Death had cut short that vital sentence, and simultaneously with the entrance of the nurse, whose return he had so much feared, he uttered his last gasp and sank back lifeless on his pillow.

With a cry Miss Thankful pounced on the wallet.

It opened out flat in her hand, as empty as her life seemed at that minute.

But she was a brave woman and in another instant her courage had revived.

The money could not be far away; she would find it at the first search.
Turning on the nurse, she looked her full in the face.