"I know not," she faintly replied as she stood still and pressed both
hands to her heart.
Thoroughly alarmed, Mr. World called for help while he supported her
with his arm.
"It seems strange," gasped Miss Church-Member in a brief interval of
relief, "that, with all the pure air along this way and the variety
of things to engage my attention, I should be seized, at shortening
intervals, with these cruel and unbearable heart-pangs. Oh, that I
might be free from this intruder's grasp! What shall I do? Where shall
I go? I feel again the edge of the invisible blade!"
At this she threw her arms upward and, shrieking in agony, was about
to fall as she was caught by Mr. World.
"Let us hurry her off to the nearest hospital," promptly suggested one
of the bystanders who had responded to the call for help. An ambulance
carried the fainting Miss Church-Member to one of Satan's hospitals
near by.
[Illustration: An ambulance carried the fainting Miss Church-Member to
one of Satan's hospitals near by.]
The chief physician ordered the apparently lifeless form to be taken
at once to an examination room, granting Mr. World the privilege of
remaining by the side of his suffering friend.
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