And in the shaded room, while the firelight whispered to the shadows in the corners, the doctor rose from the bedside, and spoke softly to the nurse.
"The crisis is past," he said, "he will live."
HELL GATE
Hell Gate clanged behind the youth, and those without stood and looked one upon another.
First came his friend, and said to the keeper of the gate:
"Let him out! he is young, and his work still to do. Who knows but he may amend, and do it yet?"