CHAPTER XII

THE ATTENTIONS OF CHESTER DREW Doctor Brown came in soon afterward. The examination of his patient lasted a considerable time, and at the close of it his face was grave. “You must have a nurse,” he told Mrs. Draper. “With that temperature your son must not be left for a moment, day or night.” “I will nurse him, Doctor,” Mrs. Draper’s voice was pitiful in its bravery. But Doctor Brown shook his gray head more decidedly. “I have reason to know that you are an excellent nurse, Mrs. Draper,” he told her, with the privi…