He is not evil tempered, though hasty, and I think he would be tender and kindly to the old man.

He had a father once himself, this man, and he nursed him to his latest day, as well as he was able, after his mother had left them and gone on the road to destruction.

And my man has picked up some knowledge of medicine too, and might be a useful ally to the physician." "A paragon!" said Mrs.Buckley, laughing.

"Now let us hear his faults, dear Doctor." "They are many," he replied, "I don't deny.

But not such as to make him an ineligible person in this matter.