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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
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TELEPHONE MESSAGE

"December the first.

"To Mr. Dana Herwin,
"Care of Chief Operator, West Station.

"Marion is out of danger. Do as you please about hurrying home. She is still sick, but safe. "Marna."

December the first, 10 P.M.

I knew he was a good, true, clever man, but I did not know before that Robert Hazelton could work a miracle. I never thought to see the day when I should be glad that old Dr. Curtis could not get to my sick child; but it is my belief that if he had— The new methods and the new remedies are wonder-workers in the control of an able and alert mind, fresh from everything and afraid of nothing. Robert was always a courageous fellow; but he is so quiet about it that one must know him pretty well to rate his intellectual and moral independence at anything like its value.

Together we fought for the baby's life all night. What a night! Solemn, separate from all nights, it stands apart in my life—the look of my child's face, the way her little hands clutched at the air; and the strong, still figure beside me, grasping her from death. . . . He

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