The times., 1899-12-10
TIE Students STORY.
He Relates an Incident of the Dis
sccting Room.

WtSNlug 'De EIlLiE " iINDWS OF NASeA :
back room into some semblance of deceDcy
and pouring down the battered side OF the
building in a flood Casey himself warm
and dry shod since he had wisely refrained
from going abroad greeted his companions
with comfortable cEuckles as they entered
dripping one by one stamping the water
from their clothing and shaking their UNI
bTell2s. The medical student arrived first,
wet from top to toe despite the protection
of his umbrella and the policeman en-
shrouded i'm a great rubber coat sought
the most comfortable chair in the room as
soon as he had made his 10 O'Clock pull at
he box on the corner The ihief crept
into the dry haven soon afterward, wiring
ing the sleeves of his shabby coat ana
placed his slOuch hat on the floor to drip.
Have 10 start that old stove soon. Ca
sey, if this sort of thing lasts said the
medical student with a shiveT. m afraid
we won't see much sun from now until
Nay /"
That's right said the thief I'm half
fToze now.
mo wonder, me boy, when you don't
wear half enough clothes, said Casey.
rubbing his rotound abdomen with salts
fed air I'd be cold myself if I didn't
take care of my health"
Just show me a bunch of winter rags
and III get into EN- fast enough said
the thief with bitter smile. The police
man looked at him quzzicaIly and slowly
winked
And that's no popular song" he said,
wen trust you for that"
AT that juncture the door was thrown
open and the reporter burst into the little
room, followed by a dash of rain He was
covered with a long macintosh from ch
the rain water was running in streams ana
his little golf cap dripped more water dis
cOnsolately
Say, guess this is a poor one, hey?"
said the reporter. this is one of them boys
that make YOU glad you've got home. I'm
soaked through and I'll just trouble that
bar boy Of yours to get busy for few min
utes" "
He shed the big coat and rubbed his
hands bTiskly as he took his seat with the
group and when a round of steaming
drinks was placed on the table nodded SOL
EMMY to each of his friends in turn as he
prepared 10 ward off the chill by summary
action.
Harold. he said to the medical stu
dent, when that bearded young man began
to load his big pipe. tell US a story. You
haven't cut loose for a week or two and I'm
all out myself. We cant speed the passing
hour by talking about the rain and our
friend, the copper here will go to sleep and
miss pull if we don't do something"
Il was thinking this afternoon" said the
medical student, "of an odd thing that hap
pened a few weeks ago over at the college.
young woman showed up there a couple
Of months ago with about half enough
money to pay her tuition and gave the
preXy a hard luck story about her am
bitions to become a doctor and all that
sort Of thing, and he stood for it and said
he would help her out 1t seems she had
to leave home because her drunken father
gave her the worst of it and all that sort
Of thing you know l didn't pay much at
tention to what | heard whe she joined
the class, but I inquired afterward and
learned that she worked down-~-vn as a
stenographer and the old man u.dn't do
anything but lay around the house and
drink up the money she earned. Her
mother was dead. and l guess there were a
couple Of other children. Anyhow it seems
she stood for the old mans rough work for
a couple of years and then she cut loose
and left home. She fixed up the other
children with relatives or something like
that and borrowed a hundred or so to start
in studying medicine.
Well she was a pretty quiet girl. and
we didn't see her very often. She had some
sort Of a special arrangement. so she studied
at home and didn't attend class. but only
took in the lectures and as she minded her
own business in the lecture hall and had
nothing to say to anybody she got along
One night last week I got acquainted with
hsT by accident
Huh, grunted Casey. II though it was
long coming to that part of it,"
''Oh. didn't force my attentions on her"
said the medical student hurriedly We
came out OF the lecture hall almost side by
side and it was raining as hard as il is
now. She had no umbrella and 1 had one
and as she had quite a little to walk 10
reach her car I offered TO escort her unGI
my umbrella
How did YOU know what car she took p"
asked the reporter, winkiug at the police
man. The medical student colored up and
coughed to gain time,
"W=Ii, | had chancod TO see her getting
of the car one night" he said, Just as
was passing Anyhow, she accepted my Of
fer this rainy night. and We chatted about
the college and her chances on the way over
10 the car
Quite a long way. wasn't it," asked the
policeman.
NO. only three blocks said the medical
student but We talked fast. She told me
she wanted 10 attend clinic on a subject
the first chance she got. tried to warn
her that it was d very unpleasant sight and
hinted that it might be too much for her
iDAt Nltt Ssl's Silt FbulA uANE ~ Ablt4t ~ 1T
sooner or later il she was going to be a
doctor and / had to admit that fact"
VERY tender about her feelings. weren't
you2" asked he reporter Didn't want her
10 be shocked. eh? And you never spoke
TO her before"
Now. never mind ioshing. if you want
10 hear this story. said the student a bit
nettled, Il wantsd to prepare the girl for
what She would see just as | would any
lady who was contemplating something She
knew nothing about Well, the night Of the
clinic drew near, and we talked it over sew
eral times before that date. but she was
firm IN her resolution. and finally / thought
il would be all right"
What did YOU have to DO with it," asked
the policeman.
On nothing. only she spoke TO me about
it first and sort Of asked my advice and /
did what l thought best Last Thursday
night lot OF rs went up 10 the audito-
rum TO clinic on a subject brought in
from the Lord knows where. and she was
in the crowd. ] stood ight next to her for
fear she would faint or something because
she had told me that she had never seen
dead body a such close range as we get
10 them during a dem0nstration The pro-
lessor took the sheet pas ty of the body
and had just begun
Gentlemen. this is an unusually fine
specimen of an adult male when things
happened just as / thought they would
/ The girl leaned forward to get a good view
OF the subject for she was very much in
terested and all OF sudden she gave a
/ little sort of a cry and fell over against
me / was half expecting it, you know.
and / caught her and couple of us car
ried her To an anteroonL where we brought
her around in a few minutes and then | Of
! nervous and Mustered, but she got ready TO
60. Once or twice she showed some inde-