materially. The influence of the mind on the condition of the body was
also explained to her, and the influence of temperature. In short, she
was brought, as fast as possible, to the knowledge of physical law in
its application to her circumstances, and encouraged to obey it.

The recuperative powers of nature, even in unfavorable circumstances,
were soon apparent. This greatly increased her docility and inspired her
with faith and hope. The greatest trouble was in regard to muscular
exercise. Much of this was needed; and yet how could it be obtained? She
could not walk, and yet, in her indigence, she had no means of
conveyance, except at the occasional invitation of some friend.

But this even had its good tendencies. To take her up, as we would have
taken a child, set her in a carriage and let her ride half a mile or a
mile, was obviously of great service to her. She was far less fatigued
by it than was expected; her subsequent sleep was far better; nor did
any remote evil effects follow. This greatly increased her courage, and
raised the hopes of her friends.

She was at length able to be placed in the railroad cars, and with the
aid of coaches, at embarking and disembarking, to travel about a good
deal, to the distance of ten, twelve, or twenty miles; and all this with
favorable effects. Her recovery, at no distant day, began to be
regarded, by the most sceptical, as quite probable.

My removal, a hundred miles or so from the village, just at this time,
was, however, a misfortune to her. In one of her excursions, she
received and accepted an invitation to spend a few months with a distant
relative, where she came under the influence of one of the phases of
modern quackery, by means of which her progress to the promised land of
health was very considerably retarded. She even sickened, but afterward
recovered.

Sometime after this, as I subsequently learned, she partially regained
her good condition of steady progress, and returned to her father's
house. Finding herself, at length, able to do something for her support,
she entered into the service of a neighboring family, at first with
little compensation except her board, but subsequently at half pay or
more. Her domestic duties were such as only taxed her system to a degree
which she was able to endure without any injury.

It was in this condition, that, after two or three years of absence, I
found her and rejoiced with her. For, though she could no more be s