It seemed to her, in spite of her prayer, that all hope of relief lay in the doctor, and not in the Lord.

It seemed to her that the doctor must help her mother.

At last she heard wheels, and, in her joy, she spoke in spite of her father's injunction.

"There's the doctor now," said she.

"I guess he's bringing father home with him." Again her mother's eyes opened with a look of intelligence, again she spoke in her natural voice.