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Then aside to Nora : `` We must get into the dispensary somehow . Water , hot and cold , are what the child needs . It is near a convulsion . '' At this juncture , as eight o'clock was striking , the dispensary clerk arrived , key in hand , and , seeing the emergency , put all the resources of the building at the disposal of Dr. Cricket , who soon brought a better color to the little face , and handing the child , rolled in a blanket , to the mother , bade her keep it cool . The woman looked blankly at the rising wave of heat outside ; Dr. Cricket too looked out , and felt the shadow of her hopelessness fall on himself . `` Here , '' he said suddenly , pressing a bill into her hand , `` take that ; get your baby dressed and onto the Coney Island boat as quick as you can . '' The woman took the bill and crumpled it in her fingers ; but she turned away without uttering either thanks or protest .