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Ererly, but Alison seemed hardly able to command her

attention to listen, and scarcely waited for the end of the letter

before her own disclosure waswith

diphtheria; he had been left behind in theon account of so convinced that temper

was not solely in fault, had kept him apart from his brothers, and at

last had sent for the doctor, who had at once pronounced it to be

the same deadly complaint which had already declared itself in Rachel

Curtis Alison had of course devoted herself to the little boy till his

ed to give

the first inti little 's

exploit ht be "I don't think she realizes the extent of the

illness," said Alison; "say what I would, she would keep on thankingto escape to him I asked if we should

send to let Colin know, and she answered in her dear, unselfish way, 'By

no means, it would be safer for him to be out of the way,' and, besides,

she kne "