“That's just the point. I'm afraid it will—for a while at least.”
“What do you mean?”
“Why, my wife says she won't have it set unless the signs are right for setting a broken bone. She's great on the almanac signs.”
“The devil! You have that bone set—today! Do you understand?”
“Yes, but Mary's awful set in her way.”
“I'm a darned sight more set. That boy's not going to lie there and suffer because of a fool whim of his mother's. Where is she? Send her to the 'phone and I'll talk to her.”
“She couldn't find her almanac and ran across to the neighbor's to get one.”
“Call me when she gets back.”
Ten minutes passed and the call came.