from--" He turned into the Duke Block and ran up the
stairs to his office.

Thea Kronborg, meanwhile, was wondering why she
happened to be in the parlor, where nobody but company
--usually visiting preachers--ever slept. She had mo-
ments of stupor when she did not see anything, and mo-
ments of excitement when she felt that something unusual
and pleasant was about to happen, when she saw every-

thing clearly in the red light from the isinglass sides of the
hard-coal burner--the nickel trimmings on the stove
itself, the pictures on the wall, which she thought very
beautiful, the flowers on the Brussels carpet, Czerny's
"Daily Studies" which stood open on the upright piano.
She forgot, for the time being, all about the new baby.

When she heard the front door open, it occurred to her
that the pleasant thing which was going to happen was
Dr. Archie himself. He came in and warmed his hands at
the stove. As he turned to her, she threw herself wearily
toward him, half out of her bed. She would have tumbled
to the floor had he not caught her. He gave her some medi-
cine and went to the kitchen for something he needed. She
drowsed and lost the sense of his being there. When she
opened her eyes again, he was kneeling before the stove,
spreading something dark and sticky on a white cloth, with
a big spoon; batter, perhaps. Presently she felt him taking