, she hasn't spoken at all. She lies just unconscious."

"Good gracious! Oh, you don't think she will die?" and Mrs. Borden
really turned pale with fright.

"A person sometimes lies that way for days when overcome with the
heat. The doctor can tell better tomorrow."

"Oh, poor little Marilla! She is so sweet-tempered. And you were so
good not to send her off to a hospital. How ever should we have found
her! There is so little time. When shall we hear about this other
girl?"

"I will telephone as soon as I go home and tell them to send her in
the morning," and Miss Armitage rose.

"We are so much obliged." She followed her visitor out in the hall.

"Do not come down," said Miss Armitage. "And I hope the babies will
improve."

"Thank you--for everything."

The sun was going down and some stray wafts of wind wandered along,
which made the heat rather more endurable.

"Jane," she said as she walked into the room, "did you notice any
bruise on the child's head while you were bathing her. She fell off of
the steps it seemed."

"There was none on her forehead. Her hair is very thick and I really
did not look only to see that it was in a nice, clean condition. She
hasn't suffered for want of cleanliness."

Then she told Jane all she had learned, adding:

"They seem very nice kind of people. But oh! those babies!"

Miss Armitage telephoned to the settlement House, stating the case.

"Yes, Ellen Day was still there and would be very glad of the
position. She would go the first thing in the morning."

Jane insisted on bringing in a cot and sleeping beside the little girl
who lay quite as still as if she were dead. Now and then she gave her
the drops and fanned the air about her. The morning came and the city
was astir again. But it was quiet in Loraine place. So many had gone
away and there were no trolleys nearby.

They looked over Marilla's head and found one spot above the ear that
had a small bit of discoloration, but it was not in a dangerous place.
The doctor came in.

"I did not think there would be much change," he said. Then he tried
to rouse her. Jane held her up while they gave her a little milk which
she swallowed without difficulty. She opened her eyes and closed them
again, then lay quiet.

He listened to Miss Armitage's interview and nodded as she went
along.

"The child is terribly run down. I think she has worked harder than
any one imagined. But they seem to have appreciated her."

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