Their wonder was immense and in the conversation which ensued unnoted minutes passed.

Not till the clock struck did she realize that she had left her brother alone for a good half-hour: This was not right and she went hurrying back, the happiest woman in town.

But it was a short-lived happiness.

As she reentered the sick-room she realized that something was amiss.

Her brother had moved from where she had left him, and now lay stretched across the foot of the bed, where he had evidently fallen from a standing position.