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You wo n't mind Mr. Sawyer ; he is one of the family now . '' `` Well , '' said Ezekiel , `` Alice was taken sick about the middle of December . The folks where she boarded sent for a doctor . It was about eight o'clock in the morning when she was taken , and it was noon before she got easy , so they could get her to bed . She thought she was getting better ; then , she had another attack ; then she thought she was getting better again , and the third attack was the worst of the three . The folks wanted to write to me , but she would n't let them . When she really did begin to get better , she found out there was something that was worse than being sick .