CHAPTER XV
THE TRIAL OF A SICK MAN IN THE HOUSE
"Well, where—" began Mrs. Lathrop in a tone of real pleasure at seeing Miss Clegg come into her kitchen one afternoon a few days after.
Miss Clegg dropped into a chair.
"Well, I have got trouble now!" she announced abruptly, "Elijah's sick!"
"Eli—" cried Mrs. Lathrop.
"—Jah," finished Susan. "Yes, Mrs. Lathrop, Elijah's sick! He was sick all night an' all this mornin', an' I may in confidence remark as I hope this'll be a lesson to him to never do it again, for I've got a feelin' in my legs as 'll bear me out in lettin' him or any one else die afore I'll ever work again like I've worked to-day an' last night."
"Why, what—"
"Did n't you see young Dr. Brown?"