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question of Elijah starting to work did not come up again, for his convalescence seemed to become slower and father insisted that the lad was not to be worried with such things yet awhile. It was sufficient to him that Elijah had turned from his old ways and was becoming more amenable. Work could wait; let the boy get back his strength first, there would be time enough to talk of work then! And although Tom began to get a little restive under this flouting of his wishes, secretly we all agreed with father and even dared to say so on occasions, such as those when Tom would make sly and slighting remarks to Elijah as he sat in the most comfortable chair at the fireside, during the months when the winter was wearing itself out and the sun began to strike with more and more power acr
