The Martins of Cro'Martin . ll potof ointment, proceeding to her oflBce with all the quiet assiduityof a practised hand, and a gentleness that few regulars couldvie with. Her skill was more than recompensed by the fewmuttered words of praise Magennis bestowed, as he grumbledout, half to himself, Old Cahill himself couldnt do it back her for a bandage against the College of ye easier now ?—to be sure you are. Shes good for thatyif she is for nothing else! And even this much of eulogymade her bosom heave proudly, and brought a flush of joy overher cheek that was ecstasy i
The Martins of Cro'Martin . ll potof ointment, proceeding to her oflBce with all the quiet assiduityof a practised hand, and a gentleness that few regulars couldvie with. Her skill was more than recompensed by the fewmuttered words of praise Magennis bestowed, as he grumbledout, half to himself, Old Cahill himself couldnt do it back her for a bandage against the College of ye easier now ?—to be sure you are. Shes good for thatyif she is for nothing else! And even this much of eulogymade her bosom heave proudly, and brought a flush of joy overher cheek that was ecstasy itself. The world is not deficient in acts of kindness, benevolence,and good-will. There is a large fountain of these running inten thousand rills; but how many more might there not be—how much of this wealth might there not be dispensed—andnobody living one jot the poorer! How many are there toilingaway in obscurity and narrow fortune, to whom one single wordof praise—one chance syllable of encouragement—would b«. v^ a ruined FORTirNE, 165 lifes blood! Wkat sunken cheeks and lacklustre eyes wouldglow and gladden again by even a look of sympathy, withheldfrom no lack of kindliness, but mere want of thought! Oh ye,?who have station, and fame, genius, or greatness, bethink yethat these gifts are never higher than when they elevate thehumble and cheer the lowly, and there is no physician like himwho animates the drooping heart, and gives new vigour to?wearied faculties and failing energy. Joan was made happyby the two or three words of grateful thanks Massingbredaddressed to her, and stole quietly away, leaving the two com-panions once more alone. If there was any incident in life participation in which couldconvey intense gratification to Magennis, it was that sort ofdifference or misunderstanding that might lead to a the affair offered no other alternative, his delightwas unbounded. There were, it was rumoured, events in hisown early life which would impl
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