I do n't want to hurt your feelings but it seems to me you might have thought of this before if you 'd any imagination . Now , I 'll undress Minnie May and put her to bed and you try to find some soft flannel cloths , Diana . I 'm going to give her a dose of ipecac first of all . '' Minnie May did not take kindly to the ipecac but Anne had not brought up three pairs of twins for nothing . Down that ipecac went , not only once , but many times during the long , anxious night when the two little girls worked patiently over the suffering Minnie May , and Young Mary Joe , honestly anxious to do all she could , kept up a roaring fire and heated more water than would have been needed for a hospital of croupy babies . It was three o'clock when Matthew came with a doctor , for he had been obliged to go all the way to Spencervale for one . But the pressing need for assistance was past . Minnie May was much better and was sleeping soundly . `` I was awfully near giving up in despair , '' explained Anne . `` She got worse and worse until she was sicker than ever the Hammond twins were , even the last pair . I actually thought she was going to choke to death . I gave her every drop of ipecac in that bottle and when the last dose went down I said to myself -- not to Diana or Young Mary Joe , because I did n't want to worry them any more than they were worried , but I had to say it to myself just to relieve my feelings -- ` This is the last lingering hope and I fear , tis a vain one . ' But in about three minutes she coughed up the phlegm and began to get better right away . You must just imagine my relief , doctor , because I ca n't express it in words . You know there are some things that can not be expressed in words . '' `` Yes , I know , '' nodded the doctor . He looked at Anne as if he were thinking some things about her that could n't be expressed in words . Later on , however , he expressed them to Mr. and Mrs. Barry . `` That little redheaded girl they have over at Cuthbert 's is as smart as they make 'em . I tell you she saved that baby 's life , for it would have been too late by the time I got there .
She seems to have a skill and presence XXXXX mind perfectly wonderful in a child of her age .
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