"Well, now, Henry, ol' boy," said the latter, "we'll have yeh fixed up in jest about a minnit." He had the bustling ways of an amateur nurse.

He fussed around the fire and stirred the sticks to brilliant exertions.

He made his patient drink largely from the canteen that contained the coffee.

It was to the youth a delicious draught.

He tilted his head afar back and held the canteen long to his lips.