me pleasant journey, departed.
delberated upon his advice, and concluded to fol-
low it. 10 my steward gave directions concerning
| my affairs, and the next day embarked for Dover,
without acquainting person with the object of my
journey OF my destination.
supported the fatigue Of travelling better than
anticipated although I gave up all hopes Of ever
looking upon my country or kindred again.
After journey Of three weeks the snowy submits
of the Alps rose before me. At this sight was
seized with profound sadness, and felt sure that
should never leave them alive. arrived at Berne in
detection of Spirits and remained there two days to
make my arrangements, and finally decided upon the
valley of Lauterbrunn for my habitation. rose at
6, took guide and began my march; but the grand
and imposing scenes Of nature were not in harmony
with my physical strength and what to others would
have been a source Of unbounded pleasure, was to
me suffering We stopped for the night in the val
ley Of Grindewold, and in the morning for the first
| time in many months, had a good appetite
4 Atsunset arrived at my destination, and entering
the first house, Iasked the hospitality of the inmates
which was cheerfully accorded me. In the morning
assumed shepherds dress, and left the friendly
roof not to enjoy the charms of NATURE but to indulge
in my own sad reflections
| had taken buta few steps when heard the sound
of music, and the village rapidly filled with people to
attend divine service The crowd proceeded towards
the church, and awaited the entrance of the pastor
venerable man, inspiring respect and esteem. Hardly
were the services concluded when the flutes and haut
boys were heard anew, anda man and woman knelt
before the altar and received the nuptia bensdction
Happiness and gaiety shone in all faces. I glanced
toward the seat occupied by the young girls Of the
4 valley and observed one with her eyes fixed upon
| me. Her beauty was more delicate and noble than
that of her companions and occasionally tear woud
steal from beneath her eyelashes. Her sadness gave
her an additional charm in my eyes; Like me, she
| is unhappy" said, "but happiness will soon smile
upon her, while with me death only will put an end
| to my misery
1 Next followed a ball, and two hundred young peo-
pie danced merrily to the sound Of the instru-
ment that we heard in the church, Seeing strange
young shepherd reclining in the shade of an ancient
pine, some of the dancers approached me to join in
their amusement but declined, and they abandoned
me to my own reflections. The yong girl with whose
beauty had been so struck was not among the gay
throng; she had disappeared Immediately upon leav-
| ing the church.
/
ing gay as they went advanced to the foot of hill,
whose summit was covered with ice. All at once they
started and rushed full speed up the slippery emn-
ence. They seemed like troop of angels ascending
| to Heaven. But what was my terror when they be-
gan to descend in the same rapid and perious man
| ner. With great speed they came springing down
the declvty3 heir hair unbound and floating in the
wind while their lovers at the base of the hill with
their arms extended, received them with nnumerable
KISSES
Happy shepherds! I exclaimed, " how envy
you! :"
Upon arriving at the house learned that my guide
had purchased for me flock of dozen goats, and
little cabin upon one of the neighborng mountains.
This transaction had consumed almost all my money,
and if wished to live must labor like my new
companions, no richer than any Of them.
My dwelling was neat, and furnished with every
thing necessary for comfort; a bench, table and
bed little hard to be sure but soft enough for the
robust limbs Of tired shepherd.
My first few days were frightful. The isolation in
which lived, the coarse fare to which was unac.
cusomed, the violent exercise in following my goats
over steep rocks and precpces, all combined to drive
me to despair. Soon had not strength to leave nv
cabin; burning fever consumed me, and my senses
were lost in delirium. remained ten days lowering
between life and DEATH Sometimes believing myself
in my own country, sometimes on desert island
pursuing phantoms that fled before me. Sometimes
seemed to see at my bedside the young girl whom
met at church, but her sweet face was soon oblite
rated by Others F
Finally, after lethargic sleep, my reason returned.
Inquired, Where am ~ A voice replied, f" He is
saved!" / opened my eyes and perceived two fe-
maidstone of middle age who had uttered the ex-
camaton but the other, fresh as spring. and beau
tifnl as newborn flower, gazed at me in silence.
. These are the two angels" l said in my own Ian
guage, that have saved my lfe.' My words they
could not understand, but my sentiment am sure
thE did.
Marie and Laura, as they were called in the valley
were beloved by all the Inhabitants of Lauterbrunn.
They delighted in good Deeds and often climbed the
mountain to carry assistance to sick cottagers. Their
dwelling was not far from mine and as soon as they
learned of my illness they hastened to tend upon me-
Thanks TO their care. recovered and became fire.
quent yisiter at their cottage. Gratitude made it a
duty, and love made it necessity.
applied myself diligently to the study of their
language, and with Marie and Laura for instructors
lsoon acquired great proficiency in it, and could CON
verse freely with the shepherds upon the mountains
Ooliged, like them, to earn my own living ] soon
began to value my rdearned necessaries and to
forget the existence of luxuries After hard DAYS
work, thoroughly enjoyed my evening meal of coarse
bread and goats milk. My sleep was peaceful, and
visions Of Laura danced through my dreams.
supposed that Marie and Laura were natives of
Lauterbrunn. They wore the costumes and spoke the
language of the country, but could not but observe
marked difference between their manners and those
of the simple Swiss shepherdess. The latter pos.
sessed charming naturalness, and at the same time
an air of rusticity. Marie and Laura possessed the
same naturalness but highbred refinement and cul.
tivation was mingled with it. They were calculated
to adorn any station, however exalted.
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