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patient A telegra it into the

sick rooht up on his

couch without the prop of pillows He was reading the day's copy of the

"Herald," and his face was flushed and his brow stern

"What's the e voice "Worse,

perhaps It's this young Fisbee I can't think what's coel, and he's turning out bad I'll

swear it looks like they'd been--well, I won't say that yet But he hasn't

printed that McCune business I told you of, and he's had two days There

is less than a week before the convention, and--" He broke off, seeing the

yellow envelope in Meredith's hand "Is that a telegraave it to him He tore it open and read the contents They were

brief and unhappy

"Can't you do soins to look the other

way "K H"

"It's froo What did that doctor

say?"

"He said teeks at the earliest, or you'll run into typhoid and

cos than that I've

got you here, and here you stay; so lie back and get easy, boy"