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EPULCHRAL Monuments and Grave
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From I{oZclcn‘s .D-Jfftlr Jlfagaziizc.
7'‘ ET! 7
Elia FEES? P1iTlEN’.l‘.
Anastusius Bake was a singular little
body; singular in his appearance, singu-
laif_in countenance. with singular expres-
sion, sirigulardress, and, in short, singular
all over. Far from being a bad man, good
in his small
twinkling grey eyes, in his hasty volu-
minous speech, in his incessant uneasi-
ness, and even in his tongue, which pro-
truded from the corners of his mouth in
a very funny twist or distended his checks
in a ‘comical manner.
Residing on the Connecticut river,
somewhere between its source and mouth,
he kept all sorts of irons in the fire. His
business was various, often lietrogeneous,
ments, or how frequent the demand, no
one complained of his negligence or ina-
bility to satisfy their wants.
Among other accomplishments, he kept
tavern, let horses, run stages, bought and
sold produce, practised the veterinary
art, was general agent for the various
machines, and a sort of Encyclopedia for
the country generally, for consulting the
pedigree, standing, number, and wealth
of families and individuals. Yet all these
occupations consumed not his time-—the
active little man actually sighed for em-
ployment. _ ,
The stage-l‘iorn’s long swelling notes
floated in the distance. Bake was here
and there and everywhere at the same
time—uow arranging I/its thing, now t/tat,
with his accustotned. alacrity. Soon the
half melted ll0t‘f59’s and dust_cot=e;'gd-stage‘
liiundercd up to the door:
“Step out, gen’l’m —step out——step
out—suppcr s’r—suppcr s’r'!'” rattled so
incoherently from his tongue, it might
have passed for High Dutch.
“ Ye~yes s-s-sir,” answered a tall raw-
) . ,', ' _ _ _ - .
lcrsoiis wishing tor ptocure,Mft.iiiii_ieuts or boned, dried.v,s3ged, blackeyed passe".
“P? l‘”‘d °f M‘”'!.”e ‘X °"k:f‘.'i'c invited to calland ger, dressed in a full suit of black, as he
9% a l’°‘fS°”"! '”'°f0Cll0D Of Ills lllllt9l'l=ll and strode majestically across the porch with
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\vorkniansh_i,,,
I
llliln l0 ',)ui'cl1ase of Agents without an opportu-
‘.-iry of testing the quality of the article can-
tracted for.
E? The Lettering and Ornainental work is
as this will be more satisfactory ,, Iluae bundle ,,,,d€,,. each ,,,.m
C .
“ Eh, eh !.” ejaculated Bake catching a
View of the retreating form.
Seldom, very seldom, any on_e appear-
executed by an experienced woi'ki'naii and can ed in those parts unless Bake‘ called him
wai'i'-.int it. to give entire satisfaction.
Norwalk, Aug. 21, 1848.
‘HANDLE & I{AYl‘lIOND’S
Hat and Gap Store,
V-VEST SIDE THE BRIDGE.
VHF. subscribers would inform the public
that they liavejust received from the city
one of the largest assortments of Silk Hats and
Cups of’ every description, ever l)l'Otlglll'. into
t.liis_town, which they are prepared to sell at
prices which will give entire satisfaction. \Ve
would also call attention to our assci't.incnt of
i’alinleaf, Straw and Panama Hats for suin-
mer wear. Also a large assortineut; of Fur
Hats ofour own mzikiiig, which we warrant. as
‘very superior. Th_os'e in want of a Hat will
do well _to give us 21 call. Any person buying a
hat of us can have the same lroncd over at any
time free of charge.
Norwalk, April 18, 18-18.
C. LOCIRWVOOD .& SON,
Merchant Tailors,
AT TIIE‘ ow s'r.~.ND,
Bows Buitdiing, Rlain-Street,
AVING just added to their former stock,
it large and well selected assortment of
fashionable Spring apd Summer goods, coin-
prising all the varieties now in use for Gen-
t:lemen’s \Vei1r, would invite the attention
-of their customers and t.he public to the same,
assuring them that all Garments made by them
shall be dotie in a superior and satisfactory
ma.nner.
