"No news," said Jack, as cheerfully as he could.
"Listen. I must tell you while I have a chance—before I see the girls. The man I stayed over to nurse is my brother!"
CHAPTER XXIII
ANOTHER STORY
"Oh, Miss Robbins!" exclaimed Belle.
"My dear! I am so sorry to see you ill!"
"Yes, but Cora——"
"Hush, my dear. You will not get strong while you worry so. Of course, you cannot stop at once, but you must try."
Hazel, Betty and Bess had withdrawn. What a relief it was already to have some one who just knew how to control Belle. It had been so difficult for the young girls to try to console her, and her nerves had worked so sadly upon their own.
"I suppose you thought I was a perfectly dreadful young woman," said Dr. Robbins cheerily. "But you did not know (she sighed effectively) that every one has her own troubles, while a doctor has her own and a whole lot of others."