He knows the road to Ketchley and where
the Doctor lives. Give him some more of the oil."
It was administered and the child began to choke--he seemed to be
strangling--then the phlegm that had impeded his breathing was thrown
off, and his face resumed its natural colour. When the Doctor arrived
an hour later, he was sleeping quietly. Aunt Ella told what they had
done by way of emergency treatment.
"Evidently a very effective treatment," said Dr. Parshefield. "I
could not have done better myself."
"It was so good of you, Harry," said Alice. "I shall never forget
your kindness."
Then she threw her arms about Aunt Ella's neck.
"Oh, Auntie, if he had been taken from me, I could not have borne
it."
CHAPTER XVI
YOUNG QUINCY
It had been arranged while Aunt Ella and Maude were at Ellersleigh
that Florence and her husband should come to Fernborough Hall and
make a visit before their departure for the United States. Owing to
Harry's presence at the Hall it became necessary, when they arrived,
to divulge the well-kept secret of Maude's unconventional marriage.
Aunt Ella managed the introduction with her usual
straightforwardness, treating it as a matter of course. Florence and
her husband were naturally surprised, but both of them liked Harry
Merry. Had Florence been married at home, with the usual family
friends and accessories, she would have looked with less tolerance on
Maude's elopement.
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