Particular attention paid to cutting for others
to make up.
Norwalk, April 3, 1848. 14
Ice Cream at Refreshment Saloon
S. BENEDICT, has opened his Ice
o Cream and Refreshment; Rooms for the
season (private entrance to the Ladies Refi'esl1-
merit; Saloon from the street) where may be
found various kinds sfPies, viz:
Custard, Raisin, Pumpkin, Lemon,
by name, shook hands, inquired after his
family, friends, and neighb0r_s—h,o..w far
he had come and how far he should go
to-day; but that voice, that form, he could
not localize or identify.
Supper being ready, the grave stranger
seated himself near the centre, atthe side
of the table, opposite Blake.
“Pleasant weather,” said the latter,
endeavoring to attract the otker’s atten-
tion. ‘
“ Ye-es.”
“Much ofa crop your way 1'’ .
“ Ye es.”
"‘ How is hay this year, your way !”
“ Ye-cs.”
“ Corn, I suppose is backward!”
“ Ye es.”
But with all his attempts, Blake failed
of eliciting more than.“ ye-es.”
\Vith lofty mien the stranger took his
meal in’ silence, eating with the greatest
preci.<ion——each piece of evenly buttered
bread, each piece of meat cut to an exact
cube, alternately followed by a swallow
of tea.
Blake-’s eyes, rivetted to the stranger,
ceased their twinkle—his tongue for once
was still.
Deep thought, hidden knowledge,
wond’rous secrets, a mysterious something
seemed concealed beneath that demeanor,
and Bake for the life of him could not
tell whether it raised feelings of awe, of
abhorrence, or a growing affection in his
bosom for the stranger; but there was an
attraction of some kind, so strong that
the little Bake began to feel it in his veins.
The repast was ended. Turning sud-
denly around, he accosted Bake with
“ a-a-a wor-wor-word wi’-,\,vi-with y-y-you,
s-s-sir, i-i-in pri-272'-vale —.
Now fear was one of those base ingre-
dients which mingled not in his blood,
Fruits &c.
Rice, Apple. Mince,
ofall kinds in their season.
Families supplied with Pies.Domest.icBread, .
Tea Cake, Crackers, &c. Spruce Boer, Giu-
ger Pop, Cream of Nectar and Soda Water,
aconstantly on hand cool from the Spring.
_ Removal.
HE subscriber has removed his stock of _
Groceries, Paints, Oils, &c. from the’
Bridge to Centreville, about midway between
the Bridge and South Norwalk Landing, oppo-
site liis dwelling house.-- He intends to keep a
good assort.ment; of family groceries, flour, 650.
Also, of Paints, Oils, Glass, Brushes, 65c. (Soc.
A share of patronage is respectfully solicited.
Jens S. SAMMXS.
tcenteivrille. (Norwalk,) Oct. 18, 1847.
New Arrangement
I ‘HE subscriber has purchased of C. L.
Raymond .1-1-is.~stock of ‘Lumber. Timber,
&c. at Five Mile River Landing, where he in-
tendsto keep ll. good assoitttnent of Lumber of
all kinds for builtliiig-pm-poses. Also -on hand
Lime, Lath, and Nails of all sizes. All of
twhich will be sold as cheap ascnn be purchas-
ed at any other yard along shore. For the
;truth of which, please call and see.
,tf19 W. H. CLEVELAND.
‘Norwalk, (Five Mile River) May 9. 1848.
1 .
but there are times when the boldest heart
will quail, and the boldest mind hesitate.
Superstition hathalways battled with, and,
bed bravery, often bringing
always vanquis
to the dust heroes whom no mortal foe
could daunt. Bake paused a moment,
and (it being a warm and early evening
towards the middle of July) proposed
taking a stroll along the bank of the river.
They soon reached a quiet, secluded
grove, when Bake, seating himself upon
ahillock, informed his companion “ he
was ready to hear him.”
