IN WHICH DAVE FINDS A FRIEND
delightful sense of freedom. It was a sort of vacation for him, and he was not allowed to do any of the cooking or dish-washing. His knee, however, troubled him a good deal, and after breakfast Tempest went to summon the doctor. He walked all the way there, riding back with the man of medicine in his buggy.
"Nothing broken," was the doctor's verdict, "and if you keep it in a cold compress for a few days, you 'll have it all right again. How did it happen?"
Dave told him.
"Tush, lad, you 're evidently not born to be drowned," said the doctor cheerily as he departed. Tempest followed him outside.
"What do I owe you, Doc?" he asked. "It's no use your sending the bill on afterward, as this is only our summer residence."
He produced a purse from a pocket, containing a sadly depleted store of coins. The doctor glanced at them.
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