CHAPTER XXV.
ouis, I wish you would look at baby before you go; I do not think she is well to-night."
"What is the matter now? You are always thinking she is ill: she seemed well enough this morning."
"I don't know. She is restless and uneasy; I wish you would come."
"Of course I will, but I am in a great hurry just now; Mrs. Headley has sent for me, and old Mr. Growl has another attack. I must go to the people in the office now, but I will come up to baby before I start."
"Had you not better see baby first? Perhaps you might forget, with so many people to attend to."
"Forget? Not I. Why, Natalie, how do you think I should ever get on if I had no better memory than that?"
But he did forget, and was gone when Natalie again sought him. "I thought it would be so," she sighed. Baby became more and more uneasy, and moaned and fretted in her sleep. Natalie knelt beside the bed, and tried to soothe her darling, thinking sadly of the long hours that would elapse before Louis's return, but all her efforts were in vain. Izzie did not wake or cry, but this only alarmed Natalie the more. The deadly palor
of her countenance was the only sign of the anguish she suffered; outwardly, she was very calm. If she could only have done anything for her pet! but to wait, and watch, not knowing what to do, this was unendurable; and she was just debating in her own mind if she ought not to send for another doctor, as Louis might be detained all night, when she heard him come in. She pressed her cold hands upon her brow, and ordered Sarah to bring him immediately; while she rose from her knees, and breathlessly waited for his coming.