nd when I came on this visit, and I
have most of it left. You've been doing all the treating. And you gave
Tommy that suit; so I want to pay for a doctor's visit."

"We'll ask mother about it," said Bert. "I guess it would be better to
have a doctor see Mrs. Todd."

Mrs. Bobbsey said it was very kind of Harry to think of using his pocket
money to pay for a doctor for the sick.

"But you will not need to," she said. "There are physicians paid by the
city to visit the poor. But I think we will have our own Dr. Young call
and see her. The city physicians have enough to do in the Winter when
there is so much illness. I'll send Dr. Young, and pay him myself."

Afterward Dr. Young told Mrs. Bobbsey that Mrs. Todd was not dangerously
ill. She needed a tonic, perhaps, and this he gave her.

"But what she needs, most of all," he said, "is to get into a better
house. It is not healthful down there. And she needs more and better
food."

"Then I'll look after her," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "I belong to a club, the
ladies of which are glad to help the poor. We will make Mrs. Todd our
special case. I'll see what we can do about getting her into a better
house, too. She is a very good woman and Mr. Bobbsey says he never had a
better errand boy than Tommy."

Mrs. Bobbsey and the members of her club did many things for Mrs. Todd
and Tommy. They planned to have them move into another house, but as the
weather was very cold they decided that it was better for Mrs. Todd that
she should wait a bit before making the change. Mrs. Bobbsey often sent
good food to Tommy's grandmother. Sometimes Bert or Nan took the basket,
and, when the weather was nice, Flossie and Freddie were allowed to go.

One Saturday afternoon about a week after the country visitors had gone
home, when Dinah had finished baking bread, cake and pies, Mrs. Bobbsey
said:

"I wish Mrs. Todd had some of these good things. But I haven't time to
go down there to-day, and Bert and Nan are away."

"Let us go, Mother," begged Flossie. "Freddie and I can carry the basket
easily."

"Well, I suppose you could," said Mrs. Bobbsey slowly. "It isn't very
cold out to-day, though it looks as if it would snow. But perhaps it
won't until you get back. You know the way to Mrs. Todd's now, and it
isn't too far for you. But hurry back."

The little twins promised, and were soon on their way. They had often
gone on long walks by themselves, for they knew their way fairly well
about the