, 1864-07-11


Of the eyes" lpausing and lowering hi;
voice to whisper. 6Wheh truth is be.
yond cayil and suspicion, believe me it i.
best to let it alone--there is a certain stage
of disease when the certainty of death
itself is no longer concealed from the pa,
tent. The man that would attempt to make
me believe that the Mermaid Is not lost, ]
would consider my enemy as Well as an i'm
pOstor. sympathy Is best exerted ia sn.
4 deayoring to enable US to support eTils that
can neither be concealed nor ayerted. ]
say endeavoring, for my evil is insupporta-
BILE. l cannot face beggary: yet whittier
can L ily for reliefG Mercyl Heaven!
mercy on the beggared bankrupt, who
cannot live by the wayside, and yet cannot
die there! Horrible destiny - !.
His feelings were now, BY the workings
Of his mind, which had unfortunately
stimulated, raised to the highest pitch Of
mortal suffering. He continued repeating
the words " horrible destiny as the fear
full images Of want and beggary he con-
jured up stood revealed before him, like
impersonations. His eye still sought the
ideal creations, as if they had been realities
existing beside him, and operating on him
by the power Of q charm; yet at intervals
he seemed to recoil from them with horror,
and fixed on me look expressive of the
supplication of pity. In my Ignorance Of
the true state Of his affairs, l was doing the
man injury. I could not with safety risk
another remark; for everything had yet
said had aggravated the terors to which he
was clearly cnslaved. Starting upas l sud
denly recollected an engagement, hur-
riedly took my departure, obliged to leave
him still in the grasp Of the holotOnic that
convulsed his whole frame. 81
On reaching the ante-roOm, into which l
had been first introduced, / found Mrs.
Hand Angelina, along with genteel
young man named Augustus A., who
seemed to be on terms of great intimacy
with the family, and whose eloquent ocular
conversation with the young lady led me
to suspect that the intimacy would one day
be changed into relationship. AsI entered,
the sprightly, volatile girl came running
forward, and, taking me BY the hand, asked
Ide If her father, by my means, had yet re-
covered his usual good nature. She wished,
above'all things, he should got some Of
that secret medicine had mentioned (and
Of the nature Of which Augustus had in
formed her), that would make him dance
a remark she accompanied with n side look
Of great significance to her lover, who re-
joined smartly, that there might soon be
occasion for the old gentleman using his
limbs in that graceful exercise. The buoy
aney- Of the sprightly young lady was
checked by blush which added supple
ment to my information. / accompanied
the mother to another apartment, where ]
learned from her that the object she had
particularly in view, in requesting my pro-
fessional assistance for her husband. was
hisrestorAtiOn to a better temper, the change
Of which she thought depended on state
Of the stomach, capable IN all likelihood Of
being removed or ameliorated; but, that
restoration, she continued, beloved to be
quick, for marriage had for some time
been fixed between her daughter and the
young man had seen, and she had TsOme
fears that, in his present gloomy state Of
mind, he would be unwilling 10 sign the
contract whereby, as he had already agreed,
ten thousand pounds was to be given as a
dowry. i heard the old lady oot, and then
endeskorpd n, ascsrtsin. hv oblSaue aues.
tiops. whether She was aware of Tho e5tra-
ordinary state Of mind and FEELINGS iinto
which her bnshaSa BSa 6liNH ana above
Ean whether sbe had hoard any nnf,vorable
aceounts n the Mermaid. orof his finance
generalIy. iIer answer and manner ;nd;.
Gated no KNOWLEDGE Of any misfortuno. mo,
indeed df pny fear Of misfortune. enter.
tanned by hef husband. Allshr knew Mas
that Ne had eot into gloomy and ill.natured
condition Of mind. which si,e said was en-.
tirely ,ihjistiiied by any change in hi.
worldly condition. By the Mermaid, She
added. a powerful vessel, which he had
/ (from his usual narrow spirit) trusted to the
sea without insurance, he was almost certain
to realize very large addition to his fortune
Twas surprised at these stateiieiits, but con-
sidered Il prudent, id the meantime, to make
no discldstfe which hight tend to alafm the
family, Who, in consequence Of the approach
Of the daughters marriage, were clearly all
| ina stats Il confidence and happiness, quail.
lied very slightly by supposed iit Of the
spleen u the father, which would leave him
before the Important day Of the union.