In the meantime, thanks to Mary Lee's soothing and practiced touch, the child had perceptibly calmed and the doctor found his temperature already nearer normal.
Mrs. Richardson thanked Mary Lee for her help as they left.
"Of course," said Dr. Payson, as he took the girl to her home in his car, "every mother should worry; but a child of poor parents would hardly get so much attention."
And then Dr. Payson changed the subject and questioned Mary Lee as to the Red Cross work her group was doing.
CHAPTER XIV
Mary Lee Meets an Old Friend
While plans were being forwarded for the Red Cross Group's effective aid, two of our friends—Tom Marshall and Indian Jim—were on their way to New York City. The latter intended to enlist in the army as soon as he had paid a visit to Mary Lee.
It was fun for Tom Marshall to draw comparisons between their present mode of traveling and that of his previous journey which had been made partly on foot and partly on freight trains. It made the comforts of the Pullman in which they were now riding, seem ideal.
As they were speeding along, the conversation turned to Jim Lee's intention of enlisting.
"I shall enlist, too," Tom remarked, "but I have no desire to serve longer than the war."