326 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Dee 
medicine. From his maternal side, the Doctor inherited a 
love for literature. His mother’s family produced many 
politicians, his maternal great-grandfather having been one 
of the framers of the constitution of Wisconsin, the inkwell 
from which that famous document was written being now 
in the Doctor’s possession. This ancestor was once a can- 
didate for governor of Wisconsin, on the losing side. The 
- famous Salmon P. Chase was a relative of Dr. Whelpley’s 
mother. | siete 
Young Whelpley’s education was aquired in the schools 
of his native state, including the college at Otsego. When 
hardly more than a boy he tried: his hand at teaching a 
country school, with what success may be judged from the 
act that he is yeta teacher. Before moving to St. Louisin 
