I got the health
doctor right away, Dr. Browne. Was it him sent you?"
"I presume he reported the case to our circle, and they sent me word.
You said a spoonful every half hour?"
"Yes; and if she gets so't she really senses things, she might want
suthin' to eat. You'll find tea and bread in this cupboard, see? and I
bile the water on this oil stove."
Sarah nodded wearily; she was feeling a strange lassitude from which it
was difficult to rouse herself. The woman noticed her pallor.
"You don't look strong yourself, Miss, and I hate to leave you, but I
guess there won't be much to do. If we don't have a big run at the
restaurant,--and we won't, it's so hot--I'll git back by seven sure; and
don't mind calling on Mis' Maloney, she's as clever as the day is long.
Well, good-by to you," and she was gone.
Sarah looked about her with some curiosity, noting the bare edges of the
floor around the faded strip of cheap carpeting in the centre, the
little stand with a white towel over the top, upon which was a lamp and
a Bible,--she was glad to see the Bible--the woodcuts from illustrated
journals tacked to the walls, and the one straggling geranium in a tin
can on the window sill, then examined more closely the girl on the bed.
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