CHAPTER IX 

DOCTOR PATSY 

Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains, while Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby. 

It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them. Tottering is the right word; he fairly swayed as he made his way to the secluded corner. 

"I wish he'd use a cane," muttered Beth in an undertone. "I have the feeling that he's liable to bump his nose any minute." 

Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her. 

"Are you feeling better this morning?" she inquired. 

"I--I think so," he answered doubtfully. "I don't seem to get back my strength, you see." 

"Were you stronger before your accident?" asked Beth. 

"Yes, indeed. I went swimming, you remember. But perhaps I was not strong enough to do that. I--I'm very careful of myself, yet I seem to grow weaker all the time." 

There was a brief silence, during which the girls plied their needles. 

"Are you going to stay in this hotel?" demanded Patsy, in her blunt way. 

"For a time, I think. It is very pleasant here," he said. 

"Have you had breakfast?" 

"I took a food-tablet at daybreak." 

"Huh!" A scornful exclamation. Then she glanced at the open door of the dining-hall and laying aside her work she rose with a determined air and said: 

"Come with me!" 

"Where?" 

For answer she assisted him to rise. Then she took his hand and marched him across the lobby to the dining room. 
Where did Beth and Patsy go?
Of which building?
What did they plan to do there?
Who took the baby?
Where did they go?
Where?
Who did the girls meet that wasn't walking well?
Around what time?
What did Betsy wish he would use?
Who got him a chair?
What did he have for breakfast?
Did the women seem pleased with this?
Was he stronger than before?
What proof did he offer?
Was he going to be a guest at the hotel?
What caused him to walk poorly?
From what?
Where did Patsy plan on taking him?
How did she lead him?
a corner
 Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby
the hotel
Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby. 

embroidery
while Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby. 

Uncle John and the Weldons
Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride 
went for a ride
Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains, w
the mountains,
Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains,
A. Jones
It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them.
ten o'clock
It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them.
a cane

"I wish he'd use a cane," muttered Beth in an undertone.
Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her.
Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her. 

a food-tablet
"I took a food-tablet at daybreak." 
no
"Huh!" A scornful exclamation. 
no
"Yes, indeed. I went swimming, you remember. But perhaps I was not strong enough to do that. I--I'm very careful of myself, yet I seem to grow weaker all the time."
yes
"Yes, indeed. I went swimming, you remember
yes
"Are you going to stay in this hotel?" demanded Patsy, in her blunt way. 

"For a time, I think. It is very pleasant here," he said. 
He hasn't got his strength back
 "I don't seem to get back my strength, you see.
an accident
"Were you stronger before your accident?" asked Beth. 
the dining room
 Then she took his hand and marched him across the lobby to the dining room. 
She took his hand
For answer she assisted him to rise. Then she took his hand and marched him across the lobby to the dining room. 