I don't know how I'll ever square up with you, but I'll pay you
all I have to start on. I've some money I've saved from my wages, and I'll
be working harder and earning more all the time."
"But Mickey," protested the surgeon, "you don't owe me anything. I didn't
operate! You had the work done before I arrived. I would have come sooner,
but I knew she couldn't be operated, even if her case demanded it, until
she had gained more strength----"
He was watching Mickey's face and he read aright, so he continued: "I like
that suggestion you made in your letter very much. Something 'coming in
steadily' is a good thing for any man to have. For the next three months,
suppose you send me that two dollars a week you offered me if I'd come.
How would that be?"
Mickey gathered Peaches in his arms and looked over his shoulder as he
started on the homeward trip.
"Thank you sir," he said tersely. "That would be square."
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