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124 A NEW PATIENT. be a Capital thing to oblige all the nuns to enter into matrimony.” Agnes must have felt some vague fear that the fate with which her future sisters in the faith were menaced might suddenly overtake herself, for now she fairly began to run—in vain, for Max ran also. “The notion is not so dreadful as you fancy. Every sensible person gets married, and the great majority find it answers. It is really unpardonable to instill into a young girl’s mind such a horror of things which come as a matter of course, and which—— Yes, fraulein, we must stop a minute now and rest. I have no breath left. Thank Heaven, your lungs are still as sound as a bell, or they could not have stood that rapid charge.” | Agnes stopped likewise, for she too was panting for breath. Her cheeks, usually so pale, were rosy now with the exertion, and the bright color suited the delicate little face most admirably. Dr. Brun- now perceived this, but it did not tend to soften his mood. On the contrary, he frowned reprovingly as HERA the girl’s wrist, and proceeded to feel her pulse. | | “Why heat yourself in this most unnecessary -manner? Itold you you were to be careful and to avoid fatigue. Will you follow this out scrupu- lously ?” , “Yes,” whispered Agnes, altogether intimidated by the tone of command assumed by the young doctor, who, despite her father’s august prohibition, still played the part of family physician, and who held her little hand so firmly in his while speaking. “T shall depend on your promise. As to my patient down yonder, we can share the treatment between us. Prepare the woman for the next world by all means, if you wish. I will do what 1can to keep her in this as long as possible, and I think her husband and children will be grateful to me for it. I wish you good-morning, fraulein.” With that he took off his hat, bowed, and, turn- ing, struck off into the road which led to the town, while Agnes pursued her way home. Obedient to the command laid upon her, she walked slowly, at Eomichooks.co