"I am scalded."
"How did it happen?"
"She did it!" said Fogson, pointing scornfully to Mrs. Fogson.
Dr. Redmond set himself at once to relieve the suffering one, making use of the remedies that Fogson himself had suggested to his wife. When the patient was more comfortable he turned gravely to Mrs. Fogson and asked: "Will you explain how your husband got scalded?"
"The woman poured hot water on me," interrupted Fogson with an ugly scowl. "It would serve her right if I treated her in the same manner."
"You don't mean that she did it on purpose, Mr. Fogson?" exclaimed the doctor.
"Of course I didn't," retorted Mrs. Fogson indignantly. "I meant it for Jed."
"You meant to scald Jed?" said the doctor sternly.
"Yes; he assaulted my husband, and I feared he would kill him. It was all the way I could help."