"Yet I beg you not to attempt to leave until you are able to take care of yourself.

We shall not think you ungrateful if it be a long time before we hear from you again.

Another thing, sir.

When you go do not fail to take with you, in your pockets, food enough to last you for some days." "I--I cannot pay for it," hesitated the stranger.

"Nor, for the present, can I offer to pay you back the money you have expended on my medicines." "Now, who said anything about that ?" Tom asked, nearly as gruffly as it was possible for him to speak to a sick man.