Those who fight
are not the biggest heroes. Often the noblest and most helpful men
are those who themselves are not only cheerful under monotony and
dullness, but aid their comrades to be so. Therefore, Theo, when you
took it upon yourself to bear your troubles in the Maine woods bravely
you proved you had the first essential of a good soldier."
Theo flushed with pleasure.
"That is why we cannot have your mother undoing your virtuous
deeds," continued the Doctor whimsically. "We must make her realize
she has a man and not a baby to deal with. Theo is no invalid,
Louisa. On the contrary, he is going right to school to-morrow."
"Not with those crutches!" protested Mrs. Swift.
"Why not? He has the term to finish, and certainly you would not have
him flat out on his job when the end is in sight. It is only a few
weeks to the last of June. The fishing trip was a vacation; and if he
got more vacation out of it than he calculated," went on Dr. Swift
with a twinkle in his eye, "why, so much the better. He is that much
to the good."
"I'd rather finish my school year, Mother," rejoined Theo.
"Well, apparently it is two against one," smiled Mrs.
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