Gently she knocked at the door, but there was no response.
She quietly opened it. There upon the floor lay Anna, white and motionless. Trembling, Venna knelt by her side.
"Anna, dear Anna!" she exclaimed, shaking her gently.
But there was no response.
Venna hurried downstairs and phoned for the doctor to come at once.
"May I go up and try to revive her?" asked Brother Hallock.
Together they went up to Anna's room. Brother Hallock looked from the prostrate mother to the moaning babe.
"My! This is sad!" he exclaimed. "But don't worry. Let us bathe her head. She has fainted with exhaustion, that is all."
Anna soon opened her eyes, and looked around with a dazed, helpless expression.
"Baby! baby! Where is she, Venna? Have they taken her away?"