"
A straw-bed had been made up in a large, airy box-stall where the
captain could be by himself. Uncle Lusthah was in attendance and he
had just brought a bowl of milk.
Borden had left Miss Lou to enter alone. The captain held out his
hand and said cheerfully, "Well, it's an ill wind that blows
nowhere. This one will blow me home all the sooner I trust, for it
must be plainer now than ever that I need the home change which will
put me on my feet again. You needn't look so serious. I feel only a
little more poorly than I did--sore throat and a queer kind of
stiffness in my jaws as if I had taken cold in them."
"Do I look very serious?" she faltered.
"Yes, you look as if troubled about something. But there, see what
an egotistic fellow I am! As if you hadn't troubles of your own!
pretty deep ones, too, I fear. Our coming here has given you a
wonderful experience, Miss Baron. No matter; you've met it like a
soldier and will have much to remember in after years. You can never
become a commonplace woman now and there are such a lot of 'em in
the world.
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