126 Katte Summers.

 

Katie ran in to her mamma.

“Oh, mamma!” she said, “there is a poor
woman at the gate with a little girl, and they
are hungry and tired, and the little girl says her
mother is ill!”

“T will come and see,” said Mrs. Summers.
She touched the woman gently on the shoulder,
and asked what was the matter; but there was
no answer. She then raised the woman’s head,
and found she had fainted.

“Run, Harry,” said his mamma, “and tell
William to come here; and you, Katie, go and
ask cook to bring a little brandy.”

When it was brought, Mrs. Summers poured
a few drops down the woman’s throat, and
loosened her shawl and bonnet; she then had
her carried into the house and laid on a sofa.
She was evidently very ill, and Mrs. Summers
seeing this sent for the doctor. He said she
must be moved at once to the infirmary ; and
as he had his carriage at the gate he took