The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-10-19
COST or WILD OATS.

We never counted it "a our medical stu
DENT days # We %livcd hard At times, We
worked hard aud long ,etween the ..tIne>,
and never thought of anY other penalty ac-
cruing than sick headache and some extra
hours oi labor. to put! mp for the hours OF
idicn~ss Wencyer reflected for moment
how an uniuckv slip Of the tongue, a
thnngAtles> OF foolish action, uttcTcdor 1oac
at tie time when wc were most "wisc7iu our
own conccit. might give shape aud color 70
The whole after ieDor Of our liyca. Yet 80 il
his been in many an unreeef,ie,l ei.se,iust as
il has been in the personal rcminisceEec
an now going 10 putoa record.
Tom Batler andI were chums; chums in
tho fullest segse ni ti4c woF,t-in heart, in
hand and urse, and more than all, in
similarity OF tastes. WctlreSsed 50 exactly
a,ier, and were 50 constantly TO be found
together, at theatrc, party or pscnie, tia; the
remainder OF our aeqntiniances in the junior
''Sawhoncs" fraternIty-from whose keen
eyes nothing oui of the common ever yet es-
capped Witouta criticism speedily dubhetl
us as the ..Corsican Brothers
When a medical student begius walking
the hospital H. is never At los fi,r good
excuse Tor being sat al night; and many 4
time, when we two had taken il into cur
sapient heads that il was time We relaxed
aiit;lc IN our arinoos t,ielami,uring up tie
~,rce og knowledge, = would We proceed to
Ltthcr and perplcx our respective na,hieF's
with 4 description in words Of learned
length and ronderous sound of some itt,ss..-
+inery cease Of nature 50 critical thar ii re.
quirel constant care and watching 10 s4sc
the patients life. And then ii you 10 APP
lcar in The morning heavy headed. ryd.eycd
aud thick -,on.uad, wiat Of il. Is The loss
Of rest not aggravated by the eoIi.rq uelit mp
on the responsibility Of holding a hanan
beingS life in OUTS hand. nothing. Oh, xc
were an uncnnscionable pair Of r;.ss,als, and
,hats fact.
ltwas mild night IN the latter paH Of
November. 1s6 that Tom and I. ii tie
clase pf tie evenings gripping ci.ss
adjourned 10 Jule<, in Grafton street, IN
...lear old Dahlin, to nlaJ after our usual
fashion 90 su,l, occasions; and il was III.
tween and o'clock Of tho following
morning when we> found ourselves helping
caoh other along t,ebriIliantty moon iigtste,i
road towards Toms home, near the historic
battle Geld Oi clatourf
Ne always went 10 Toms home together
on these occasions, for the reason (expresse,li
thar it was nearer by "a mile; hut there
was reason mot express lor me, in shape
Of Toms sister, Kate, between whom and
myself there WAS AN understanding ot ten
der nature Indeed it WAS to have an cx.
cuse for going To the house that | urged
Tom ta our little ..sclMxltions1 mnrc nllln
than should But the truth is am con-
stitntioaaIly Of exceeding bashfuIuess. and /
could AS soon have walked aver precipice
titnay eyes opon as TO declare to Tom that
loved Kate and walked home with him to
visit her-
Well, the night that | now particularly
speak Of, or morning rather We reached the
house aboIa A. m, and immediately went
20 bed without disturbing anybody in the
houses thing easily done, as the back door
was never fastened at night in that unso.
phistieatetl part Of the country We had
strPt about an hour perhaps, when ] woke
up with an awful sensation in my head and