A quick investigation
disclosed the fact that Miss Church-Member had been overcome by a
partial paralysis of the heart, induced by intense mental anxiety
dating from the time when she had passed through the Valley of
Conviction.
"Not a serious case," said the suave doctor in reply to a question
from the anxious Mr. World. "An operation will take away, almost
entirely, the cause of this trouble."
"Will you not explain to me the trouble, and the nature of the
operation?" nervously asked Mr. World.
"Certain nerves which ramify through the human heart have been affected
emotionally by the nonsensical teachings of the King's Highway. These
teachings are commonly known us `Narrow-Gauge Ideas.' If these nerves
are rendered insensible, there is scarcely any trouble of that kind
again. We can, by an intricate operation, paralyze the mother-nerve
leading to the heart, and thereafter you may expect to find the heart
of this woman almost dead to the foolish influences that needlessly
send conviction and remorse into so many lives."
While the physician was rapidly speaking these words, the surgeon had
arrived, and they forthwith proceeded to the operating room.
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