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'So tired, mother! Put your hand under my cheek. Good night.' The eyelids closed, and the limbs relaxed in healthy sleep. The mother sat down, and though her arm became stiff and weary, not a muscle of it moved. The doctor came in just before he woke. 'He has spoken; he knew me,' she said; and the doctor nodded and smiled. And then a minute after the boy raised his head. 'Where am I, mother?' he asked feebly. 'In bed, darling. You've been ill.' SO TIRED MOTHER PUT YOUR HAND UNDER MY CHEEK GOOD NIGHT THE EYELIDS CLOSED AND THE LIMBS RELAXED IN HEALTHY SLEEP THE MOTHER SAT DOWN AND THOUGH HER ARM BECAME STIFF AND WEARY NOT A MUSCLE OF IT MOVED THE DOCTOR CAME IN JUST BEFORE HE WOKE HE HAS SPOKEN HE KNEW ME SHE SAID AND THE DOCTOR NODDED AND SMILED AND THEN A MINUTE AFTER THE BOY RAISED HIS HEAD WHERE AM I MOTHER HE ASKED FEEBLY IN BED DARLING YOU'VE BEEN ILL
er, not my will, but Thine be done.' The days slowly passed, and still no change for the better. The doctor came and went with his grave, impenetrable face, and Teddy was still unconscious. Then doubts began to rise in his mother's heart as to whether his reason would ever come back, and she stopped the doctor as he was leaving one morning to ask him the question,-- 'If he lives, doctor, will he be an idiot?--my brave, bonny boy! Oh, I would rather have death for him than that!' And the doctor could only give her the meagre consolation, 'He may recover yet. I have seen worse cases than this pull through, and be as bright as ever they were.' And then, one afternoon, when the setting sun was flooding the room with a golden glory, the little head turned on the pillow. 'Mother!' The sound of that word, not uttered since she had seen him in the doctor's house that first terrible day, was like the sweetest music in her ear. Stooping over him she met the clear conscious gaze of the blue eyes. IME OF HER LIFE TO LOOK UP AND SAY FATHER NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE THE DAYS SLOWLY PASSED AND STILL NO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER THE DOCTOR CAME AND WENT WITH HIS GRAVE IMPENETRABLE FACE AND TEDDY WAS STILL UNCONSCIOUS THEN DOUBTS BEGAN TO RISE IN HIS MOTHER'S HEART AS TO WHETHER HIS REASON WOULD EVER COME BACK AND SHE STOPPED THE DOCTOR AS HE WAS LEAVING ONE MORNING TO ASK HIM THE QUESTION IF HE LIVES DOCTOR WILL HE BE AN IDIOT MY BRAVE BONNIE BOY OH I WOULD RATHER HAVE DEATH FOR HIM THAN THAT AND THE DOCTOR COULD ONLY GIVE HER THE MEAGRE CONSOLATION HE MAY RECOVER YET I HAVE SEEN WORSE CASES THAN THIS PULL THROUGH AND BE AS BRIGHT AS EVER THEY WERE AND THEN ONE AFTERNOON WHEN THE SETTING SUN WAS FLOODING THE ROOM WITH A GOLDEN GLORY THE LITTLE HEAD TURNED ON THE PILLOW MOTHER THE SOUND OF THAT WORD NOT UTTERED SINCE SHE HAD SEEN HIM IN THE DOCTOR'S HOUSE THAT FIRST TERRIBLE DAY WAS LIKE THE SWEETEST MUSIC IN HER EAR STOOPING OVER HIM SHE MET THE CLEAR CONSCIOUS GAZE OF THE BLUE EYES
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