Rose Cottage by Eleanora H. Stooke — Read

JAMES LETHBRIDGE did not die, though it was several days before the doctor declared his life to be out of danger.

It was September before he was well enough, with great difficulty, to come downstairs. It was a painful journey, but Dr. Bly said he must now try to use his leg more and more daily. A cheerful little party took tea together in the kitchen that afternoon. The father, pale and thin after his illness, and still feeling very weak, was somewhat silent.