THE SILVER LAKE STORIES. 27

us about six months, we were attacked,
one after the other, with scarlet fever,
which was at that time very prevalent
and very fatal in the place where we
lived. Fred and I, after a long and
tedious sickness, recovered, but our
dear little Alice died. And in that
time of sickness and distress, did that
kind and gentle nurse watch over us
night and day, never allowing herself
proper rest or exercise, till the neces-
sity for exertion was past, but patient-
ly sitting in our darkened rooms, and
ministering to our wants.
“T was very ill, and part of the time
- delirious, and yet, through it all, Iwas |