"
"Not quite so fast, my dear," said Mrs. Kimball, gently. "I must
first see if Jack would like it."
"He's sure to," declared Cora, who already had visions of palm-tufted
coral islands, and deep blue waters.
"Just tell him he's going," suggested Dr. Blake. "Patients, such as
he, don't need much urging one way or the other. The trouble is they
are too little inclined to resist."
He took up his, hat, as a signal that he was going, and once more
expressing his professional opinion that the change would be the best
possible medicine for Jack, took his leave.
"Let's go up and tell Jack now," suggested Cora, who, the more she
thought of the new plan, more cordially welcomed it.
"It might disturb his night's rest," objected her mother. "He has
had a hard day, traveling and all that--"
"He seemed very bright," put in Walter. "I think it would give him
something good to think of. He's been brooding too much over having
to quit the football eleven and his favorite studies."
"Then tell him, by all means," assented Mrs. Kimball. "May we count
on you, if we make up a party to go to the West Indies?" she asked of
Harry.
"I'm afraid not, thank you. I'd give anything to go, but I can't
spare the time from college. Some other occasion, perhaps."
As Walter had predicted, Jack took fire at once oh hearing the
proposal.
"It'll be great!" he declared.
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