, 1876-06-03
IittIc Miss 3'urPin's Fate.

ru WAS 4 STRANGER, AND SEE TOOK HiM
From The Three Osis Echo.
4 little conversation took place one
corning, on the top foe: Of dingy old
'5jging house in the metropolis, that Iea
% strange results. It vas in the front
r3,m, hut made it3 way very readily
trough the chiaks AMI crannies in the
.a1l.ar to the neighboring apartment,
ahese little Miss Turpia vas preparing
her frugal breakfast. Tae toastinG fork
nearly fell from her hand, and her dimi'y
apron narrowly escaped Icing sedaccd
~ prcsumptuons flame from the CRATE,
when the harsh, gfuii voice OF her land
ord fell upon her ear.
want my mosey," said Mr., shad-
tach.
80 do /, replied the young doctor,
and more. lie that wants money,
means, and content, is without three
good friends.''.
"Can have my moneg to nightF'
81 think not"
Tomorrow g.
"It is extremely doubtful"
"Then you must get Of here. want
my Toom.'
When do you want It Z
Gas soon as possible"
"Will tomorrow dol'
Yes"
"Thrn leave me, friend; the room
shall be yours on tomorrow morning
The young medical student WAS u man
Of spirit, and would have vacated these
not very alluring premises at once, but
he had not where to lag his head, and
there seemed vital necessity just then
or some such proceeding on his part.
lie had discovered, Two days before, that
the tailoring aud shabby source Of his
pecuniary supplies had suddenly failed,
and the knowledge tha. he was without
money or friends in strange city, to-
gether with an inability to beg, borrow
OF steal, had robbed him Of sleep. The
loss Of this necessary rest to tired brain
and worn out body rendered him the
prey to many different scnsations during
snd after Mr.. Sha1rach's visit, An iron
band seemed to compass his forehead, his
knees seemed at times about to collapse
beneath him, as he walked to and fro
the length of the dreary apartment, for
lack of more nourishins food chewing
the cud of many bitter fancy. He
asked himself over and over again it
this was to be the end o: it oil, and Why
had he been such fool as to fancy he
could pursue the study of medicine with
the wretchod capital Of worn out body,
o distracted mind, aud scarcely money
enough to keep flesh upon his bones.
That an indomitable opirit had prompted
him to go on hoping for little desulto-
ry practice by tho way, that the rose
color with which youth and inezperience
are apt to tint those failacious dreams
had been all too vivid in his case-that
these and many other excuses could b'
made for his folly availcd little just now
A systematic course Of senii-starvatior
and oyerwork had broken his indomita
bic spirit, and turned Che rose-coloreC
dreams to an exceedingly gTeenish hueo
nightmare.
The only patient he, had during hi
months stay with Dir. shadrach WAS {
poor little work-woman in the neighbor
ing room, wsshed-out, tinid, wretChet
little creature, with scarcely enough
stamina about her to rally after sligh
pneumonia. Her little fee had beel
ready for him after every visit-in fact
obtrusively ready, for 1t was ou. OF til
question, Of course 10 cake the money
1t was merely q ueighSorly service" h
had said, when, upon Lii fifth visit, b
found her up and al work again, an,
upon his departure she bad stammere
out something about his bill, VI ar