“Ye-es s-sir !”
It was one of those lovely spots wliere
Nature seems to excel herself; where
animate and inanimate creation, although
in a different language, fills Iis with the
liveliest pictures of happiness and beauty
-—where the earth, veiled in the thin
gause of evening, borrows from heaven
her lustres, which richly blend the shad-
ow of the trees above with the waters be-
neath. The distant hills towering aloft,
scarcely preserve a line of demarcation in
the heavens; and the opposite shore
strives to kiss the shadow of her sister
shoie, whilst bright ravs Of lights d3“°l“_g
upon the ripples’ forever separated their
Wanted.
N Y number of customers to buy cast iron
. fence. Price from four shillings to one
dollar pr foot, all put,!-l}3- APl’l.V "'5 the N0!“
walk Iron Foundry. ’ .rC.th.!1' 33 KE1"NMlD-
_juue 12, 18.48.
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embrace. ,
Such was the evening and Such the
s\~.ene. Both were absorbed in contem-
p tion, whether reflecting upon these
charms of nature, or whether the one re-
vol\'cd__a method of procedure in his mind
K
but no matter how pressing the engage-t
>-'- -1 _’ a
.‘-‘---0, uul-1.1;; Baltc’s mcrriment, relaxed p
not a muscle of his rigid features, or be- Anastasius Bake was now prepared to
trayed asymptotri of concern——‘‘ Not so receive and treat patients-—nO matter
“trot, truck horse drays;
whilst the other wondered what the com-_
munication might be, may possibly never
be known; but the reverie was broken by
the stranger inquiring ' “ Do you wish to
become famed a_ndv.'czililiy .7”
The thoughtless Bake, niaking no par-
ticular objection to so reasonable and
harmless a proposition, he continued :"
“ Well, then, it. is in your power‘-—the
gold is before you—honors will follow,—
reach forth your hand and receive
them.”
Bake l’lt1t'l read, with some degree of
credulity, of an enchantress, who was in
the habit of surprising her favorites or
enemies every fine evening, the first with‘
every manner of good, the latter "with
every manner of evil; and beginning now
:i.O l0Ol\' upon his lliysterious companion
as a magician who had assumed this form, '-
perhaps to enrich, perhaps to impoverish
,him, he nervously clutched for a casket,
gofjewels, but he clasped a _phantom only. I
lhe sweet vision desolved like the morn-
ing mist—irislead of a talismaniic ring, his
companion cried “ Become a doctor, sir-—
a doctor of our school !”
“ Eli,ph, what, what, no, you don’t
meanel_*.h, \$,’lltll, no, you don't mean a-—-
real Doctor?’ stuttered Bake, his eyes
swelled and winking fiercely—“ get fame
‘and riches by physio! Is this ‘ ll)-Ll]-[lie
wor-wor-word i i-in}/21'i-2'-i-rate?” A doc-
toi-—ha! ha! a docto7'—a real doctor!
has hill ha, ha! l’ve physicked horses,
cattle, and all sorts of four legged animals
for the last twenty years; always lost e
money by it; and, when ldidii’t cure ’em
lalways had the worst of. it.
tried lmmarzs, and may I be h
t 7 ' . _- .
‘Hold,’ inteirupi_..._l 5,3 cOmp,,n,,,,,,..h
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fast, sir! not so fast! Wlien I have done /2
if you don’t change your strain there is S
no medicinal qualities in steam ”
“ Steam, eh '1”
“Yes, sir, steam will ever distinguisli q
the nineleelh century from all others. lt
is the motive power, the spirit of the age,
(3
which alone we excel the ancieits.” b
“You know that Esculapias and Galen
(“ no I dou’t know ’em,” said Bake,) were
the fathers of medicine, (“no I don’t,”
interrupted the little man again.) Well,
they did well enough for those old dog
but a new era
has come! The world has |‘€V0llltl0l’llZ_C(l,
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progressed and expanded. The old hum-
bugs have exploded; new and more wor-
thy sciences have arisen from their-ash- 1‘
es; and acting with the onward principle, it
we steam Vessels over the land, and our 8
system is to steam diseases out of the
esh ”
“Ye gods and little fishes, what- a
thought for a white man !” screamed I
Bake—“Fo:' a white man,” rolled across‘
the w:iter and died away among the dis-
tant hills in the faint echo “white man.”
