"Don't worry about that," said Betty, smiling through her tears. "They say that the best surgeons are those who faint at the first operation!"
"That's so!" agreed Dell, "I wouldn't go back, would you?"
"Of course not!" replied Betty, "We're out on the Lord's work! But we're only girls, after all, and we'll feel lots better to cry it out. I guess everyone does, but don't tell anyone, will you?"
"Of course not!" promised Dell.
"Come, let's get to sleep before—"
"All right,"—and the two girlish heads were soon lying quietly close together with their tear-stained faces up-turned to the bright light of the mysterious "welsbach."
*****
In the morning Betty roused her companion.
"I'm so hungry, Dell. Let us hurry to the Mission Home for breakfast."
On their way out they asked the landlady to turn off the gas.