Part 94 (1/2)
That night Pete's eyes opened, and he began talking rapidly about falling trees and sand, and the black darkness; but his grand, had fallen asleep, and there was no one to hearken but the dog, which reached over every now and then to lick his face or hands
And at the touch the injured, delirious lad grew calain, while, when To, it was to o in,” he said; ”you can do no good; quiet and ti, Mr Maxted”
For the Vicar was up early too, and had co, doctor May I go in?”
”Yes, if you will be quiet”
The Vicar stole in, stayed for soone in, to look inquiringly at the doctor
”You think he will die?” he said
”I hope not,” replied the doctor earnestly ”Not if I can prevent it”
Just then there was another visitor to the cottage in the person of Uncle Richard, while soon after David appeared round the corner, where there was a sharp bend in the lane, having risen and started an hour earlier so as to come round by Mother Warboys', and inquire about the injured lad
”Don't you go a-thinking that I keer a nutshell about Pete Warboys, Master Toe with the boy by his side, ”because I don't, and it sims to me as the fewer Pete Warboyses there is in the world the better we should be It warn't him I come about's mornin'--not Pete, you know, but the lad as had had an accident, and got nearly killed See?”
”Yes, I see, David,” said Toot the friends--the young accident--not Pete Say, Master Tom?”
”Yes”
”If Pete Warboys dies--”
”Hush!+ don't talk about it,” cried Tom in horror
”Oh, cert'ny not, sir, if you don't wish ?”
”Oh yes, of course,” cried To with diaht how terrible it would be for one so young to be snatched away
”Well, sir, I was thinking a deal about that dog last night, for I couldn't sleep, being a bit overco ti as I was, sir, I'll bet a bewry pear Well, sir, I lay a-thinking that if--mind, I only says if, sir--if Pete Warboys was to die, hoould it be, if master didn't say no, and I was to knock him up a barrel for a kennel to live in our yard?”
”I should ask uncle to let ”
”I don't go so far as that, sir, for he's a dog as has had a horful bad eddication, but so why he ca stones at hinantly