And freedom from all undue excitement.

I should recommend for the next few days, complete confinement to her bed with a simple diet; _no_ tea nor coffee, nor any stimulants.

Keep her quiet, Mrs.Bell, for while the illness lasts--I give it no name--under which she is laboring, she will have no desire, except to keep herself solitary." "And you think that will effect a cure, doctor ?" asked Mrs.Bell, whose eyes had forced up a little moisture.

"The child is frail, oughtn't she to be nourished ?" "In the way I prescribed, my dear madam.

Milk diet, without stimulants.
I'll see you again in a couple of days, Miss Matty." "And you say she's not to get up, doctor ?" "On no account, until I call again." The doctor departed, and Matty submitted to the remarkably dull life laid out for her.
In the course of the afternoon Mrs.Bell went out.