The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-08
| From Oliver Wendell uolmes's profsssor al ,ba
Break asst Table

/ '''"" ohssf wendell Uolmes'a profeesor al th,
| Break 'ast Table
Tho natural end OF a tutor IN On n.r;,,, r.,
| starvation lt Ia only question of time. inst -
"'tu 'he buiuing OF college libraries. These MI
SuFn Up sooner or later, provided they nra no,
housed IN brick OF atone, and iron / don't mesr
t you "ti' see Ia tho register of deaths that
tnis or thai particular tutor, died of well mar
uheoinpiicAied starvation. They may. even. In
extreme caSes, be carried off by q thin, watery
Aiaa u apopiexy, which souIds very well in the
:. pS' oat means little TO those W DO know tina,
~ rs ohly debility settling on the head GeneraIly
however, they tade aud waste under yarious nrs
ieAte-caiiinS it dyspepsia, consumntio and AZ
oh, 10 pat decent appearance upon the casa and
seep up Ihe credit OF the family, aud the iusttu.
ton where they have passed through the succ..
sivestsges of inaniiion.
IN some casesit takes O great many yeara n
nih tutor ny tho process in question You sac
,ney 90 get iood and clothes md fuel in apprecia
Die quantities, such as they are You viii evan
notice rows OF books in their rooms ard n;o.na
OF two--thipgs that look as if they had surnIns
ihoaey' ont these super1uties are the H,ters oI
eFys1dttSataon to scholars, and yea can never ger
tpom away Till the poor fellows sWoresca in n dns,
10 not oe deceived The tutor breakfasts on coffee
naoe oi pesns, adulterated with milk warmed ~
tue tefSeoi transparency, his mutton is ,ourh
ana elastic and tasteless. up to the menent il he.
.oe' iiioo out. HIS coal Is II sullen sulphurous
aHeni aoite. Whicn ruats into ashes, rather tha n
Durns, IN the shallow CRATE; his nimsv brosdcio,h
10 100 ihin TOR winter aud too thick for summer
Inc greedy lungs of 6fty hot-blooded boys snct
oxygen trom the air be breaths in his recitation
and gradual starvation.
The mother of little Iris was not called Electra
like hers Of The old stery, peitber was her
iather oceanus Her blood name which she gave
away with her heart to the Latin tutor wa, a Mai N
eId English one aud her water name was Han,
nan. beautiful as recalling the mother of Samuel
aod admirable as reading equally we'll from the
,hiai letter forward and from the terminal letter
BACKWARD. the poor lady seated with her cou pa,
rIon at the chessboard Cf Mairimopy had but iust
put forward her own little white pawn upon AN
empty square whom the Black Knight. that cares
nothing TOR castles kings queeus g. swooped down
upon her and swept her from the lar ger board of
life.
The old Latin tutor put a modest blue stone at
the bead OF his late compau ion with her name and
Eheu, upon it--a smaller one at her feet with mi
tias and left her by herself to be raiued and
showed on-which Is a hard thing to do for those
whom We have cherished tenderly.
About the time thar the lcheus falling on the
stone IKE drops OF water, had spread iuto fair
round rosettes, the tutor bad starved into a slight
cough. Then he began to draw the buckle of his
black paotaloons little tighter, and took In au
other reef IN his never ample waistcaat His TEN.
pies got little hollow. and the contrasts of color
Ia his Cheeks more vivid than OF old. After a
while his walks fatigued him. and he was tired and
preatned hard after going Hp flight OF two of
stsIrs. Then came on other marks of inward
trouble aud general waste, which he suoke of TO
bis physician as peculiar, and doubtless owing to
accidental causes; to all which the doctor listened
with deerence rs If il had besn the old story
thu one in five or six OF mankind in tempers.a q
climates tell, or has told for hal, ss if it were
something uew, AS the doctor went out he said
TO himseif-"On the rail at last. Accommodation
tram. good many stops, but will get to the STA
ton by and by"
So the doctor wrote recipe with the astroloc;.
cal sign of Jupiter before it dust As your ON n
physicisn does, incstmable reader as you will see
II you look at his next prescriptonl and DEPART.
go, saying be would look 10 occasionally. After
tLis, the Latin tutor began the usual course of
"gettiDg BETTER until he got SO much better that
hs face wa8 very sharp, and when he smiled 4 hr &c
crescent lines showed at each side of his lips and
when he spoke 1t was 10 muf1ied whisper and
the white OF ms eye siistened peariy the
purest porcelaiD-sO much better that be hoped
by Spring-he-migbt be aSie-to-attepd
TO MS class again. But he was recommend
ed not to expose himself, and he kept his cham
Der, acd occasionally not having anytbug to do
his bed. The unmarried sister Hith whom he
lived, took care Of him; and the child row old
enough to DO manageable, even useful in trifng
offices, sat Ia the chamber or played about
ihings could not go on SO forever, of course
one morning his face was sanken aud his hands
very, very cold. He was "belt ter" he whispered,
bnt sadly aud family. After while be grew
restless aud seemed a little wandering. His mind
ran on his classics, and fell back on the Latin
grammer.
"lrs, he said. fila near The child know his
meant my dear little daus shter we'll as i. it had
heen Eugiish. "RainboWn'-for he would traus.
late her name at tiInes-"cone to me--reai' and
his lips went on automicaiy, and murmured, '.rel
'ea,to." The Child came ard sat by his bed side
and took his hand, which she could not warm, bu.
which shot its rays of cold all through her sleu.
der frame. But she Sat looking steadily at him
Presently be opened his lips feetly; and whispered
Nor t6hpdaS.' She did not know what that
meant, bur she saw there was something new aud
sad. SO she began to CRY: but presently rsmeu.
bering all old book that seemed to comfort him at
times, got up aud brought Bible in the Latin
version. called the Nuigae "Open it, he said
4 will read-Stgnius irritant-don't put the light
out--ah hderet tateri-I am going-rale, rale, rale
good blythe Lord take care o. my chiid!- Dom.
me, Ghdt-rei audt0'' His face whitened sudden
ly, aud be lay still, with open eyes aud mouth
lie had taken his last degree.