While all this talking was going on, Jimmy was being slowly restored to
life through the doctor's skill, and the mother's careful nursing.
Mrs. Britt now found the work of looking after two patients almost
beyond her power of endurance. It was then that Miss Arabella offered
her assistance, and proved a veritable angel of mercy in her attention
to Whyn, and doing what she could about the house.
During the weeks which followed the night of the great storm the scouts
did not meet at Headquarters. They knew that the captain had little or
no heart for anything now but the care of his son. They accordingly
met from house to house, but most often at the rectory, where Mrs.
Royal always made them welcome. They were all greatly interested in
the captain's son, of whom they had heard so much, and they longed to
see him. Nearly every day Rod went to the Anchorage to see Whyn, and
they talked very much about Jimmy. The latter, however, he never saw,
as no visitor was allowed in his room.
To the scouts the winter seemed very long, and delighted were they when
spring at last set in. The days lengthened rapidly, the snow
disappeared, and the ice was fast weakening in the river. It was a
fine afternoon when Rod was making his regular visit to Whyn that he
saw Jimmy.
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