CHAPTER XXXIII.
ANDY LOSES HIS PLACE Andy and his mother moved into Dr.Townley's cottage.

It was rather an improvement upon the house in which they had lived hitherto, but, then, there was this great difference: For the one they had no rent to pay, but for the other they paid fifty dollars rent.

Dr.Townley would gladly have charged nothing, but he was a comparatively poor man, and could not afford to be as generous as his heart would have dictated.
He had a fair income, being skillful and in good practice, but he had a son in college, and his expenses were a considerable drain upon his father's purse.

Still, with the money saved, and Andy's weekly earnings, the Burkes were able to live very comfortably and still pay the rent.

But a real misfortune was in store for Andy.
Miss Sophia Grant was taken sick with lung fever.