13/21 Her heart is still true to Charlie; but she is so young, and life is so long. I trust that better things are in store for her.' Miss Locke was recovering very slowly. Years of anxiety and hard work had overtaxed her strength sorely. Mr.Hamilton used to shake his head over her tardy progress, and tell her that she was a very unsatisfactory patient, and that he had expected to cure her long before this. 'I must have died; you know that, doctor; and even now, in spite of all the good things you send me, I am so weary and fit for nothing I feel as though I should never sit up again.' 'Oh, we shall have you up before long,' he returned cheerfully. |