The old system of hcwing and hacking,
of purging and leecliing a poor sick fel-
low, is fast .disappcaring as a false, iiiliu-
man doctrine, unworthy of our age and
country. But, steam, steam is the glory
of us all. The sun has arisen—a new day
dawns upon a night of superstition, igno-
rance and impudence. Already we make
our opponents; feel our weight. They
treiiible; they must fall!
“I know you well (“ me '!” said Bake,
“I never saw you before,") yes! Ikiioiv
your ability, your qualifications for rising
in your profession—you are very smart,
(Bake felt ’tw-as true,) and, in a short
time, your comprehensive mind, with my
own, and the assistance of a book (writ-
ten by our immortal founder,) which I
will sell you, will make yo-u as renowned
a practitioner as is between here and
Georgia. Spurn not the precious boon!
You hear my proposal———\vill you ac-
cept 1” ~
“ l’m rather old, but what’s the cost 1”
said Bake, whose mind was now fairly in
the Steam.
“Fifteen dollars only, including medi-
cine, book and all !” _,
Steam had triumphed; it raised his
imagination to a bursting point; it mantled
into his brain like clouds of gold dust; it
buzzed, it hissed in his ears: “ Yes, yes,
good, good-—l’ll do it! Fifteen dollars?
good —Fifteen dollars! (lone !” said Bake
grasping his companion’s hand with ex-
citeinent.
Any one passing Bake’s house that
night, might have observed a light stream-
ing from an upper window, tiiitil a very
late hour; and could any one have peeped
into that room, they would have seen two
men in close and anxious conversation,
ever and anon turning over the pages of
a volume, or examining with close and
curious eye the labels upon certain
variously colored bottles.
Bake’s form bent slightly forward, his
head turned so as to present the surface
of his ear to his companion’s mouth; his
lips separated; his eyes somewhat swool-
en, were steadily fixed upon an imagina-
ry point of the ceiling. Every word as
it fell from the stern and mysterious
stranger, dropped like honey intoliis ear,
filtrated through the‘ tympanum, and
thence diffused itself through his veins
and brain, like the subtle inhalation of
cliloroform. Not a sentence was unheard,
not a syllable was lostr_,Bake became
enraptured. He comprehended the mag-
nitudeqappreciated the beiiéfits, he i~_'eal,i-.
zei the wonders of the subject; an t ctr
separation that night evinced more cordial
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which we hear so much about, and- in l-0-l€’St the lljlllll Of his flSSPl'll0llS;
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toke:ied long service, was taken
nnii_liari.ty of the parties, u hose first itc-
quaintance seemed so CllSCOlll‘flglll2‘.
.A police officer, whose
largest crowds.
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lno \\,eel.s have elapsed since the in-
Cldelllsa Which we have above recorded,
took place.
_ _ q The stranger departed as
'l‘3l‘li 33 particular, as stately as he came;
and his last words, with his head thrust
tlirougli the coach window: “ Goo-oo-ood
b-b-bye, s-s-sir! re-remember i i-in it all
ca-=1-nses gt-i—ive ’em s-s-some o-of i—llie
bl-bl-blue bot-bottle, ’f-f- fore the s-steam,”
perplexed the bye standcrs not a little,
yet Bake knew their meaning; and as-
sure,(’l his friend that he would “ fix ’em
out.
A steam apparatus of Bake's own con-
riving, was-already in the garrct, which
he named “The Hospital.”
He had read and re-read the book,
ach succeeding time with increased ad-
friiraliou for the author; he knew the
I never Ingredients of the different bottles.
He
at! ‘given out to the world orally, and by
nge handbills pastetl up in conspicimis
laces" around the country, that “ Dr.
