"I can nurse
him, just as easy." She paused, with quivering lips.
"It will be much better for the patient to be in the hospital. He will
get constant and systematic care. He will be under my own observation
every hour. I assure you it will be better for him," said the doctor.
"Better for him?" echoed Mandy in a faint voice. "Well, let him go."
In less than an hour's time, such was Dr. Martin's energetic promptness,
he had his patient comfortably placed in the democrat on an improvised
stretcher and on his way to the city hospital.
And thus it came about that the problem of his leave-taking, which had
vexed Cameron for so many days, was solved.
CHAPTER VIII
IN APPLE TIME
"Another basket of eggs, Mr. Cameron, and such delicious cream! I am
deeply grieved to see you so nearly well."
"Grieved?"
"For you will be leaving us of course."
"Thanks, that is kind of you."
"And there will be an end to eggs and cream. Ah! You are a lucky man."
And the trim, neat, bright-faced nurse shook her finger at him.
"So I have often remarked to myself these six weeks."
"A friend is a great discovery and by these same tokens you have found
one."
"Truly, they have been more than kind."
"This makes the twelfth visit in six weeks," said the nurse. "In busy
harvest and threshing time, too.
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