37/70 I thought seriously of writing her. I wanted to, but I concluded I'd better work as hard as I could for some practice first, and see if I could make a living for two, before I tried to start anything. I had no idea she would not be comfortably cared for at her uncle's." "I see," said the Harvester. "If I had kept out, life would have come right for her." "On the contrary," said the doctor, "it appears very probable that she would not be living." "It is understood between us, then, that you will court and marry her so soon as she is strong enough ?" "It is understood," agreed the doctor. "I scarcely had hoped to find so much of a man. |