Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-29
A Happy U|AN.

his aspirations. his skill. to fight the
battle of life. His youth seemed to
clip from him in his first year Of
work, his aspirations changed their
nature. his skill developed. He ac-
quired vast experience in those poor
homes, where lie fought valiantly
against disease, the result Of intem-
perance and vice and poverty and
ignorance of which the
victim was often an innocent sufferer.
The sins of the fathers were visited
upon iniants-the sins Of by.gone
generations upon brave girls and
withdrawing young fellows-sins Of
children on patient women and hard
working men. DIR. Murray was
thinker us well as worker. He
might have easily become morbid in
chat dreary place, where there was
nothing beautiful to charm the mind,
and little enough to charm the eye
or the ear. But he did not become
morbid. He had the remembrance
Of a happy country home where his
boyhood had been passed, he had the
thoughts Of his dear old mother who
lived there still. and the lessons she
had taught the boy had not left him
In his manhood: above all, he had
thoughts of another woman-her
letters, sometimes-the promise of
herself before long. When he walked
through the muddy street to his soli-
tafy home he did not let his mind
dwell on the room he had just Wis.
itcd, where three children lay sick
In one bed, shivering with cold, and
With no one but n drunken mother
10 attend 10 them, aud give them
Such food rs was provided for the
family by lazy father, whose earn
ings, scanty enough, were chiefly
spent at the Royal George" He
did not let himself mediate on the
details OF his cases when he had left
them: that would have untitled him
for his work. No: he tried to i'm
agine what home would be like when
Norah was really there, when the
him and draw him into the warm
room, where there would be freight
and lamplight and-herself. She
brought warmth aud light and sweet.
ness TO him, to his life, to Millwall.
She brought that now. What would
u be Observation-Disclosures
He reached home. He let himself
into the unlighted hall. The house
felt cold. He set his lips together
and thought, :" BY and by" He laid
aside his umbrella, took of his coat
strobe into the barely furnished
rather uncomfortable dining.room,
and rang for dinner.
A middle-aged woman presented
herself.
"Oh.' she said, Pm sorry the
fires out sir
Never mind" said Murray, 81
shall have to go out again after dinner
lexpect."
"Oh! that reminds me, sir. Al
old gentleman come to see you. He
wanted you TO call upon his wife. But
he said you wasn't to trouble to
night II so be on was tired"
"Who was it, Mrs. Hawker?"
"He was unknown to me, sir; but
be was respectable looking gentle
man, quite clean, and nice face t.
him--a bit Of gray whiskers, too"
Did he leave his name?"
80 Yes; l laid it on your consultin'
room table. He penciled it on tn,
back OF . envelope / had in my
pocket. I'll bring it in with you
chop"
The doctor looked at it. In i'll
formed, but fairly legible letters, h
saw the words;
Please call at your CONVEYANCE.
JOHN TEMPLE.
IA Plevna street,
(top).
1t was not cheerful night. Blu
within-what was there within
And every day must bring its duties
Besides that, lat your CONVEYANCE
vas so delightfully."- agreeable afte
the usual messages that reached him
He went into the hall again. pulle
on his coat, took his umbrella, pu
on his hat badly as doctors usual
do, and banged the front door belin
him.
-By.and-by the doctor came to
marrow street which seemed to b
less we'll lit, noisier, dirtier tina
those through which he had alread
passed. He had several patients i
this road, but he did not know exact
~ where II was. He went right u
TO the nearest door and peered; tina
was u. He crossed over, presumin
the numbers were odds and event
He found II.
His knock brought a fat, untid
woman 10 the door, and several larg
eyed children into the hall. As u!
children and herself were at the tin
in the enjoyment Of what they col
sidered health, Mrs. Bickle did M
feel it incumbent to be extra polit
Mrs. Bickle held the candle, al
she and the children watched I'll
gentleman's ascent OF the marrow
winding stair. The house being onl
two-storicd, he had not far TO g
Mr.. Temple, who had apparently iu
started 10 meet him, stood waitiI
till he cached the top.
Sir" he sGid, :" take this XII
OF you"
DR.. Murray conld not at first di
Germ his face, but the tone OF u
voice struck him pleasantly. 1t seer
cd 70 &C I'd with the " At your co
yenancc,'
"In here, please, sir.
The man led the way into t
room.
DR. Murray had seen many su,
ronms-rathcF. he had seen ma