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Bet looked about her desperately . `` Run to the hotel , Enid , and get oil , lots of it . Will that doctor never come ! '' Kit at that moment came running back with the word that the doctor was away and would not be back until noon . The child 's mother stood helplessly by , wringing her hands in despair . She watched as Enid returned and poured the oil upon the burns . `` I wonder what they would have done if we had not been here , '' whispered Shirley as the screams quieted down in the settlement .