The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-07
AN ANSWER TOAN AID.

was nearly 90 Gre my father could af-
ford to lot mo follow my bent, and I had
not been at the London hospital quite a
yoar when he died suddenly.
At once I found myself without money
to pay tho second installmont of my fee,
or to support mo until such time as l could
compete for o clinical clerkship or dresser
ship-in short, pennilcss.
Tho only bright spot In the dark days
which followed my poor fathers funeral
was tho sympathy Of Paul Blake, a fined
ical'' like myself, but MS raokcty as I was
studious.
"If had n money, Hitler" he said
ono morning, "or any property on which
I could ra!se u loan, you should have it.
l call it an awful shame that a hard work.
ing fellow like You should be erased for
want of d few hundreds. Oh, if only some
wealthy philanthropist knew you as well
MS I do, he'd surely help you over the stile
for tho sake Of suffering humanity"
I lot him run on, scarcely hearing what
he uttered.
"Thcre ought to be scores Of such men
about, ; he said presently, "if afellow only
knew whcro to look for them. By Joye,
If I could only cono across one, l believe /
could convince him TINT it's his absolute
duty to give you o lift. Suppose we adj
~yertisep I'll do the interviewing. I've
the gift Of tho gab-you'l1 admit thatS"
Eyes" I said, bitterly 1 fear, "but q
philanthropic p~awnbroker willing to lond
on my books and instruments would be Of
moro use at tho present moment I owe
my slandlady $50, and I shall want S. to
take mo back to Worcestershire"
tNow, about this advertisement" he
went on. "I'm in earnest, and to provo it
I mean to stand the ex'es." He reflected
a moment, then took up a pen and scrib-
bled o few lines on a scrap of paper, blot
ted the 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 o sum that will enable
him to obtain his diploma. he will pledge
himself to repay the money, with interest,
within fvo years Of the date of tho loan.
tThero," he added, "if that doesn't put
you on your feet, I'm O false prophetr'
"My dear Paul" I rejoincd, "you mean
well, and / thank you, but if you were to
throw your money into the gutter it would
do just as much good"
my dear boy, l have a better opinion Of
my follow mon than you have, and a lot
moro faith in them. Just to convince you
that the world 10 not so hard and cruel as
you think I shall insert this advertisement
and have the replies sent to my address.
Come along. Tie least you can do is to
walk With mo Us far as Fleet street.
I was absent some hours. On my return
my long suffering lnndlady met me at the
door.
"Thore's been a young person to sec
you, SIR she said.
"Indced, . I exclaimed in surprise, for
Mrs. Roberts herself was my only female
ACQUAINTANCE in town.. "Did she leave her
nalne?o
ssNo, sir; she waited in your room halt
an hour. When she went, she said she
didn't know whether she would be ablo to
call again"
was too distressed to question tho pa
tient woman as to the young PERSONS ap-
pearanco, and I had soon forgotten all
about tho matter. I saw no moro of Paul
that day, but he called next evening. When
he laid three letters and q postcard on the
table, I could scarcely believe my eyes.
-Four answers he said coolly. GIVE
brought the lot, though I might as we'll
have left three Of them at home"
~ 1U9 HO5II<bk9 NJ Jbcu bONSh WOANo3
ssDon't you wish you may get it?" One
envelope contained q money lenders circu-
lara request for an inquiry fec; another
q letter offering to lcnd $50, 600 on the
splendid security named-unmistakable
chaff, this; the third, which Paul handed
mc last, contained tho following epistle,
dated from,a west end library md written
in the nttsnuated, pointed characters in
sisted upon at old style Summaries for
young ladies:
Miss Marston would be glad if T. B. would
send more particulars. Should the medical
student BIO found deserving on inquiry, she
would have ~ objection to finance him. But
tho terms must be fixed by herself.
He sat down at onco and wrote-I have
no idea what, for / refused to LOOKOUT
two days ustcrNard be brought me a fur
ther communication, dated from the same
library:
Miss Marston has received Mr.. Blake's let
ter. and sho Is quite satisfied that Mr.. Andrew
Hillier is q deserving young man. In conse-
euence, she has opened an account OF the Lon
don and Westminster bank and placed to his
credit tho sum Of $1,000, which she hopes will
be sufficient.
Miss Marston, not being a usurer, declines
to mako q profit Of any ones necessities, but
Mr.. Hillicr- must undertake not to marry or
become engaged until the loan has been re-
paid.
Further, he must pledge himself to fulfill O
condition, not onerons, which Miss Marston
would rather not name until MT. Hitler has
obtained his diploma.
stIt can't-it can't be true, Paull' I
stammcrod.
For answer no produced another letter,
an intimation from the bank that 81, 600
was at my disposal. That convinced me.
I believe / wcpt for joy. know that |
Rugged Paul, danced around tho room and
otherwise acted like an idiot. Paul brought
mo back to sobriety by asking if I objected
to the conditions.
'.The FIRST is rathcr awkward, l said.
sThere's Noll, you know"
"But / don't know, " he rcjoincd. You
have never mentioned her till now"
/ told him of my hopes. Ellen Herbert
was the dearest girl in the world, and the
prcttiest, and I had loved her since my
schooldays. We were not engaged, but !
know that she believed in me, and | trust
ed that sho would wait until / was In a
position to ask her to be my wife.
"You must write to her" said Paul,
"and tell her all about your luck. She'll
understand when you mention the n
tions. Miss Marston is q wiso woman. II
you married whilo a student, you might
never be ablo to repay hor.
"And, al for tho condition which she
hasn't named, 1 can SEQ through that