011,, or /iow long affected--in a new and
cicntific manner; also sliowing in large
letters what pernicious effects the human
race had suffered from the igiiorance of
uacks.”
Yet, notwitlistandiiig these masterly
fforts, no-one seemed willing or anxious
‘ he
rought no grist to the mill; and he
lamented most bitterly the stubborness,
the fully, the ingratitude of man; .and I-
much fear that he grieved the dreams of
old and honors grew fainter in his imag-
ination, as day after day passed by.
It _iS__a_,Oul‘ destiny that the brightest
rospe'cts’sh'outd be blasted by the unre-
men’s opinions have changed, mind has leiiting strokes of Fortune-——tliat disap-
ointment, trials, afflictions, perhaps ruin,
ver attended our mostcherished schemes.
ew, indeed, are favorites of Fortune;
nd Bake (now Dario?‘ Bake) very philo-
opliically witlistood her enmity, consol-
ing himself with the reflection that time
nd patience must bring success.
A day at last came—an opportunity for
stablishing his reputation, or blasting his
Opes.
The old mouse-r, whose grey hairs be-
i'l,
everely ill, so ill that she was perfect‘y
clpless; her eyes filmed over, a backing
ough distressed her chest, and death
eemed to ntark her as a victim. Dr.
Bake loved her as she had been a child-
er playful pranks, from kittcnliood up,
ad more than mice saved his granary;
nd her pitiable situation brought tears to
is eyes, whicli coursed in large‘ drops
own his sorrowful countenance. He
took her carefully in his arms, smothed
the fur upon her back, gently stroked her
face, whilst taking her to the hospital——
there he softly laial her upon a bed; he
took from a shell the “blue bottle” of
which the stranger spake; he opened her
lifeless mouth and turned a little, just a
little, of the contents down liei‘ throat——
“\/le-au—me-an —— ye-au !” accompanied
with such symptoms of resuscitation, that
the doctor had high hopes of Jacobina’s
recovery.
Such magical changes have
stonished greater doctors than him.
“ One drop more, Jackee,” said he
oaxingly, “then the steam!” But Jackcc
no sooner smelt the potion near her nose
han the strength of youth returned:
“ Phit, phit! Me-an l” and Jacobina broke
his hold, dove through a pane of glass;
and striking the earth, performed feats
worthy of a circus horse; then, with tail
perpendicular in the air, she rushed for
the barn, where she fell and expired in
anything but tranquility of body, ifnot of
mind.
“Oh Patrick,” said the doctor. to" his
hostler, as they watched her last agonies,
‘ see what imprudently leaping from high
windows—see what exertion, the too sad-
len use of our physical powers after ill-
ness-/_see what resistance to the doctor,
his prescriptions, his steam, has don
e !7)
Pati'ick,bending over his favorite, could
only answer, “ she’s dead, by j-.ibers!—-
dead, by jabers—dead.”
Vlfeeks past. The doctor, engrossed
witli the success which had nearly crown-
ed his efforts, exhausted the patience of
friends by recapitulating .lacobina’s cure,
nterpersing his remarks with proper
iomilies, which are now unfortunately
forcrollen, but unlike a good general, he
,, .
ook no advantage of his partial siiccess.
He had accomplished enough to satisfy
himself of the efficacy of his systeiii.
Enough to show that ‘much nibre ‘c_d'uld be
done 3 and enough; in his bpinioii, ,to
convince any.
ability to accomplish any .
Somehow oi‘ other his auditory got into
a very disagreeable liabit- ef winkingg at
each other.~when he manfully appealed to
them——of hunchingl one another——and
reasonable ‘man bf» his
thing he chose.
_ profession
lllmws him among criminals, can by a
faculty ncquirecl in daily pi,3,;0gn0;,,,.,
detect almost to a certainly, a tliiefiin the
So any one, in the habit
of observing pliysoz-nomy, can give at ;,
gla?r'i¢'e, the general cliaractcr of each in-
cltvlduul as he passes’; or can tell what
particular feeling or passion actuates this
or that one, from the expression of his
t50lllll$?n=lncc, his eye, or his carriage.
