Yes, and he used to bring me my breakfast, too, mightynice. I was always awful hungry！Mary admitted with a guiltylaugh.While the boys were getting the doctors horse, he went tothe window to examine the house plants.What do you do to your geraniums to keep them bloomingall winter, Mary？I never pass this house that from the roadI dont sec your windows full of flowers.She snapped off a dark red one, and a ruffled new green leaf,and put them in his buttonhole. There, that looks better. Youlook too solemn for a young man, Ed.Why dont you gitmarried？Im worried about you. Scttin at breakfast, I lookedat you real hard, and I seen youve got some grey hairs already.Oh, yes！Theyre coming.Maybe theyd come faster if Imarried.Don）t talk so.Youll ruin your health eating at the hotel.I could send your wife a nice loaf of nut bread,~ if you onlyhad one.I dont like to see a young man getting grey.Illtell you something, Ed; you make some strong black tea andkeep it handy in a bowl, and every morning just brush it intoyour hair, an itll kccp the grey from showin much.Thatsthe way I dolSometimes the doctor heard the gossipers in the drugstorewondering why Rosicky didnt get on faster.He was indus-trious, and so were his boys, but they were rather free andeasy, werent pushers, and they didnt always show good judg.ment.They were comfortable, they were out of debt, butthey didnt get much ahead. Maybe, Doctor Burleigh reflected,people as generous and warmhearted and affectionate as theRosickys never got ahead much; maybe you could not enjoyyour Life and put it into the bank. too.
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