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result, a very noble English lady went to the 

 Government and offered, if the Lazaretto were 

 at once put in order, to take charge of it, and 

 to nurse as many patients as it would contain. 

 Miss Wilson has spent much of her life in 

 nursing the sick poor of this island ; she is 

 of their own religion, and is the head of a 

 devoted band of sisters. The Government was 

 prepared to find the funds for the repairs and 

 furnishing, but no more. Miss Wilson took 

 the chance of what might happen afterwards, 

 and the work was hurriad on. In a fortnight 

 the hospital was ready for occupation. The 

 confidence of the people having been won by 

 Miss Wilson's previous labours among them, 

 no objections were raised by them to the 

 removal thither of the sick. But there were 

 no funds available for their feeding and attend- 

 ance when there. Miss Wilson was not daunted. 

 She had perfect trust, as I have had the privilege 

 of hearing from her own lips, that Heaven 

 would provide. And her prayer was not un- 

 answered. On the day before one hundred and 

 eighty people were to be moved to the hospital, 

 a yacht unexpectedly entered the port. The 

 owner, hearing what was going on, sent her a 



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