Now what is the trouble?
Are the children sick ?" she asked.
"Yes'm.

An' Jed's gone away an' Ah don't know what t' do.

Ah thought as mebby ye'd come up to the house an' see." "I surely will.

Miss Briggs, who was a nurse in the war, will be of more assistance to you than I could be, so I will take her with me." Jed Thompson's wife heaved a deep sigh.

A load already had been lifted from her mind.
"Ah didn't think ye'd come, but Julie said as you'd come right smart." "Julie was right," smiled Grace, "even though we are in rather bad shape here.