Try!" She drank so greedily he drew away the glass and urged caution, but the shaking fingers clung to him and the wavering voice begged for more.
"In a minute," said the Harvester gently.

But the fevered woman would not wait.

She drank the cooling liquid until she could take no more.
Then she watched him fill a small pitcher and pack it in a part of the ice and lay some fruit around it.
"Who, Ruth ?" she panted.
"A Medicine Man who heard about you." "What will Henry say ?" "He won't know," explained the Girl, smoothing the hot forehead.

"I'll put it in the cupboard, and slip it to you while he is out of the room.
It will make you strong and well." "I don't want to be strong and well and suffer it all over again.

I want to rest.