"
"Why didn't you telephone me?" asked Mickey.
"I did," said Peter. "The woman who answered didn't know where you were,
but she said their car had gone to town, so I thought maybe they'd find
you there. I was just going to call them again."
"Was she afraid?" wavered Mickey.
"Yes, I think she was," said Peter.
"Did she cry for me?" asked Mickey.
"Yes she did," admitted Peter, who hadn't a social lie in his being, "but
when he offered to put off the examination till he might come again, she
climbed from the cot and made him take her. Ma went with her."
"The Sunshine Nurse came?" questioned Mickey.
"Yes," said Peter, "and Mrs. Minturn. She sent for him to see about an
operation on a child she is trying to save, so when it was over, he showed
her your letter. She brought them out in her car, and Ma went back with
them."
"She may be on that glass table right now," gulped Mickey. "What time is
it? When's the next car? Run me to the station will you, and if you've got
any money, let me have it 'til I get to mine.
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