"You must stay in bed," said Dr. Hitchcock, "until you are well enough to
get up."
"All right, doctor," said Mary.
"And you must eat meat twice a day," said the doctor.
"But I'm not a meat-eater," answered Mary.
"You're going to be, or I will send you to Duke Town for a long rest."
Mary laughed. "I've all my plans made and I must not draw a salary without
doing something for it."
At last the doctor sent her to the Slessor Hospital for a rest. Because of
her hard work, she had a bad fever sickness. Now Mary saw that she was
foolish in not listening to the doctor.
"Life is hardly worth living," she said, "but I am doing what I can to help
the doctor to help me, so I can be fit again for another spell of work."
The Christians at Ikpe sent some men to see Mary to ask her when she would
be back. "Seven weeks," said Dr. Hitchcock.
"I may run up sooner than that," said Mary. "I'm very well if the doctor
would only believe it."
Near the end of 1911 Mary was allowed to leave the hospital. She hurried to
her friends at Ikpe. But Mary still was not very strong. Her friends in
Calabar and in Scotland urged her to take a long-earned furlough. While
thinking about this, Mary decided to have a box on wheels made so that she
could get around since the doctor would not let her use her bicycle. Some
friends heard about this and they sent her a light cart which could be
wheeled by two boys or girls.
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