As it was, they were both sick enough shortly after.

But the doctor spanked Rilla then and there and he made such a thorough job of it that she never meddled with anything in his office afterwards.

We hear a great deal nowadays of something that is called 'moral persuasion,' but in my opinion a good spanking and no nagging afterwards is a much better thing." Rilla wondered viciously whether Susan meant to relate all the family spankings.

But Susan had finished with the subject and branched off to another cheerful one.
"I remember little Tod MacAllister over-harbour killed himself that very way, eating up a whole box of fruitatives because he thought they were candy.

It was a very sad affair.