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In breathless silence the mother stood and watched. 'Don't give him up, doctor!' she cried, as at last the doctor straightened himself and paused, looking at the mother sorrowfully. He shook his head, but set to work again, trying artificial respiration, and leaving no effort untried to bring back the life that had apparently departed. IN BREATHLESS SILENCE THE MOTHER STOOD AND WATCHED DON'T GIVE HIM UP DOCTOR SHE CRIED AS AT LAST THE DOCTOR STRAIGHTENED HIMSELF AND PAUSED LOOKING AT THE MOTHER SORROWFULLY HE SHOOK HIS HEAD BUT SET TO WORK AGAIN TRYING ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION AND LEAVING NO EFFORT UNTRIED TO BRING BACK THE LIFE THAT HAD APPARENTLY DEPARTED
 unavailing, and at last he said, 'I'll put him in my cart, and drive as fast as I can to the doctor's. It isn't more than a mile off, if so be that he's at home. You go home and fetch his mother as fast as you can.' Nancy raced off, sobbing as she went, and she was in such a state of excitement that when at length she burst open the farmhouse door she seemed to have lost her speech. Mrs. John saw her face, and started forwards. 'It's Teddy!' she cried; 'what has happened?' 'He's at--he's going to the doctor's dead!' she gasped, then fell breathless to the floor. Without a word Mrs. John snatched up a shawl, and with white, set face, and lips moving in agonised prayer, she flew along the road to the doctor's. She was shown into the room where the doctor was hard at work; but Teddy lay like a waxen image, with the sweetest smile on his lips, his fair curls clustering round his brow, and only an ugly bump amongst the curls told the reason of his sinking under the water again so suddenly. TTLE FRAME BUT ALL HIS EFFORTS WERE UNAVAILING AND AT LAST HE SAID I'LL PUT HIM IN MY CART AND DRIVE AS FAST AS I CAN TO THE DOCTOR'S IT ISN'T MORE THAN A MILE OFF IF SO BE THAT HE'S AT HOME YOU GO HOME AND FETCH HIS MOTHER AS FAST AS YOU CAN NANCY RACED OFF SOBBING AS SHE WENT AND SHE WAS IN SUCH A STATE OF EXCITEMENT THAT WHEN AT LENGTH SHE BURST OPEN THE FARMHOUSE DOOR SHE SEEMED TO HAVE LOST HER SPEECH MISSUS JOHN SAW HER FACE AND STARTED FORWARD IT'S TEDDY SHE CRIED WHAT'S HAPPENED HE'S AT HE'S GOING TO THE DOCTOR'S DEAD SHE GASPED THEN FELL BREATHLESS TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT A WORD MISSUS JOHN SNATCHED UP A SHAWL AND WITH WHITE SET FACE AND LIPS MOVING IN AGONIZED PRAYER SHE FLEW ALONG THE ROAD TO THE DOCTOR'S SHE WAS SHOWN INTO THE ROOM WHERE THE DOCTOR WAS HARD AT WORK BUT TEDDY LAY LIKE A WAXEN IMAGE WITH THE SWEETEST SMILE ON HIS LIPS HIS FAIR CURLS CLUSTERING AROUND HIS BROW AND ONLY AN UGLY BUMP AMONGST THE CURLS TOLD THE REASON OF HIS SINKING UNDER THE WATER AGAIN SO SUDDENLY
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