Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-04

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I landed in New York on the third
day of the new year, woefuIiy lacking il
| projects for my futuIx The metrop.
oils seemed 10 offer no promising field
and ! soon gave UP my idea Of adding
another unit to its hundreds Of thou
| sands. Then came thoughts of the
west, but a chance meeting with a..
| old classmate, who had ventnred into
that III Dorado 81 impoverished youth
and had returned even poorer than b..
went forth, was taken as a warniI g
against initiating his example. So, III
last, accepting Hobsons choice, / la-
appeared in the city from which Calt.
! Peck had lured me. and once more en-
/ tered the crowded ranks of its pIIs-
sicians. 1t was a growing. busting, ne.
| tive community, but my share in its
| general prosperity seemed destined to
be sadly limited.
/ secured cheap quarters in one of
the poorer residence districts. thereby.
| perhaps handicappiDg myself greatly,
] hut at the same time reducing expenses
TO a point made advisable bv ight
purse. Still, in spite of the most rigid
economy, the outgo constantly ex-
ceeded the income. From a small mar
gin TO the good | passed to a small bal
| auce on the wrong side % the ledger.
Worst of all, this balance grew, not rap
idls-, for | thought twice before spend
ing "A penny, but with the steadiness re-
suiting from an unseemly dispropor.
ton between EARNINGS and expenses.
None Of the old patients returned 10
me though thatwas hardly matter of
regret and new ones we're few and far
between. Now and then an accident
case- hat a keen eye / kept upon
buildings ia course Of construction ian
the neighborhoodi then perhaps call
to attend some stranger fallen ~ a lii
on the payement; then a sufferer from
some chronic malady, even deeper ia
debt than / and changing physicians
simply because the charitv Of the first
was worn out such was the shadow
Of practice which appeared never like
Is 10 round out into q reality My
garments of decent black became shiny
with use, while my bell-pull lost its
polish through rust. If l looked as
az o1''i' iNi'' ~ ssds no Woileef
that the ailing passed me by. Little
by little I he few articles in my posses
sion Of which there was not absolute
need disappeared. Some were sold out-
- 'f'''N'-s "eie io''sea win pawn
This state Of things continual for
'.a.'s4 'iiaf = fe.ti, iil& 10y growing ing
io'@ 'leS ~ cay. ~ long inter.
'ats 'e' 'ets came Ifoin lerez. Aly re-
',isa "'Ie ii.dlleQ WIN The promptness
- = i'"H Y hose tlhle hangs heavy on
W. ilii@s- mere was no attempt =
''Na - conceal M troubles
s3tsi was y eef@Au felfel IA setting
tssi'n ah ihdteiulehl 81 the WorlG Ia
ssestal ana my hel3hoofs p particular
more imam ehte Was Sorely tempted
ioaa from alih' bot pride
- ~. - 'lse' i'oe 4ui't
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- l''s'HB any hef
-, IN s..:. DIV MY ~ ~ -
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- '','PPS - a'iu' ap-
'''i.9'',e
80 'i''' pe'i' SCI l''fth' the test o.
- ~ VEN o. iof more than 4
.''si' eiii1ii'., = was ehdea ~ strange
,.'''ii'''' "I''ou0 warning. and at
,il'e Wh'n l was near % despair The
i'''Oi'' n't' attempted again to col
- l'' q ele money que hlm-he
SouiSi scarcely PC sald to have bounded
me LOT y, llaSmueh r. he had suffered
- unueslraoie . tenant 10 fall several
months ia affeafs--and once more he
ii''.' "eeh 1nt on WITH excuses and apol-
oSlss' rs iiaa ho' been harsh IN his
'ePlieS' "''' Y was easy 70 understand
ma nus aatehee was iairly exhausted.
ne osoi ieIt me stlh ~ possession, but
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