anguish running down her cheeks. For she had slipped upon the stile
and fallen, and her leg was broken!

Little Boy Blue ran to the cottage for water and bathed the poor
woman's face, and raised her head that she might drink. There were no
neighbors, for the cottage stood all alone by the river, so the child
was obliged to support his mother in his arms as best he could while
she crawled painfully back to the cottage. Fortunately, it was not
far, and at last she was safely laid upon her bed. Then Little Boy
Blue began to think what he should do next.

"Can I leave you alone while I go for the doctor, mamma?" he asked,
anxiously, as he held her clasped hands tightly in his two little
ones. His mother drew him towards her and kissed him.

"Take the boat, dear," she said, "and fetch the doctor from the
village. I shall be patient till you return."

Little Boy Blue rushed away to the river bank and unfastened the
little boat; and then he pulled sturdily down the river until he
passed the bend and came to the pretty village below. When he had
found the doctor and told of his mother's misfortune, the good man
promised to attend him at once, and very soon they were seated in the
boat and on their way to the cottage.

It was very dark by this time, but Little Boy Blue knew every turn and
bend in the river, and the doctor helped him pull at the oars, so that
at last they came to the place where a faint light twinkled through
the cottage window. They found the poor woman in much pain, but the
doctor quickly set and bandaged her leg, and gave her some medicine to