The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-13
AN ANSWER TO AN AID.

ioru 10 Ieb me IOlioW my Dent, ana nau
not been at the London hospital quito q
year when he died suddenly.
At once found myself without money
TO pay the second fnstallment of my fee,
or to support me until such time as could
compete for a clinical clerkship or dresser
ship--in short, penniless
The only bright spot In the dark days
which followed my poor fathers funeral
was tho sympathy Of Paul Blake, "med-
ical" like myself, but as rackety as was
studious.
"n had any money, Hitler" he said
one morning, Tor any property on which
could raise loan, you should have It,
/ call 1t an awful shame that hard work
ing fellow like you should be 'grassed' for
want of few hundreds oh, II only some
wealthy philanthropist knew you as well
as do, he'd surely help you over the stile
for the sake of suffering humanity"
let him run on, scarcely hearing what
he uttered.
"There ought to be scores of such men
about" he said presently, az fellow only
knew where to look for them. By Jove,
IL / could only come across one 1 believe
could convince him that it's his absolute
duty to give you lift. Suppose we ad-
vertisep I'll do tho interviewing. I've
the gift Of the gab-you'fi admit that?u
Yes" said bitterly fear, "but q
philanthropio pawnbroker willing to lend
on my books and instruments would be Of
more use at the present moment. owe
my landlady $50, and I shall want IS to
take me back to Worcestershire.
Nov, about this advertisement" he
went on. "I'm In earnest and to prove it
i mean to stand the ,ex 'es." He reflected
o moment, then took up a pen and scrib-
bled few lines on scrap Of paper blot
ted tho cffusion on my pad and read it
aloud with much apparent satisfaction:
A medical student, devoted to his profession,
but unexpectedly left without MEANS is de-
sirous Of borrowing u sum that will enable
him to obtain his diploma. He will pledge
himself to repay the money, with interest,
within five years of tho date Of the loan.
"There," he added, 'if that doesn't put
you ON your feet, I'm false prophetl''
my dear Paul." rejoined, "you mean
well, and I thank you, but IL you were to
throw your money into the gutter it would
do just as much good"
"My dear boy, have a better opinion of
my fellow men than you have, and a lot
more faith in them. Just to convince you
that the world is not SO hard and cruel as
you think I shall insert this advertisement
and have the replies sent to my address.
Come along. The least you can do is to
walk with me as far as Fleet street,
was absent some hours. On my return
my long suffering landlady met me at the
door,
"Thercs been young person to see
you, sir" she said.
Indeed" exclaimed In SURPRISE for
Mrs. Roberts herself was my only female
acquaintance in town. did she leave her
nameY'
mo, sir; she waited in your room half
an hour. When she went, she said she
didn't know whether she would be able to
call again."
was too distressed to question the pa
tient woman as to the young PERSONS ap-
pearance, and had soon forgotten all
about the matter. / saw no more of Paul
that day, but he called next evening. When
he laid three letters and postcard on the
table, could scarcely believe my eyes
-Four answers, - he said coolly. GIVE
brought tho lot, though 1 might as well
have left three of them at home"
The postcard bore just seven words,
"Don't you wish you may get itf' One
envelope contained money londer's cireu-
lara request for an inquiry fec; another
a letter Offering to lend $50, 900 on the
splendid security named-unmistakabl
chaff, this; tho third, which Paul handed
me last, contained the following epistle,
dated from west end library and written
In the attenuated, pointed characters in
sisted upon at old style seminarles for
young ladies:
Miss Marston would be glad II P. B. would
send more particulars. Should the medical
student be found deserving on inquiry, she
would have no objection to finance him. But
the terms must bo fixed by herself
Hc sat down at once and wrote-I have
no idea what, for / refused to LOOKOUT
two days afterward he brought me fur
ther communication, dated from the same
library:
Miss Marston has received Mr. Blalse's let
ter, and she Is quite satisfied that Mr.. Andrew
Hitler is a deserving young man. In conse-
quence, she has opened an account at tho Lon.
don and Westminster bank and placed to his
credit the sum of $1,000, which she hopes will
be sufficient.
Miss Marston, not being usurer, declines
to make profit of any ones necessities, but
Mr.. Hitler must undertake not to marry or
become engaged until tho loan has been re-
paid.
Further he must pledge himself to fulfill a
condition, not onerous, which Miss Marston
would rather not name until Mr.. Hitler has
obtained his diploma.
at can't-it can't be true, Pau1p' I
stammered.
For answer he produced another letter,
an intimation from the bank that 81, 600
was at my disposal. That convinced me.
! believe wept for Joy. 1 know that
hugged Paul, danced around the room and
otherwise acted like an idiot Paul brought
me back to sobriety by asking If objected
to tho conditions.
"The first Is rather awkward" said.
"There's Nell, you know?"
"But don't know" he rejoined. "You
have never mentioned her till now.
1 told him of my hopes. Ellen Herbert
was the dearest girl in the world, and tho
prettiest, and l had loved her since my
schooldays. We were not engaged, but
knew that she believed in me, and trust
ed that sho would wait until was in a
position to ask her to bo my wife.
"You must write to her, !" said Paul,
land tell hor all about your luck. She'll
understand when you mention the condi-
tions. Miss Marston Is wise woman. II
you married while a student, you might
never be able to repay her.
land as for the condition which she
hasn't named, L can see through that.
When you have got your diploma, you'll
have to attend her free of charge. What
would be the use of mentioning 1t before
you arc able to practice-before she knows
what you can dor"
1t was useless to protest, so let him
run on, which he did for half an hour.
When he had gone, I poured out my grati-
tude in a letter to my benefactress ac-
cepting the conditions, known and un-
known.
also wrote to Nell. The Same post
brought me letter from each.
Miss Marston wrote very briefly. She
should watch my career with great inter.
est, she said, and some day she would send
me her address, so that might call upon
her. Nell congratulated me warmly, but
did not allude to the conditions.
The next two years were the happiest
had ever known, save In one respect.
did not see half as much of Nell as should
have liked. But she remained just the
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