Ask "When shall I go out walking"?

He, my earnest queries baulking,

Says, "When all this trouble's o'er,"

"Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday

Friday? Saturday? Sunday? or

In a week?" "Um!—not before."

"Doctor!" cried I, "catch this evil

Fiend! Bacillus!! Microbe!! devil!!

Second syllable in Tem-pest!

Send him to Plutonian Shore.