Chapter 19 -HER INGENUITY INSTIGATES HER

September 19.-Three months of anxious care-till at length I have taken the extreme step of writing to him. Our chief distress has been caused by the state of poor Caroline, who, after sinking by degrees into such extreme weakness as to make it doubtful if she can ever recover full vigour, has to-day been taken much worse. Her position is very criti