It-would require no such faculty to have
told What feeling predoniinated in Bake’s
mind as be greeted his companion on the
followlrig moi'niiig—-a child would have
tcld you_that joy, unbounded joy, elated
him beyond the bounds of reason.
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unpleasant. to the doctor,-that he dropped
the subject entirely, and corisigned his
auditory to a worse place than earth.
Some years ago P-atritek caught the
f9‘~'<3.l' and ngue, and at various times since
it returned upon" him. One morning he
came ‘from the barn pale and shaking
t:‘.‘:‘il:l\'. He knew what was coming;
he felt the “ sliakcs” "were on him, and
hurried to the bar-rouom.
“Quick, docther some brandy!
agees hav’ coome !”
A passing thought-—a glance——an idea
flashed with the speed of light through
the doctor’s mind.
“ Patrick, brandy iuflames, it never
cures.”
:‘Divil a bit, giv me some brantliy.”
fhe doctor refused; Patrick insisted.
The doctor finally proposed giving him a
substitute, more powerful than all the
liquors at his bar. -
“ ls it the cat phasick you mane 1” in-
quired the Irishman, castiiig a sidelong
look towards the door.
How seldom a sick man receives with
cheerful countenance and thankful heart,
those little doses which may restore him
to health! How seldom children are pre-
vailed upon to receive medicines, unless
they are disguised with sweets! When
admonition fails, how often misrepresen-
tation succeeds! In such cases a strict
moralist would hardly call that sin which
perhaps preserved life; but whether he
would or not, Dr. Bake’s answers shows
that he had no conscientious scriiples in
deceiving the Iinsophisticated Irishman,
who could not even suspect the doctor
capable of misrepresenting anything.
“ No Patrick, it is a warming, harmless,
agreeable, and, at the same Iiine, as pow-
erful a decoction as will be found in the
whole botanical kingdom. ’Twill slip
down like oil, warm you like hot whisky
punch, so awcet, you’ll think ’tis the
essence of honey.”
“_'l‘liin, faix, I’ll be afther trying a drop
of him, docther.”
in vain the hospital was recommended
asa fitter place-—in vain the beneficial
qualities of steam in his case was shown.
Patrick inexorably "answered,-—-“ the
medicen’ furst, and statue afther.”
The doctor turned a potion from the
“ blue l)Ol.llt_'.”_
“ Lit me smill in him, doctlier !” ,
“Swallow it,and smell ofit afterwards,”
said Dr. Blake, slightly irritated.
’Twas done! _
“ Och, murther !——fire and warther-—
!‘_°°!Y lll00ther—hoony is it '!—-—blissed
vir,<__r_in——me howils ar’ atein’ me to paces
angils protict tne—fire and powther ar’
blowin’ me up—snakes and divils air’ in
me mouth-——Och daar—och, the cat
phasick, by jabers! Och. the cat pliasick,”
gasped Patrick as best he could.
Like Jacobiiiri he steered towards the
barn; but on his way thither he perform-
ed such pirouttes as would have extracted
laugliter from a horse. Grasping his
stomach with both hands, with scarlet
face, the prespiration bursting from every
pore-—now he leapt his length like a
sturgeon, and alighting on the point of his
right boot, he spun ’round like a whip
top—now, leaping again, he performed
the same feat upon the other toe, and in
this manner reached the barn.
The doctor was in high glee——“ see! it
works in his veins, he feels its potent in-
fluence! Ha, ha! ’tis fighting the ague;
ten to one it wins!” seemed harsh and
soulless language for him to use on this
particular occasion. ‘L
And did it not win—poor Patrick!
whilst cursing and praying, screaming
with pain, or gasping for air, leaping and
diving, spinning and twisting thy dis-
torted form upon that hay mow-—did you
not feel, poor Patrick, that the ague had
left .7 _
On the following morning he dug his
way out,and with feeble voice, sunken
eyes, death like countenance, and ema-
ciated form, he tottered below.
