The attack was very sudden, and I--" "Sick ?" The plump woman seemed actually to prick up her ears, like a sleepy cat at the sound of the dinner bell.

"Is Seth sick?
And you all alone with him here?
Can't I do anything to help ?" "All he wants is to be left alone," put in her husband anxiously.

"He said so himself." "Do you know what's the matter?
Have you got any medicine for him ?" Mrs.
Stover was already climbing out of the buggy.
"No," replied Brown.

"I haven't.

That is, I haven't given him any yet." The slim woman, Mrs.Hains of Boston, now broke into the conversation.
"Good thing!" she snapped.