"What do you want to throw it into him like that, for?
You may not think so, but he's pretty bad off--if you ask me." Big Medicine's pale eyes turned commiseratingly toward Happy Jack.

"I know he is; I ain't no fool.

I was jest tryin' to cheer 'im up a little.
He was beginnin' to look like he was gittin' scared about it; I reckon maybe I made a break, sayin' what I did about it, so I jest wanted to take the cuss off.

Honest to gran'ma--" "If you know anything at all about such things, you must know what fever means in such a case.

And, recollect, it's going to be quite a while before a doctor can get here." "Oh, I'll be careful.