They have some conversation along in there, that-a-way, and Mr.Ostypath before long gets the boss interested deep and plenty.

He says there ain't no such a thing as gettin' sick.

We all knew that before; but he certainly floors the lot when he allows that the reason a feller don't feel good, so as he can eat tenpenny nails, and make a million dollars a year, is always because there is something wrong with his osshus structure.
"He says the only thing that makes a feller have rheumatism, or dyspepsia, or headache, or nosebleed, or red hair, or any other sickness, is that something is wrong with his nervous system.

Now, it's this-a-way.

He allows them nerves is like a bunch of garden hose.
If you put your foot on the hose, the water can't run right free.