The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27

strength, and rolled half way across the garden, crushing vines and shrubs and winding up against the fence with crash that shook every board in it.
 "Oh, dearw exclaimed Mrs. Spoop- endyke, hurrying to his assistance. l" Have you broken your back:"
 Did any of the bulb get away?" in- quired Mir. SPoopendyke, dazed by his fall. Am to understand that the ex- cavaticn was not success.' he bawled recovering himself with a mighty effort. 1ls there room for the display of any further horticultural energy?n he yelled making for the spot where the stalk came out. Don't try to hide away from me l shall finger in this vicinity quite late but what I'll accomplish my iod gas,ed de sign Come out into the broad realm of ature, and let us commune and Mir Spoopendyke plowed into the ground and brought up the bulb. -Is it this sweet potato that have been grubbing away precious time that might have been spent in refreshing prayer!'' he demanded with look of infinite dis gust. ' Go forth, good bulb, on thy mis- sion of fragrance w he added with howl. as he kicked the root with unerring pre- cision into the neighb ping lo.. Now for the rest of this hot house Lead me n O the green pastures and by the sweet waters where the balance of this measly matinee IS located Does this thing belong 10 the show: ~ and he caugh, hold of a tomato vine. '' Is there bulb annex to thls thing of beauty and toy until ser hold ot Il: De suIl, sad heart. until get started and he wrenched the vine from the socke, ard iourished it around his head. One more bulb 10 hear nom. :. and he paved into the earth in vain search for the root, showering the dirt in all directions. "There..' he puffed when he had bull, sor, of cave in the place out of which the vine had come. " I'm most through and he wen, a, i, again. Dust thou arr, to dus, returnes,. ne,er was spoken of this hole" and with this perora,ion, Mr. Spoopendyke gath cred himself up into a lump and came down hard on both ice, in the excavation he had made.
 Il think you're real mean " sobbed Ms Spoopendyke. who had watched the wreck Of her flowers in silent wre,ohed- ness. You have ruined them all :"
 " Haven't either gasped Mir. Spoop- endyke. ou, of breath from his exertions. !" That's all the gratitude you've got I've warmed those measly things up so iha, an Ar,ie winter would only make 'em sweat. Got any more of this sort of business you'd like 10 have me md to before go 10 my legitimate occupation 1? I'd prefer to make one job of 1t, ii there IS any more job in ii .''
 No, there isn't" sguealed Mrs. Spoop- endyke. completely out of patience II wlsn you had never touched them -
 Do, do you:' lerked Mir. Spoopen- d, Ike, eyeing her with sinister glance. Perhaps you are inclined to think tha, I didn't do the business with tha, defererce to the preference of the plants you would ike 10 have seen manifested l spose you have go. some kind of notion that you know more abou; this class of botany than ,he undersigned. We'll. you haven't. :. you hear This IS my native tongue, and II II hadn', been Tor me your measlv old grave stones would have ro,ted. instead Of being given io the free winds ,o dis seminate their seed and bear abandantly
 
 Get on to that proposition. Got any ob- 'ectlon to that reasonable statement of the facts in this particular undertaking :"
 ." nigh, have known iha, you didn't kloY anything about it, moaned Mrs. opoopendyke, who was anxious 10 dis tract his attention from the fac, tha, there were several beds of flowers he had no, marauded.
 Might, might ye" roared NIT. Spoop- endyke, rising in wrath. as he found it impossible 10 convince his wife that he had done ii all for ,he best. Think ye nigh, have known that l didn't know anything about i,, With what ye might have known in this world and what ye don't know. ye only want a name carved in your back, and the paint scratched ofi. 10 be the front seat in the first class in public school. Some day when i, rains. and l can't get out on account of the ioothache, I'm going to fit you up with eigh, languages and a bad reputation. and start an intelligence office with you .' and with this tribute to his wife's capac- fly, NIT. Spoopendyke planged into the house. put on his hat hind side before. and darted out 10 tell his friend Speckwottle ,ha, he though, something of buying the lot next door and raising fruit nex; sea- son, as he was sure his experience in farming would stand him in good stead and see him through 10 complete sue cess.
 ' l don't care" murmured Mrs. Spoop- endyke. as the door banged after him. and she set to werk to take up the remain der of the plants. "l have found ou, how much he knows about shrubs. Mex, spring. when l get ready to plant. I'll ask him to take up some more bulbs. and when he gets through won, have to pay man to dig up the garden " and with this wise disposition of her hus- bands horticultural ability. Mrs. Spoop- endyke finished her Job and wrapped her roots up in some of NIT. Spoopendyke' $