about
twice-a man, for instance " A man? "said Sue. "Is a man worth
there is nothing of the kind
s Well, " said the doctor. "I will do all that science can
ccomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the
carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from
the curative power of medicines. "After the doctor had gone
ue went into the workroom and cried. Then she marched
into Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling a merry
shnsy lay, scarcely making a movement under the
th her face toward the window. She was look
g out and counting- counting backwa
10 Twelve. she said. and a little later eleven". and then
ten,”and" nine"; and then“ eight”and“ seven,” almost
L Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count?
There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank
Ide of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine
limbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of au.
tumn had blown away its leaves, leaving it almost bare
42"Six, said Johnsy, in almost a whisper. "They're fal
ing faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred
It made my head ache to count them. But now it's easy. There
goes anoth
T one
There are only five left now
L Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must
go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tel
Ls Oh, I never heard of such nonsense. What have old wv
leaves to
ng well?
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