For the Other Boy's Sake, and Other Stories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from For the Other Boy's Sake, and Other Stories A doctor stood looking down at a patient with rather a concerned face. She was quite an old woman and he was quite a young man. She was stern and hard, and he certainly was one of the kindest-hearted young men that ever lived. "And you think you are no better this morning, Miss Rivers?" he said gently. "I'm never better," she said shortly; "I'm always worse." "I think if you got about a little more," he returned in a persuasive voice, "it would be better for you." "Why?" she asked obstinately. "No one wishes to see me, not even the horde of relatives who are longing to get my money." "You are suffering from that disease called 'riches, '" thought the doctor to himself. "I wish you were a poor woman, and I would send you to the wash-tub or the scrubbing-brush." Miss Rivers laid her hands on the wheels of her invalid's chair and moved herself a little nearer to the doctor, who was standing up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.