Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

224/260Janie came around the bed full of concern.“Doctah, Tea Cake ain’t tellin’ yuh everything lak he oughta. Wewuz caught in dat hurricane out heah, and Tea Cake over-strained hisselfswimmin’ such uh long time and holdin’ me up too, and walkin’ alldem miles in de storm and then befo’ he could git his rest he had tuhcome git me out de water agin and fightin’ wid dat big ole dawg and dedawg bitin’ ’im in de face and everything. Ah been spectin’ him tuh besick befo’ now.”“Dawg bit ’im, did you say?”“Aw twudn’t nothin’ much, doctah. It wuz all healed over in twothree days,” Tea Cake said impatiently. “Dat been over uh month ago,nohow. Dis is somethin’ new, doctah. Ah figgers de water is yet bad.It’s bound tuh be. Too many dead folks been in it fuh it tuh be goodtuh drink fuh uh long time. Dat’s de way Ah figgers it anyhow.”“All right, Tea Cake. Ah’ll send you some medicine and tell Janiehow tuh take care of you. Anyhow, I want you in a bed by yo’self untilyou hear from me. Just you keep Janie out of yo’ bed for awhile, hear?Come on out to the car with me, Janie. I want to send Tea Cake somepills to take right away.”Outside he fumbled in his bag and gave Janie a tiny bottle with afew pellets inside.“Give him one of these every hour to keep him quiet, Janie, andstay out of his way when he gets in one of his fits of gagging andchoking.”“How you know he’s havin’ ’em, doctah? Dat’s jus’ what Ah comeout heah tuh tell yuh.”