He has been very ill, indeed--in danger of his life; but, thanks to the devotion of Mrs.Burke, who has proved an admirable nurse, he is now on the high road to recovery.

Yours respectfully, "John Townley." "I think that will bring her," said the doctor.
But he reckoned without his host.
The next day he received the following letter, on scented paper: "MY DEAR DOCTOR TOWNLEY: You cannot think how rejoiced I am to receive the tidings of my husband's convalescence.

I have been so tortured with anxiety during the last four weeks! You cannot think how wretchedly anxious I have been.

I could not have endured to stay away from his bedside but that my duty imperatively required it.

I have lost flesh, and my anxiety has worn upon me.