CHAPTER XV.
TONY'S FUTURE PROSPECTS.
Old Oliver and Dolly made several visits to Tony while he was in the hospital.

Every Sunday afternoon they went back to it, until its great door, and wide staircase, and sunny ward, became almost as familiar to them as their own dull little house.

Tony recovered quickly, yet he was there some weeks before the doctor pronounced him strong enough to turn out again to rough it in the world.

As he grew better he learned a number of things which were making him a wiser, as well as a stronger boy, before the time came for him to leave.
The day before he was to go out of hospital, his friend, Mr.Ross, who had been often to see him, called for the last time, and found him in the room where the little patients who were nearly well were at play together.

Some of them were making believe to have a feast, with a small dinner-service of wooden plates and dishes, and a few bits of orange-peel, and biscuits; but Tony was sitting quietly and gravely on one side, looking on from a distance.