"Wife is a-gettin' her health," said he.
"I really think she will worry through;
She scolds me just as she used to do.
"All the people have poohed an' slurred—
All the neighbors have had their word;
"'Twere better to perish, some of 'em say,
Than be cured in such an irregular way."
VI.
"Your wife," said I, "had God's good care,
And His remedies, light and water and air.