“All right. I'll watch for him and see that he gets aboard again.”
The train whistled. “Just in time,” said Mary.
“But how'll papa get back?” asked the smaller boy.
“He's got a tie-ticket,” said his brother.
“Yes, papa would rather walk back on the railroad than drive both ways through this deep mud,” said their mother. “I have heard him say so.”
Another ring.
“Is the doctor there?”
“He has just gone on the train to Drayton.”
“How soon will he be back?”