Do not be uneasy about him; the wound itself is not serious, and when we have got rid of the fever and inflammation I have no doubt we shall pull him round before long." "I know the wound is nothing," Vincent said; "I have told Miss Kingston so all along.

It is nothing at all to one I got at the first battle of Bull Run, where I had three ribs badly broken by a shell.

I was laid up a long time over that business.

Now I hope in a week I shall be fit to travel." The doctor shook his head.

"Not as soon as that.