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74 Ways and Means. gan felt more cousinly than fatherly as he contemplated Miss Knight’s lovely flushed face, appealing grey eyes shining through tears, and parted rose-pink lips. Girls of that type were bound to be worried with passions and romances and tragedies if they were not married off young, and the only wonder in the doctor’s mind was that it was the younger and by far the less good-looking of the two, who was the sufferer on this occasion. “TI will do my utmost for your sister,” he said kindly. “Get this prescription made up immediately; she must take it every two hours. A little weak brandy and water and some beef tea must be given at frequent intervals dur- ing the day. I will call again ina few hours’ time. Your sister has simply no pulse at all. She will require con- stant watching and attendance night and day. From what I have seen of your old servant she does not seem a suit- able person to have in a sick room, and you yourself don’t look too robust. A trained nurse should be engaged at once.” : “IT can undertake the night-work,” faltered Dorothy, “but during the day I generally have a good deal to do and cannot be always at home.” She already saw beggary staring them in the face. Two pounds eighteen would certainly not go far with a trained nurse in the house demanding two guineas a week and her food, and with no more painting orders coming from the city. Something of the consternation she felt must have shown itself in her face, as Dr. Morgan’s next words proved. | “Perhaps,” he suggested, “you have relatives or friends in London? They should certainly be informed of your sister’s condition, and of the care and necessary expense required in such a serious case as hers. [I will not dis- guise from you that her life and her reason are equally in danger at the present time. The body is absolutely ema- Eomichbooks co