"I think I should go, too, Art, if--if you think there's any probability of--finding her alive." "It's impossible to tell.

But we can hardly both be spared from home.

It should be kept from grandpa as long as possible, and if he saw us both rushing off in the direction she has taken, he would know at once that something very serious had happened her." "Yes, you are right, and for the first time I envy you your medical knowledge and skill.

She's with Virginia, the message is sent by her," glancing again at the paper which he still held in his hand.

"I'm glad of that--that she has at least one of her children with her, if----" He paused and Arthur finished the sentence.