The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-09-13
From
the Depths
By Victor RedcEfe

Copyright 1917. b. W G. Chapman)
And this i the level To which YOU
have sunk :"
Say. rather. To III" high privilege
heaven has granted me" >olrmnIy cor
rected Gerald Farrar.
"Humph ~ uttered his uncle. Greg
DRY LySie. couiemptuuu>Iy and with Il
fash IF d"riSion in his int"lcrant old
eyes.
rs il not clean and neal. the small
hut comfortable little outage | have
transformed into home There is "A
pretty garden nj the rear am earn
Ing not only enough Ia provide for
what ! need, but there is Il surplus for
the poor and sick. to whom | give my
afternoon hours exclusively. You see.
| have clear salary for my lecture
and some important clients
Il don't care 10 hear any more" Oh
served Mr.. Lysle harshly. as he arose
and moved towards the door. And
don't care To ever see you again I'M
less YOU AT once give NJ this rot and
rubbish Of philanthropy. Either you'V"
got romantic. heroic picture in Your
head or YOU want To pose as a martyr.
Il am sorry diSpleaSc YOU. Uncle"
spoke the nephew in Il respectful tone.
hut ! must follow my duty as clearly
see II. have found true loyal friends
among the home of the humble.
have, too. found love" and his face ir-
radiateG-"a noble object for my af-
fcc'ions and am going to ask her 10
shar" my lot this very evening
You have, indeed, lost all sense of
pride and ambition. Don't dare 10
eyer speak tn me again and Mr..
I.ysle swung from the room and the
hUuS" and Gerald stood gazing sadly
after him.
Not one whit did the noble-hcartcd
young physician care for the fortune
that he was spurning a. the heir of his
uncle. He was SOrrOWfuI. however. to
lose his good will and regard. 4
gloom seemed to fall over the CHEEKY
little office room. Then Gcrald's face
frightened. He moved To mirror Ia
see that he looked his best as far rs
attire went for he was about Ia face
the most mOmentOuS occasion of his
life
Six months previous the young doc
tor had been called to visit o patient
who lived In one Of the poorest tene-
ment houses of the district The land
lady had sent for him and met him AT
the door before he entered the room
where the sufferer lay.
Doctor Farra." she said clearly. 81
have sent for you because of your we'll
known charity 10 the poor. Here is
young woman who has lived quietly,
respectfully with me for several weeks
She had a position in an office lost il.
became i'll, owes me quite n bit for
room rent and | have no money TO
spare for your services"
why. bless you they are as free as
the air 10 the pennllesS and distressed"
pronounced the doctor at once. Let
me see the patient"
And from that moment the young
physician knew that he had met his
fate. Miss LennoX. the landlady
called the fevcrcd. tossing girl and
even amid her dclrium her rare
beauty was radiant And then as she
regaincd her normal balance of men
taity. the sweet patience and graft
tude she displayed impressed and
charmed the young physician.
Miss Nelda LeunoX got well. hut not
well enough To return Ia work, and
Gerald told her that she would have
10 wait through several weeks of nee
CSSary convalcSccncc, but he did not
object when for three hours in the
morning caring for the children of the
tOilerS in the ncighborhOOd. Miss Len
nox earned enough TO provide for her
board and lodging. Gradually she
glided into assisting Doctor Farrar in
his missions of mercy and this com
panionship was grateful 10 both.
Her sweet face greeted the doctor
with the smile OF Il woman who loved
him when he called upon her that eve
ming. She drew away from him and
shivercd and palcd rs he told her that
he wanted her for life partner Then
her face dropped into her hands and
she SObbCd out:
"Oh. | am so cory il has come tO
this, am already Il married woman"
lie could scarcely believe her. A
vivid shock numbed him. Then with
bowed head and crushed spirit he lis
tened to the wOeful story OF the being
whom he most loved.
She had been welded nearly year
when the cruelty. neglect and habits
of the husband she could not even re-
spect had compelled her to fee from
him as from a peStilence. She had
found the new world of obscure pow
erty which she had entered cold, cheer
less, inhOSpitable. Her whole exist
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