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the little Texas girl he had discovered just the qualities he had always wished for in the woman 1 e should select to be his wife. He redoubled his efforts to save the life of the stricken mother, and at last he was rewarded by seeing the fever flush die out of the face, and the breath come more evenly as she sank slowly into normal sleep.
A week later Mrs. Burton was able to be up and about the house again, but the mental strain which Edith had undergone during that terrible ride for her mother's life had proved too much for the young girl; and a reaction followed from which Edith did not fully recover for many days. She would even beg them not to let her sleep lest in dreams she live over again those harrowing experiences of that terrible day. It was only thru the fragments of information gained from her fitful delirium that the doctor and Mrs. Burton learned all that she had endured.
When John Burton returned to his home, happy and encouraged because of his successful business deal, he found his home fully given over to the goddess of love. Mrs. Burton no longer spoke of her daughter's selfishness; Edith had learned the value of her mother's love and sacrifice, and Dr. Jenkins had found his ideal. Years after, when the famous physician, busy in serving humanity in a great eastern
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city, told of the wild ride of his plucky little wife, he would always conclude with the quotation, "For love's strength standeth in love's
sacrifice ; And whoso suffers most hath most to
give/'
"Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature — takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz., the mind and soul of man." — Bulwer.