There! there! I promise; and you
know we of the In-Place stand by each other."
He was comforted at last, and fell into the deep sleep of exhaustion.
Occasionally, in the days following, he opened his tired eyes and gave
evidence of consciousness. He was drifting out calmly and painlessly,
and all the coarseness and degeneracy of the half-breed seemed dropping
by the way. Sometimes his glance rested on Doctor Travers's face, for
the young physician was deeply interested in the case and was touched by
the lonely, unclaimed fellow who had served science, but could derive no
benefit in return. Often Jerry-Jo's dark eyes fell upon the pitying face
of Priscilla Glenn with ever-growing understanding and kindliness.
Sometimes in the long nights he clung to her like a child, for she was
very good to him; very, very devoted.
One night, when all the world seemed sleeping, he whispered to her:
"You--you don't know, really?"
Priscilla thought he was wandering, and said gently:
"No, Jerry-Jo, really I do not know."
"What will you give me--if I tell you the biggest secret in the world?"
She had his head in the hollow of her arm; he was resting more calmly so.
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