Forrest recovers consciousness. Not a fracture. Expect him
to be all right in a few days. Will stay unless further orders.
Irvine.
"I think I'll go upstairs and get a bit of a nap myself," decided
the surgeon, after having directed the sleepy clerk to see to it
that the message was dispatched to its destination at once.
He found Phil sleeping soundly. Throwing himself into a chair
the surgeon, used to getting a catnap whenever and wherever
possible, was soon sleeping as soundly as was his young patient.
Neither awakened until the day was nearly done.
CHAPTER XVIII
A STARTLING DISCOVERY
Phil's recovery was rapid, though four days passed before he was
permitted to leave his bed. As soon as he was able to get
downstairs and sit out on the front porch of the hotel he found
himself an object of interest as well as curiosity.
The story of his accident had been talked of until it had grown
out of all proportion to the real facts in the case. The boys of
the village hung over the porch rail and eyed him wonderingly and
admiringly. It did not fall to their lot every day to get
acquainted with a real circus boy.
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