A Girl in Ten Thousand - L T Meade - Bog

A Girl in Ten Thousand... Effie Staunton desires to be a Nurse, in spite of the fact that she is the eldest of six children, and the one person in the family upon whom everyone depends.Her father, a country doctor, however, objects to lady nurse, or to the advanced idea of women's work; but when he has to secure the help of trained nurse in the dangerous case of diphtheria, he changes his opinion. His devotion to his patients cost him his life, and then, Effie, in their time of trouble, proves herself to be a girl in ten thousand; saving the family from want, and her brother from disgrace.