Fighting, climbing, struggling upward, he closed his eyes to the awful depth to which he would fall if his quest were vain.
Meanwhile his cheeks became hollow and he lost his appetite.

The judge attributed it to Martha Meech's death; for Sandy's genuine grief and his continued kindness to the bereft neighbors confirmed an old suspicion.

Mrs.Hollis thought it was malaria, and dosed him accordingly.

It was Aunt Melvy who made note of his symptoms and diagnosed his case correctly.
"He's sparkin' some gal, Miss Sue; dat's what ails him," she said one evening as she knelt on the sitting-room hearth to kindle the first fire of the season.

"Dey ain't but two t'ings onder heaben dat'll keep a man f'om eatin'.