This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... Cftf ftamg Irishman. AN a very hot day in July, a boy called at my house with a gentle"man's card, saying that a lady had sent him to request me to visit a young man, who was sick. Both the lady and the young man were strangers to me. I had never heard of either of them. They resided more than three ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... Cftf ftamg Irishman. AN a very hot day in July, a boy called at my house with a gentle"man's card, saying that a lady had sent him to request me to visit a young man, who was sick. Both the lady and the young man were strangers to me. I had never heard of either of them. They resided more than three miles from me, in another city; and, as I understood, the lady was an attendant upon the ministry of another clergyman, who was absent from home. I could not learn from the boy why she should have sent for me. I was very much occupied, the day was intensely hot, the place was distant, many other clergymen were more convenient to it; and I felt disposed, for these reasons, to excuse myself from going. As I was considering the matter, the boy, as if reading my thoughts, spoke out earnestly, " She said you must come." I went, though I felt it to be a hardship. Finding the street and the number of the house, by the card which was sent to me, I rang the bell, and inquired for the young man, whose name was on the card. I was shown to his room. He was seated in an easy-chair, with a book in his hand, and appeared somewhat pale and feeble, but not very sick. He rose to receive me. I told him who I was, and that the boy who brought me his card said he was sick, and would be glad to see me. He made no reply, except to offer me his hand and ask me to be seated. We had some general conversation, in which he took the lead. But he said nothing about his sending for me. Aside from his paleness and an occasional cough, I saw nothing in him to indicate the presence of any disease. He told me something of his history. He was a young Irishman, about twenty-six years of age; had been educated in one of the European colleges; had studied law in Ireland; and, ...
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