CHAPTER V

A Kindred Spirit Ted Scott listened with breathless interest for the verdict that meant so much for this kindly family. “Good!” exclaimed Mr. Wilburton heartily. “Tell him I was asking about him.” He turned to his wife and daughter. “Doctor says the operation was an entire success,” he announced. “Frank will live. An’ he won’t be crippled, either.” “Thank God! Oh, thank God!” came from Bessie reverently, and then she broke into a violent storm of weeping. “There, there, my lamb,” soothed her mother, and led the gir…