we  cannot  know.  .  .  .  God  keeps  me  in  a  most  wonder-
ful way  from  "anxious  thought"  about  the  "to-morrow"  of
even  this  trouble.    I  am  sure  that  it  is  all  right,  and  will  be.
Relatives  and  friends  were  constantly  urging  Miss  Hay-
good's  return  home,  in  the  hope  that  medical  skill  here,
added  to  her  native  climate,  might  at  least  bring  partial
restoration  to  health.  Miss  Haygood's  feding  on  this  pcMnt,
however,  amounted  to  a  conviction  of  duty,  and  she  was  not
willing  to  forsake  her  post  so  long  as  she  could  render  any
service  whatever.    October  6th  she  wrote  to  Mrs.  Brown :

I  am  up  every  day  now,  though  I  divide  my  time  between
the  lounge  and  easy-chairs,  with  an  hour  or  two  every  day
at  my  desk.  ...  It  still  seems  to  me  quite  clear  that  it  is
right  to  stay,  and  the  ladies  here  in  every  tender  and  loving
way  make  me  feel  that  my  presence  and  the  odds  and  ends
of  things  that  I  do  are  worth  the  while,  and  that  I  am  real
help  still  to  them.  My  precious  sister  is  greatly  distressed
because  I  do  not  conie  to  her,  but  while  I  feel  that  whatever
of  strength  I  have  is  worth  more  to  God  and  man  in  Qiina
than  it  could  be  at  home,  I  am  glad  to  stay.  I  can't  help
believing  that  He  will  say  to  my  heart  "Go"  when  His  time
comes.    He  has  not  done  that  yet.
When,  finally,  Miss  Haygood  gained  her  own  consent  to
come  home,  it  was  too  late.  A  consultation  of  physicians
was  held  in  November,  and  they  decided  th^t  she  could  not
undertake  the  long  journey  without  very  grave  risk.
