He tore it open and read the contents.

They were brief and unhappy.
"Can't you do something?
Can't you come down?
It begins to look the other way.
"K.

H." "It's from Halloway," said John.

"I have got to go.

What did that doctor say ?" "He said two weeks at the earliest, or you'll run into typhoid and complications from your hurts, and even pleasanter things than that.
I've got you here, and here you stay; so lie back and get easy, boy." "Then give me that pad and pencil." He rapidly dashed off a note to H.
Fisbee: "_September 5th_.
"H.