The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Debtors for Life

Chesebro, Caroline. "Debtors for Life." New York Saturday Press, July 16, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A young doctor travels to Dorchester to cure a seemingly incurable patient. He and the patient, a young lady, fall in love. Circumstances drive the two apart, but the doctor returns seven years later and they stay together.