Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-18

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 The rattlers, hy the way. seemed to be aware of the presence of their neighbOr and showed some agitation, especially ill the region of the tail. They seemed more alarmed than irritated. however. suppose they were awed by the superior genius of the Queenly Indian. But it is part of my plan to see how they will be have 10 one another. Su this morning 1 opened the door i'll the partition. The rattlerS, instead of Coiling themselves in position, slunk about at full length and got under the blankets. The cobra sat quiet for q time, as if she were Contem- plating the situation. but at last. with a slow and graceful movement and head erect, she slid through the opening and into the other cage. She was like queen among her subjects, and her subjects never so much as rattled. She finally made herself comfortable i'll their blank cts, and Ii did not sCCm to occur to them to retaliate by making free with hers.
 am never tired of watching these mysterious animals. The power of in stant death is d fascinating thing tu mcditate upon. It gives dignity to its possesSor-a dignity which is inherent, not derived from the imagination of the observer No animal has finer manners a more awful Composure- than this cobra of mine. Human monarchs have the same power of life and death, and that after all Is the basis of their gran deur and serenity. There Is something royal in the aspect of outlaws and des- peraGoes who do not hesitate to kill Cer. There is only o-c thing :.Ub-e- - :o destroy life. and that is to create it.
 My own calling. so far as can be said tO have one poS>esSeS neither of these advantages for although no doubt a physician may often be fatal to his pa tient that is not his ostensible business, and, as for creating life my science is there at one with my orthodoxy. Nor tai man will never accomplish the feat This patching and mending of wornout bodies can hardly be called d respectable employment and in the widest sense perhaps not a philanthropic one. Patched people do not make good ancestors. Med ical skill Is the foe of Posteritv. If 1 had my choice of future incarnation, ] shOuld choose to be a central African despot-or d cobra! What change from relieving the aches and pains of Mrs Hodge ill the village and bringing Sophie : Stuhbs' little baby through an attack of croup.
 There must be an essential discurd al 1 the bottom of my nature. My tempera 1 ment seems to be quiet methothcal, un demonstrative. retiring. People find mt sympathetic, appreciativc. benevolent. | am made the confidant of all manner oi troubles and secrets. It Is my fate to bt an adviser and q mediator Though was born four years later than John ant two years after Henry. yet am older il my ways and external feeling than either of them. In this my twenty-eighth year my character appears already fixed And yet am never without a misgivinl that this is not my real self-that th' genuine Frank Mainwaring has nevel yet been revealed. 1 am asleep. Tn, hour of my awakening has never struck
 Of course it never will strike. Thi perception of latent possibilities is nt doubt common, and the practical reali ties of life gradually obliterate it. an an observer and student. but have never attempted to control circum stances. My acts have been obedient, not aggressive. I have taken relief in imag ination, but that will cool in time. only wish the whole thing did not seem so like playacting. I fancy I should have been better-being what I am- without that $50, 900 that my father will gave me. ought to have hadsth,