“He will remember it, Tom.”
“Get the doctor—quick!”
Tom bent lower over the motionless form of his father as if he were asking a question.
[Chapter XX]
Tom Tosses it Back
When they brought the doctor around they found him still in that position and had to lift him gently away. The announcement that the wound was not fatal did not seem to move his stolidness in the least.
“I want to see Mr. Temple,” he said doggedly.
“What is it, Tom?” said Mr. Ellsworth putting his arm over the boy’s shoulder.
“I want to see him before he has him arrested—then if the wires are cut I’ll send a wireless for the constable—only I want to see Mr. Temple first. I’m not afraid of him now.”
“He couldn’t be arrested to-night, Tom, he—”