Fanciful and imaginative to a great degree, she found a certain mental enjoyment in observing the impressions made upon her by strangers.
The service was brief and simple; the good old clergyman preached the gospel of hope, and his words calmed and strengthened the young girl's mind.

She was made to feel that there is something more and better than present happiness--that there are remedies for earthly ills.
When she returned to the hotel she found that Mrs.Muir was worried about Jack, who was worse, and that a Dr.Sommers had been sent for.
She could not help smiling when, a little later, the hospitable usher of the chapel came briskly in.

She eventually learned that the doctor provoked smiles wherever he went, as a breeze raises ripples on the surface of a stream.

He smiled himself when he met people, and every one took the contagion.

He examined the baby, said the case would require a little watching until certain teeth came through, and then that there would be no further trouble.