"Bring him
quickly before I forget what I want to say to him."
Rod sped down the lane and over the fields to the brick store
where Ivory usually bought his groceries. His cousin was not
there, but one of the men came out and offered to take his horse
and drive over the bridge to see if he were at one of the
neighbors' on that side of the river. Not a word did Rod breathe
of his aunt's illness; he simply said that she was lonesome for
Ivory, and so he came to find him. In five minutes they saw the
Boynton horse hitched to a tree by the road-side, and in a trice
Rod called him and, thanking Mr. Bixby, got into Ivory's wagon to
wait for him. He tried his best to explain the situation as they
drove along, but finally concluded by saying: "Aunt really made
me read the chapter to her, Ivory. I tried not to when I saw
Uncle's name in most every verse, but I couldn't help it."
"Of course you couldn't! Now you jump out and hitch the horse
while I run in and see that nothing has happened while she's been
left alone. Perhaps you'11 have to go for Dr. Perry."
Ivory went in with fear and trembling, for there was no sound
save the ticking of the tall clock. The fire burned low upon the
hearth, and the door was open into his mother's room.
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