"Well there's something you can do this minute if you'd like," said Mickey. "I was going to hurry up and see my Sunshine Nurse, but it's a long way to the new hospital, and you could do as well, if you would."
"Mickey, I'd love to. What is it? And may I see your family? You know I haven't had a peep yet."
"Well soon now, you may," said Mickey. "You see I ain't quite ready."
"Mickey, what do you know about the new Elizabeth Home?" asked Douglas.
"Only that a rich lady gave her house and money, and that my Sunshine Nurse is going to be there after this. I was going for my first trip to-night."
"I wondered," said Douglas. "Mickey, when you get there, you'll find that you've been there before."
"My eye!" cried Mickey.
"Fact! Mr. Minturn did put his foot down, and took his boys——" began
Douglas.
"Yes he was telling me this morning. That's what I get for stopping at the first page. If I'd a-looked inside, bet I'd have known that long ago." "He was telling you?" queried Douglas.
"Yes. I guess I must kind of shied at him 'til he noticed it; I didn't know I did, but he caught me and told me his troubles by force. We shook hands to quit on. Say, he's just fine when you know him, and there doesn't seem to be a thing on earth he wouldn't do for you, Miss Leslie. Why he said if ever he found happiness again, and his home become what it should, it would be because you were sorry for him, and fixed things."