The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-02
NUMBER %.
THE YOUNG DOCTOR.
BY HENDRIX CONSCIENCE.
tContinued.)
CHAPTER vi.
Tho Triumph Of Adolphus.

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Tho Triumph Of Adolphus.
| Something extraordinary must have. taken
| place in the village. fOt people are 20 be soon
| at every door, looking with restless soticitude
| towards the church, % IL they expected some
dreadful news to come from thence. In the
| street near the church, great number Of VII
layers, principally women and children, were
yet ended ieisies were pendant from the caves
| OF the roofa, and the north wind blew ehsFR
| and cold.
or rubbed their hands to guard against the sx-
breme cold but the attention Of the greater
number was 30 snxiously fixed on the door Of
the parsonage, adjacent to the church, that
they did not seem Co be sensible Of the rough
January atmosphere.
When any one appeared at the door Of the
priests house, oil these anxious peasants
stepped forward, in hopes of receiving some
favorable news; but they were each time dis
appointed, for the persons thus questioned,
with q look raised their hands TO heaven, and
shook their heads In token of sad forebodinRs,
and rapidly passed on their way.
Then arose from all these groups Q simulteno-
Gus outburst Of grief; all monrned over the fate
Of their good father, who. In full health, was
suddenly struck with mortal disease. Some
related that he had been wounded by falling In
tho cemetery; others, that his malady was the
was most clearly understood from their dis
courRe was. that nobody knew the cause Of the
illness from which the good priest was suffering.
easiness, more than one villsger was seen to
wipe . tear from bis cheek, and many and
many woman raised her apron to her eyes.
The priest was venersted by his congregation
for hiS sweetness and goodness, and they
mourned bis probable death 80 the loss Of .
tenderIy loved parent.
They had just cause to be th &c saddened, and
to awsit with snguished hearts the fatal news;
the condition Of their pastor was more eeriou0
and moro threatening even than they sos
In YSs Of Tine
movement, in an armchair. His mother, with
weeping eyes, but strong through love, sup
ported ported her son'e head over . basin, into which
For more than three hours, the priest had
had bleeding from the nose, and all the efforts
Of the physician and the attendants to stop the
fatal hemorrbsge were unsuccessful. On the
the bleeding seemed momentsrily 70
increase; and the patient was 30 feeble that he
remained extended in his Arm-c chair, with hiR
extinct.
The old sezvant seated near the chimney held
q handkerchief to her eyes, and weps 30 bit,
terly that her sobs echoed through the apart
mept. Tho vicar, silent and uneasy, held ore
OF the pEiest's hands. The friends OF the lSttse
and some other persona surrounded him. Pr.
remedies known to bin, stood before the sick
man with his arms folded, and was over
whelmed with vexation and confusion not -
be able TO stop the blood, which did not in the
least diminish. He hoped that she priest would
soon completely swoOn, and that then the OBJ
stinate hemorrhege would be arrested; but the
n0Ak-BNOOus
The attendants had already suggested th0tit
would be we'll to call one or more physieIaues
but, although DR.. HeuVels did not Feel himself
at eSse, and was even much affected, still he
realsted this request, saying, that IL they
would wait little while, the blood would
perhaps stop without the aid Of artificial means.
At this moment, somebody opened the door.
IS was the notary, who had been cent for to .
neighboring village whore be hS gone 70 cell
trees. He had been urged to hasten, II be
hoped to eco the priest alive and being a. tnt1-
mate friend, and one Of bis advisers on tena-
poral affairs, he had come ~ quickly as possible.
On entering, ho cast an alarmed look at the
patient, and trem bliDgly DRIED:
"HeSvensI Whist 10 the matteEs What has
haPpenedp
him to compose himself, and be client, boG0RDe
his anxieties and distEess spoken aloud Woald
only increase the GRIEF and despair Of tho
mother and the servant.
Then the notary was informed, in . subdped
voice. that tho priest had been O1ddenly TAKEN
ct the nose, which had lasted for moro than
three hours, notwithstanding ell the ehoRtS OF
the physician, They also told him their mo-
tive for not having yet called in . second ply
stefan.
He looked discontentedly ct DIR. H0uvols, and
"Ahi be does not wish 70 consult with an
other physiciau. / easily divine the motive
for this refusal Bat In the meantime the life
Of = loved psrson Y PSssslng aWSy. =. h,,.
"Dr. Houvsls, the condition OF che priest 10
0u6lsientlY OeFi0ua 60 render . oCRS1ltAtio0
with another physician requisite. EinsiSt thas
one BE- sent foR immedlstSly. instse On y toF
your own interest; fog great i9essa, wO1laos
OhoBl6 nissorEuSS oeour hsEaS