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. (1859-7-16).
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.