“Number 6, Patrick,” cried Dr. Bake.
Wlie-tlicr Patrick was enraged at the
doctor's donduct on the previous day, or
whether he imagined No. 6 was sonic-
thing else is not shown, yet he certainly
evinced -.1 strong disposition to resist the
mandate by throwing his body into a
graceful, pugilistic attitude of defiance-—
at the same time muttering,—“ Come on
\vid yer, may 1 be a marther ifl take him
—-may all the divils ate me if [do at all,
at all!” But when he was made to un-
derstand that it was a horse in “ No 6”
which was required, he obeyed somewhat
sulki|y~—yet the doctor, from reasons best
known to himself, neither inquired how
he felt, or referred in tlie' remotest man-
ner to the incidents of the previous day.
The story of Jacobina and Patrick
leaked out, as such things always ‘will in
a country village, and many it h_ard rill),
many a sly hint drew from the doctor a
defence, a retort; ‘or an angry answer.
Dr. Bake began 'to,feel that greatness is
evel‘ accompanied by /envy, jealousy.
malice, ridicule, and iiiisrepresentatioii;
but ‘calumny could not move, or ridicule
shake Anastasius Bake from making the
attempt to niche his name in the temple
of Fame} As yet he had never an oppor-
tunity of testing T his whole strength.
Jacobina and Patrick had been tried, but
neither of them submitted to. his orders;
and he again‘ consoled himself with
“ rims’ and Patience.”
The
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iI'l'A’dva_1nc_e’.-.
more pffl’ll:ctilti't:ly,- fiysejriious manner they
had of asking him “ ifthe cat didn't die.'!”
fhese in'terruptior'is‘ at last became so
:u!..%"F.
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Um
.:.'.:'.':-2 fir threw--i;»r
ifil sdibject ‘for ddiilihei Mi’ . %'ve'n 'o'Y~er' «as R!
to hold out frotri idav fl .dii~.-to sc.°m!'”’.€d-
llriognostiics. if 0 dy mifpueiqf
MIA-s.:(1)hdf]ronv;erhcgrort, Dr. Bake was sémt
mesisaoe was delivefiiitifs tffhilblieq PS ilhel
what dew what thr'll' i e ' mica! T;
bed in bid bosom "l"flg efnononsithroiif;
Q30“ the ‘V .. — e time, the occtt-I
- , patient had come. How would:
thergulars act,’ what would they say on‘
seeing old Cato s health return’! were’
questions he revolved in his mind; ands"
pnlc) of glory seemed already to enci—rc'fe'
its row. .
A it agon was dispatclicd for the dying
negro: he was brought Will) the greatest’
tcnderness, carefully borne to “the hos-
pital” and laid on the bed where Jacobina’
had been before hi'rfi'.- _
Disease‘ and old age’ u‘-era iifioti him‘
sure enough; nei'lliér l'irp_b,could he move‘
or syllable utter. The grey hair lcontriisf-'
pd strangely with his ebony skin; _th-o’
.i‘i§.i:"’.i'°i.".‘if.’.'."-"‘.'i.r.i"iiii. ihoili-i£'.?;p”l°“°h3’»‘?-3'?
betol-'cned tin 'th' lb f ' onbless mi.
to th; doctor}, ing at a atom to resul
“Here, Cato, take this and you '£*.‘il-I!
soon be better.-” , ,
The negro heard him not, yet there“
was a slight, very slight movement of the’
n_osc,as_, the drought ran down, whicli',4
like a‘ cloud at first, soon spread over his‘
whole person; his eye lids raised; his
jaw fell upon his neck; a rambling sound
rolled in his stomach,-_wliich spouted lliti
potion agaifist thé é'ei‘ling'.
