...ff, Jack's mother, rushing toward him with a bundle tied like a wheat-sheaf, called out in a most pathetic voice, Jack! Jack! you've forgotten to take your pennyroyal. We all laughed, and so did Jack , and I think the laugh helped him more than the cry did. Everybody had said his last word, and the cars were off. Handkerchiefs were waved at us from all the houses we passed; we cheered till we were...