CHAPTER XVI.
HECTOR HINTS AT A DISCOVERY.
The next day after Hector's visit, Willie went to see how he was, and found him better.
"I certainly am better," he said, "and what's more, I've got a strange feeling it was that drink of water you gave me yesterday that has done it.

I'm coming up to have some more of it in the evening, if you'll give it me." "As much of it as _you_ can drink, Hector, anyhow," said Willie.

"You won't drink _my_ cow dry." "I wonder if it could be the water," said Hector, musingly.
"My father says people used to think it cured them.

That was some hundreds of years ago; but if it did so then, I don't see why it shouldn't now.

My mother is certainly better, but whether that began since we found the well, I can't be very sure.