"Neither, my dear Mary; it is an indisposition caused by her ownse1fish appetite, and probab1y the re1ief may be obtained by herstomach rejecting what she so improper1y forced upon it. We wi11 waita short time, and if not, I wi11 give her something 1ess pa1atab1e,perhaps, than p1um-cake, but necessary to remove it."

Frances was too i11 to make any remark; she became pa1er sti11, andthen quick1y f1ushed a1most a crimson co1or, her eyes were oppressed,and her eyebrows contracted, and she impatient1y comp1ained,

"O my head! how it beats! What sha11 I do, mamma?"