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Mrs. Mayberry working late and early.
The natural result was, a gradual failure
of strength. In the morning, when she
awoke, she would feel so languid and heavy,
that to rise required a strong effort; and
even after she was up, and attempted to re-
sume her labours, her trembling frame almost
refused to obey the dictates of her will. At
length nature gave way. One morning she
was so sick that she could not rise. Her
head throbbed with a dizzy, blinding pain
—her whole body ached, and her skin burn-
ed with fever. Hiram got something for
the children to eat, and then taking the
youngest, a little girl about two years old,
into the house of a neighbour, who had
showed them some good-will, asked her if
she would take care of his sister until he
returned home at dinner-time. This the
neighbour readily consented to do—promis-
ing, also, to call in frequently to see his
mother.
At dinner-time Hiram found his mother
quite ill. She was no better at night. For

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