For the first time in many weeks Calfnl
spoke: »“D0n’t gib me no more Oh do:
-4-
stuff, Massa, it kill’ uin me ll” .‘ I
Tlie'doctor was d.elighted7'—s”o sudden it‘
chanae was beyond even his‘ belief.-V _ ,
“No, no, Cato, no more of that for_the‘
present. This will stay down,” and he’
applied a dose from the “ blue bottle" to’
the negro’s lips. ,
It was no sooner administered,» than’
screaming like an enraged panther, he‘
tossed the clothes from the bed—tore his‘
stomach with his nails—-gna'shed his‘ tc,et_h‘
and leaping to the floor, dove‘ ‘\’vi'ldly'
around, whilst his groans and yells’ min-’
gled with the exultations ofDi'..-ktiastasiué
Bake. ,
A dozen men rushed up, thinking satire’
thing horrid to pay; but we can“ better’
imagine than describe their astonishinerrt
—not one dared trust his senses that the‘
object before them, so full of life, wa:-L’ tliéi
negro vvho‘t'i_i all a few initiates héforbi
considered deiid. , _ V
“ Into the box with himl
men! In with him.”
A dozen hands seized the striiggliidgf
negro—he resisted with wonderful, itfmost‘
supernatural strength; he fought as for"
life, but numbers prevailed over bravery,~_
and old Cato became the first inmate cf"
the doctor’s steam chest; _ _ ' _
The heavy lid closed over him, and that
cliiik ofthe padlock produced anything but
musical sounds on his ear.-, _ _
There were groans and kicks, and ii_'oise'
of struggling life within, which, fainter
and fainter, died away until nothing was’
heard save the hissing ofescaping through
the crevices of the box. , j
at at or at at Q
The doctor stood behind his bar. A
man, heated by exercise, came running.
in and inquired “if he could get convey-‘
ance thirty miles to a neighboring town
he uiust go, ‘cost what it would.” ,
“I’ll take you over,” said ,I'_ e doctor;
forgetting negro, steam an all;
' His horse was soon liarnéssed, and in
ten minutes the doctor, sitting by the‘
passenger’s side, was on his journey:
With an agreeable and communicative‘
companion, time and space are almost
annihilated; and it was not until the‘
doctor, left alone to his own homeward
way, was conscious that such a. man as
old Cato existed, much less that such it
man occupied his steam chest in thé_h6§-'
pital. The fact seemed suddenly to burst
upon him; and, oh! the fear, the bitter
repioaches, the melancholy thoughts;
brought a dismal groan from his heart!
Dark spectres flitted through his brain;
A grinning, par boiled negro appeared
dancing along by the my side. Night
was setting in; he grew nervous; he‘
pushed his horse to his 'titm_ost trot j
darknessincreased; he urged his ‘steed
to a rapid run. , _ ,
He reached home; and the reader need
not be informed, be rushed frantically _
to his hospital——lie opened the box, and
lo, the negro was white and nearly
drowned in his own prespiration. The
doctor drew him forth like heap of
clothes from _':i ‘wash tub, and laid him
upon ;lacbbina’s bed; , __ _ g , ,
The cool air spread over him, ‘and t6
the doctor’s untold-joy, old Cato i-aspired.
Rolling his eyes around, like one just
awoke from some vivid and horrid dream,-
he said in feeble v'oi'ce, “I be better now,-
berry much better, doctor, when you took
um ‘out of dat biliii’ water-—I tot 1 die dai‘
_,he hot, berry liot-'—-lie took uni brefl
away, ah’I know hottin’ dis long time.”
“ Well, well, Cato, keep quiet ; ..go_ IQ
sleep and to moriow you will be all over
your troubles’? _ , H ,_ ,_ . _
The negro shook his héad mournfnlly;
an 1: 1: in «II 0
Sieze him!
"' Old Cato is fasti-ec,o'v_ei"'iiig under my
treatment,” soliloqiiized the dot’-tor as he
retired for the night; and this reflection;
sweeter than food to ft‘i,tnisb'ed nun,
- There was living in the’ outskirts of the
_town.an old i‘i'é'gro, iié‘i‘iir‘i"e' Ca‘1f¢~',~,‘,;,yl,-»,,,-,, ,:f,.,-,-.,
sweeter than .watér tdtlie’ patching lip‘! of. '
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