Then she hurried back to her tossing and raving friend.
In half an hour the family physician arrived. After making a careful examination of his patient, he came out of the room and sought Major Fielding.
“What do you think of her?” anxiously inquired the major.
“Telegraph for her brother immediately,” answered the doctor.
His orders were obeyed, and the same morning the message was flashed along the wires that was to bring Justin to the bedside of his beloved sister.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE DEATH WATCH.
He came, with that disheartening fear,
Which all who love beneath the sky
Feel when they gaze on what is dear—
The dreadful thought that it must die!