Yes, Peggy was very sick; but she would not acknowledge it.

It was nothing but a violent headache,--a sudden cold; she would be up and doing in the morning.

The doctor! No, indeed, she would have nothing to do with doctors.

She had never taken a dose of medicine in her life, and never would, of her own freewill.

Sage tea was worth all the pills and nostrums in the world.