The mountain Democrat., 1863-07-18

graves. 1t spoke of youth, Of beauty and
happiness and love, too plainly to be cast
aside. And so he gazed and unused, till
the church clock over his head struck the
hour Of one. Then he started and looked
around him with an amused smile.
Am sixteen or twenty.Six,' he th0't
to himself, to stand dreaming here in the
broad light Of noon over bit Of white
kid, and my patients and the doctor wait
| ing for me all the whiIrH What donkey
must be | A clear case of temporary in
sanity But for all that, il ever ! marry
nv ~ife shall br the woman who dropped
this glove. Heaven bless her for a care.
less little thing
He folded It carefully, put it away in
the hreast pocket Of his coat, and walked
uf With long strides towards the surgery
in Brompton, where he spent the greater
part Of each day in the week.
CHAPTER II.
Generally speaking, we think nothing
is much mure foolish than TO make certain
resolves in this uncertain world Of ours.
We talk very largely, when we first set
nut on the beaten track, about the won
derful things We are going to Go-ahout
the way in which We are going to hcw
out" our own destiny, ami timd our way
to our own darling ends but by the time
We are forty, We confess, with sorrow,
that all the hewing" has been in vain
that neither vinegar nor the pickaxe can
make the slightest impression upon the
Alpine rocks Ot life aud that in the place
OF bending and shaping circumstances to
our own lnrdly wills. it has been circum.
stances that have shaped and moulded
them. Of course we would all gladly he
at the top Of the tree il we cOu1-it is
the highest bOugh We aim at when we
begin to Climb. Bu. III tits our "kiSmrt
to content ourselves with lower branch,
do We not inevitably find ourselves Sc
curely pcrched th,rvy We might as
will spare ourselves all trouble mud pain
at the beginning as at the end. and, sim
ply doing nur hest in whatever calling
has been given to us. rest happy with
what that duty y rf'rmed can bring and
give to U.s.. is not all the labor, all the
ouic'y, all the wary l"nslng with which
We strive alter a golden apple high in air,
utterly wasted, nay. worse Il al wasted,
il thai apple be lar another? One man
will fold his hands beneath the tree and
see the apples. large and fair, come tum-
bling into them ni their own accord an
othrr may work heart and life out tngrth
er, and bc rewarded with a winhfall at
the best. NuW, since the windfall is the
uim">, hr can hope ("r, why should lie
i not rainit aS easily a. pnSsihc"
! II takes 'onlr years, however, and n
great deal of rXreri' nee, to enable one
To- digest this dncirine thoroughly. For
our part, We br.ieve ii is only the heir to
the WlnufaIl thnt can fully understand it.,
fIr thu pr"pririnr "t the ,hniceSt fruits
.rhrrnlh incIineS To the opinion that il is
his uAu superior merit, not his luck star,
that has eu'uw Il him ST. hountifIly. -
For the lite Of him h. cannot understand
why every one Should Il meet Nith his
>ucrr>-; h" a>cribrs their failure only tn
ignorance. exuavagancc, or laZr,>s al
tnnngh he himself may lie the most igno-
rant, the most extrayagant, aud the lazi
est nt human beings.
N"w Grantlry Mills was one Of these
fortunate beings who >it ut the bottom of
the tree. in the soft grass, and are duly
and generously rewarded for their pains
He had been feft an orphan at an early
age, and afterwards adopted by bache-
lor uncle, who died when he was twenty.
one, and left nm a partn,rShip in n good
medical practice, and an annuity Of two
hurf'irett Y,>"l.,,I'a. = =SSS ::as & Go-Ion@,
it is tue; but there are worse things in
the world than two hundred golden SOW
, errigns coming into your purse Of their
own acco.d d. and without any cxertion on
your own part, every 3Oth Of December.
The young man was careful over his mo
ncy, and iustead Of spending it, he put
il away in the Bank, and c"ntrnIed him
self With Snch modest rmolnmentS as he
could manage to pick up from his part
nership with his medical friend. They
<ufficen for all his expenses; meanwhile
the nrStegy in the Bank, With interest
added to principal every quarter day was
steadily incrt aSing.
GranIley Mills did not always intend to
remain an humble partner in a business.
a handsome hroue ham and pair Of hay
horses. n stately house, surrounded bv
lawn, lake, and garden, a retinue Of liv-
eri, d servants, and luXnrieS innumerable,
gilded his vision Of the future whenever
he indulged himself with a quiet glance
that way and by his Si'ie in the binugh-
am sat a fair lady, who was also the mis-.
trrSS Of thnSr servants, the >harer in those
luxuricS. aud the light of that magnificent
hmne-a stately, dark haired, dark-eyed
creature, little like his false first love !;
and on her lips was ever smile fur him,
AMI on her hand small white glove, the
fellow to that which he still kept, like a
miSerS dearest treasure, in the secret
drawer Of his writing desk. Well might
/ he dream, since he vas one Of Fortunes s
favortcS to whom the brightest dreams
come true
As he Sauntered leiSnrely one morn
ing from his bachelor lodgings to his
I partners house with that pleasant vision
>till hanrting his brain, he noticed that
cab. laden with b"xeS. stood before the
door, and that an unusual hustle seemed
to pervade the place. He turned into the
surgery and rang the bell. 1t was long
time before the hoy appeared. and when
he did, il was with broad grin upon his
face. DR.. Overly was to" busy 10 come
out just them" he said. Would Or.
Mills he kind enough toattenh to all cases
! till he Was nt leisure ?" DIR. Mills was
not ia the best hum0rs at this intelli-
gence. 1t seemed t" him. for the first
time. that he VAS treated as u partner,
not a. n friend; as if the g"od doctor
were keeping him at arms length, and
doing business. but t exchanging con-
tihence with him. He knew M more
thun we do what he wanted, or why he
felt agrived; but he WAS cross. and out
nf sorts, and it was small relief tn grurn
hle inwardly at his partner hefnre he
| knpw whether ha WAS tn hlnme o. not.