Let well enough alone, say I.You know J---- always wants to amputate everything that can be cut or sawed off.

For heaven's sake, don't let him try it on me.

I need my legs." It is not necessary to say that Mrs.Bonner was completely won over by this argument.

She commanded him to stay where he was until it was perfectly safe to be moved across the river, where he could recuperate before venturing into the city of his birth.

Moreover, she announced that Edith and she would remain in Boggs City until he was quite out of danger, driving over every day in their chartered automobile.