There could be no doubt now that the child was losing ground.

Bitterly disappointed, Mrs.Linley wrote to her medical adviser, describing the symptoms, and asking for instructions.

The doctor wrote back: "Find out where your supply of drinking water comes from.

If from a well, let me know how it is situated.

Answer by telegraph." The reply arrived: "A well near the parish church." The doctor's advice ran back along the wires: "Come home instantly." They returned the same day--and they returned too late.
Kitty's first night at home was wakeful and restless; her little hands felt feverish, and she was tormented by perpetual thirst.