# Trial by fire

Author: Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950

Genre: Short stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78156

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Trial+by+fire+Haycox&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Doctor Brent was up early that morning on a call to the widow Potter’s, a mile or so down the road from his own house. In fact a very frightened young Potter grandson had come a-tapping on his door quite before dawn and brought him back to the fevered old lady. The doctor exercised his skill, waited for a more favorable sign from the patient and then, near breakfast, got upon his horse and returned slowly toward his own hearth, meditating a little upon the wonderful vitality of these simple-living New England people.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/trial-by-fire-78156/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/trial-by-fire-78156/chapters/2/index.md)