Category: Novels
Two young men of nearly equal abilities, left college at the same time. Their names were Lawrence Dunbar and Lloyd Hudson. Mr. Dunbar, the father of Lawrence, was a retail grocer in Philadelphia. He had, in early life, received but few educational advantages; and, in consequen...
Two young men of nearly equal abilities, left college at the same time. Their names were Lawrence Dunbar and Lloyd Hudson. Mr. Dunbar, the father of Lawrence, was a retail groce...
2. CHAPTER II.LAW was finally decided upon as the profession for Lawrence Dunbar, and he was placed in the office of an attorney named Harker. At the same time, Hudson commenced the study of...
3. CHAPTER III.ALONE—amid books, mortars, vials, and the more startling appendages of a doctor's office—sat the young student, whose suit had been rejected. The volumes over which he had been...
4. CHAPTER IV.THE youngest sister of Lawrence was much attached to Mary Lee, and met her frequently. It did not escape her eyes, that there was a change in her brother, and that Mary was unha...
5. CHAPTER V.EVEN before Hudson succeeded in getting his diploma, Dunbar had come before the court in a case of great importance, and made quite an impression on the public mind. His argumen...
6. CHAPTER VI.THE day on which Lloyd Hudson was to pass his examination was one of considerable interest and anxiety at home. Old Mr. Hudson, equable in temper as he was, found it impossible...
7. CHAPTER VII."FATHER, I cannot! You may call it a weakness; I will even acknowledge that it is. But to let my sisters support me by hard labor is more than I will permit. Let me go South. I...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Dunbar was alone, and walking uneasily about. Five years had passed since his co-partnership with Mr. Harker, and still his interest in the business was only a fifth, although b...
9. CHAPTER IX.FIVE years had not passed over the head of Lawrence Dunbar without advances being made by him in certain quarters for the purpose of securing an advantageous matrimonial allianc...
10. CHAPTER X.FILLED, by the positive assurances of his lawyer, with the hope of success, Malcolm, in a few months, became so much occupied with his suit that he neglected his business, which...
11. CHAPTER XI.AFTER the sheriff's sale had taken place, Malcolm tried to fix his mind more intently on his business, but he found this almost impossible. The argument in his suit against Harr...
12. CHAPTER XII.WHILE the events detailed in the last few chapters were progressing, the time for Dunbar's marriage with the wealthy Miss Gay was drawing near. A handsome house was taken in Arc...
13. CHAPTER XIII.As demonstrator of anatomy, Dr. Hudson soon stood high in the school of medicine in which he had been chosen to occupy that position. All who came in contact with him were as mu...
14. CHAPTER XIV.IN two years from the time Doctor Hudson was appointed to the demonstrator's chair his income from practice and the school had risen to twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Th...
15. CHAPTER XV.THE mother of Doctor Baldwin was connected with a family of some note in the State, upon which fact she built up a pretty high estimate of her own consequence. For everything lo...
16. CHAPTER XVI.MUCH sooner than even his warmest friends anticipated, did Doctor Hudson rise to the professorship of anatomy and surgery; his predecessor having vacated the chair in consequenc...
17. CHAPTER XVII.SCARCELY had the honey-moon passed after the wedding of Lawrence Dunbar—which took place a few months after the elevation of Doctor Hudson to the chair of anatomy and surgery in...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.POOR Malcolm, after escaping from the clutches of Dunbar, sold off all the goods and household furniture which he had removed to the best possible advantage, and calling togethe...
19. CHAPTER XIX.THE history of this young man, as far as we have traced it, and much further beyond this point it is not our intention to go, exhibits the result of mere ambition, acting upon a...
20. CHAPTER XX.Doctor Hudson was just preparing to leave his office one afternoon about five o'clock, when a grey-headed man, plainly dressed, came in. He immediately recognised him as old Mr....