Yet here I am doing both regular and I find there is something in politics after all . Whatever Woodrow Wilson means I can not fathom but I am hoping I will puzzle it out yet . '' Susan , in her pursuit of Wilson and politics , presently came upon something that disturbed her and exclaimed in a tone of bitter disappointment , `` That devilish Kaiser has only a boil after all . '' `` Do n't swear , Susan , '' said Dr. Blythe , pulling a long face . '' ` Devilish ' is not swearing , doctor , dear . I have always understood that swearing was taking the name of the Almighty in vain ? '' `` Well , it is n't -- ahem -- refined , '' said the doctor , winking at Miss Oliver . `` No , doctor , dear , the devil and the Kaiser -- if so be that they are really two different people -- are not refined . And you can not refer to them in a refined way . So I abide by what I said , although you may notice that I am careful not to use such expressions when young Rilla is about . And I maintain that the papers have no right to say that the Kaiser has pneumonia and raise people 's hopes , and then come out and say he has nothing but a boil . A boil , indeed ! I wish he was covered with them . '' Susan stalked out to the kitchen and settled down to write to Jem ; deeming him in need of some home comfort from certain passages in his letter that day . `` We 're in an old wine cellar tonight , dad , '' he wrote , `` in water to our knees . Rats everywhere -- no fire -- a drizzling rain coming down -- rather dismal . But it might be worse . I got Susan 's box today and everything was in tip-top order and we had a feast . Jerry is up the line somewhere and he says the rations are rather worse than Aunt Martha 's ditto used to be . But here they 're not bad -- only monotonous .
Tell Susan I 'd give a year 's pay for a good batch of her monkey-faces ; but do n't let that inspire her XXXXX send any for they would n't keep .
So after although at by than that to upon with