"He had forgotten it too!" said Frank.
"Not he! but he didn't think it of very much importance, and he intended to bring it to us some time during the day—after he had fed his dog! By this time father had got news that the regiment was in town; and such a rush as we made for the horse-cars you never did see!"
"But Hattie! where is she?" Frank asked, anxiously.
Helen's vivacious face saddened a little.
"O, we came away in such a hurry we couldn't bring her, even if she had been well enough."
"In she worse?"
"She gets no better," said Mrs. Manly, "and she herself thought she ought not to try to come. Maggie Simpson offered to stay with her."
"I am so sorry! I wanted to see her. Did she send any message to me?"
"Yes," said his mother. "She said, 'Give my love to dear brother, and tell him to think of me sometimes.'"
"Think of her sometimes!" said Frank. "Tell her I shall always think of her and love her."