CHAPTER XXII.
THE DEVIL'S HOSPITAL.
1. Miss Church-Member, suddenly attacked with heart trouble, is hurried
away to the Hospital.
2. She receives the attention of Satan's fiendish surgical operators.
3. A visit through the various wings of the Hospital and sub-offices.
The horrifying work described.
The travelers of the Broad Highway pushed onward by millions, seemingly
unconscious of their end. Miss Church-Member had become so well
accustomed to the ways of the world that she could now adapt herself
with more ease to all the exigencies of the journey.
In the midst of her favorable circumstances she was nursing the germs
of an insidious disease which rendered her heart weaker and weaker.
At times short, but sharp pains were felt; and more than once her hand
flew to her breast in evidence of the inward struggle.
Her disease reached a climax after she had gone not far beyond the
Valley of Conviction. She was walking along in a happy mood, when she
suddenly felt a pang in her heart and mentioned the circumstance to
Mr. World who was still her faithful companion.
"What can it be that has been giving you this trouble for so long a
time?" he asked.
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