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`` I bids ye welcome , doctor , '' sang out Big Jerry , as he caught sight of them . `` Hit shor ' air a fine day fer ter spend in ther woods . '' `` And I can not spend it there , '' answered Donald , ruefully . `` I 've been called back to the city to attend a little sick patient , and leave Fayville on the noon train . '' `` Wall , now , thet air too bad , an ' hit 's mighty kind er ye ter come way up hyar erfore yo ' left , '' said the old man , while the girl 's new disappointment , caused by the announcement , was evident enough without verbal expression . `` I brought you a package of tobacco , a little token of my appreciation for your kindness to me night before last , Mr. Webb ; and Rose a ` birthday ' gift , just a few sweets in a basket which I found at the store , and which struck me as pretty . '' Jerry stumblingly expressed his gratitude for the present , and Rose unconsciously curtsied , much as she must have thirteen years before .