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Updated: June 10, 2025
An attempt was made to spread the lung-worm through my calves. Now it's the hogs. Do you know what the latest news is from the pens? There's cholera among them." "Where did it come from?" he demanded. "Tripp's been keeping the health of our stock up right along." "Where did it come from?" Judith repeated after him. "That's what I don't know. We've been so careful.
Judith met him in the courtyard, giving him her two hands impulsively. "I'm so glad you've come, Doc!" she cried softly. "Oh, you don't know how glad yet." She called José to take Tripp's mount and then led the way into the great living-room where deep cushions and leather chairs made for comfort.
Rations and the Battalion Transport. At La Lacque. The bombing of Aire. General Mackenzie obliged by his wound to leave the Division. Return of Colonel Wetherall. Tripp's Farm on fire. A mysterious epidemic. A period of wandering. The march from Pont Asquin to St. Hilaire. Nieppe Forest. Attack by A and B Companies on August 7. Headquarters gassed. A new Colonel. The Battalion goes a-reaping.
The one thing I can't get, is why he didn't do a finished job of it and hang around until Miss Sanford left, then get away with the note. It would have left no evidence behind him." "She must have locked her door and windows when she went out," was Tripp's solution. "And probably he didn't hang around wasting time and taking chances." Tripp's boyish face had lost its youthful look.
Tripp laughed with her at that; across the miles she could picture him running his big hand through the rebellious shock. "Yes, I'm back to stay, and from the looks of it I didn't come any too soon. Yes, Doc, we do miss him," and her voice softened wonderfully to Tripp's mention of the man who had been more than father to her, more than friend to him.
Two months ago Trevors had reduced Tripp's wages and had threatened another cut. "Just to make me quit, you know," he added. "And I would have quit if it had been any other outfit in the world." "I know," she said, and she did understand. "Go on. What was the excuse for canning you?" "Case of lung-worms," he told her. "Some of the calves, I don't know just how many yet.
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