Miss Mattie became deeply concerned. "Is he treatin' himself for it?" she demanded.
"I don't think so," answered Roger, choking back a laugh.
"It beats all," mused Miss Mattie. "They say the shoemaker's children never have shoes, and it seems that doctors have diseases just like other folks. I disremember of havin' heard of this, but I know from my own experience that a disease with only one word to it can be dreadful painful. Is it catchin'?"
"Not with full speed on," replied Roger. "An automobile is very hard to catch."
"Well, see that you don't take it," cautioned Miss Mattie. The first part of his answer was obscure, but she was not one to pause over an uninteresting detail.
"You've warned me about almost everything now, Mother," he said, smiling. "Is there anything else?"
"Nothing but matrimony, and that's included under the head of designing females. I shouldn't want you to get married."
"Why not?"
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