"Yes, if you like. I can do little, if anything, more; but he will not
suffer any. Now I will see your mother," and he turned and left her to her
grief.
It took some time for Mrs. Sherwood to fully realize the truth, for she
listened to the doctor as if dazed. It was the first trouble that had ever
really touched her, and at the suggestion of Jarvis she went to her room,
where by degrees she grew calmer, as the terrible truth came home to heart
that she was soon to be left a widow and her children fatherless.
When Louie came into her father's room a few moments later, and learned the
truth, she threw her arms around Dexie's neck and wept with her. This was
the darkest hour they had ever known. But there was no time to indulge in
grief at present--that would come later--and Dexie whispered:
"Take Gussie up to her room, Louie, and tell her there, and do not let her
come down till she is quiet. Warn Georgie not to go away from the house;
papa may ask for him any minute. I am so thankful the doctor has told
mamma! Watch the door, Louie, and when the minister calls to-day try and
persuade mamma to see him.
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