As a further aggravation, after the father had twice administered laudanum, the vial containing the medicine disappeared from their tent, and could no more be found.

There were all the usual accompaniments of the cholera, and in that high region the night air was cold.

Collecting dry weeds, they managed to kindle a fire, and heated a stone which they placed at her feet.
The spirit of the child was quiet, and beautifully resigned to the will of God.

There had been no doubt as to her piety before her sickness, and the whole scene was all that could have been expected of an older person.

At length the end came.