“I looked inside the curb—nothing there.”

Here Mary's anxious eyes saw a glass fruit jar turned upside down on a fence paling. Blessings on the woman who put it there! The doctor filled and brought it to her. After a long draught she uttered a sigh of rich content.

“Now,” she said, “I'm ready to go home.”

CHAPTER X.

Ting-a-ling-ling-ling. Ting-a-ling-ling-ling.

“Hello.”

“Is this the doctor?”

“It's one of 'em,” said John, recognizing the voice of a patient.

“Well, doctor, the other side of my throat is sore now!”

“Is it? Well, I told your husband it might be.”