and trot out to the poultry house and get me some fresh eggs."

"All right, if you say so," assented Tom. "I'll feed the horse,
too. Suppose Ralph won't be up an' around for quite a spell yet?"

"No; I guess not," answered Mrs. Kenyon, relapsing into a more
serious mood.

"Say, Mrs. Kenyon, why don't you ask them two Boy Scout friends of
his to stay here and help him with the farm work while you're away?"
was Tom's suggestion.

"Oh, I simply can't go away and leave the poor boy now!"

"Nonsense!" replied Tom. "You've got to go, if the doc says so.
Anyway, Ralph'll be O.K. And them two boys'll be pleased to stay.
I know they will. Take my advice and ask 'em."

"I'll---I'll see."

When Doctor Kane was consulted on the subject, he pronounced Tom's
suggestion a good one, provided the three boys could manage to
get their meals properly. This they vowed they could do; so Kane,
considering it best to take Mrs. Kenyon to the hospital for treatment
as soon as convenient, urged her to consent to the plan. He left
the farmhouse, after a delicious breakfast, taking Tom Walsh and
Jack home in his car,---also the golden eagles, which he promised
to deliver to Professor Whalen that very day.

Two days later he returned with a check for one hundred and fifty