The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-09

IT. DUNNO where you're goin' to fin
place to plant all those seeds in
your garden Miss Larson looked
d from the huge basket of square
packets to the small garden in the
rear. Seems if you'd have to take down
the fence an borrow some yard from the
neighbors. The tensions did that las year
an Mrs Jensen an Mrs. Lake-1t was
the Lakes yard they borrowed-were afys
differin in opinions. Mrs. Jensen ID go
over to do a little weedin' an fin Mrs.
Lake jes' fnishin' off the beds Mrs. Lake
never cared for a garden till the Jensen
vegetables began to sprout, an then a
barkin' dok wouldn't have scared her from
'en. She even picked the frs mess of
lettuce an Mrs. Jensen had been lookin'
forard to pickin' her vegetables herself
ever since she was married, an when she
saw Mrs. Lake a-bringin in that lettuce,
she couldn't have said all she felt If
she'd had three tongues stead of one.
Folks al'ys think It there's some pleasure
to be had from pickin' the peas an beans
you've planted yourself an they usually
'njoy the pullin Of 'em more n the eatin',
seems If.
when Mr. Jensen come home Mrs. Jen-
son was ready to move outen the neighbor-
hood
1--WE can't have anythin' of our own
here she says to him, says she. Mrs
Lake acts as if the garden was hers an
] feel t haven't any business there even
If did buy the seeds an pay a man for
spadin' the BEDS. says. she.
"She wanted Mr.. Jensen to speak to
Mr.. Lake, but a man isn't so reckless
bout rllshin' into trouble q woman is,
seems if. Some of en- can think fore
slthey quarrel, but all women get mad fore
they think. Mr.. Jensen toll her to never
1nfn,' and it'd all come out right When
a man don't know what else to say, he'll
express his hopes Of a final outcome in a
way It dom t convince anybody, not even
himself, an you might as well put a cat
in front Of a dog an tell him to leave
1t alone as to asst a. woman to never min
an expec her to do It, seems If. II
THAT garden was a reg lar battle groun'
all summer an If you wanted to get Mrs.
Jensen cited, all you had to do was to
81 tell her Mrs. Lake was lookfn' at the
beets Seems If Mrs. Lake had the van
II tage, cause she was on the groun', sc
ii! to speak, an she could keep her eye on
what was goin' on. She didn't have any
more sense n to tap on the window an
say to Mrs. Jensen: The radishes are
up Mrs. Jensen let her know 'thout tell
In her t 1t wasn't any of her business il
they were Mrs. Jensen isn't what I cal
selfish woman, but when a things hers
she wants to feel she can do as she pleases
TIL it, an when Mr.. Jensen tol her she
could have a garden, she felt It she was
goin' to have somethin' she'd wanted ever
since she was married. It don't pay tt
T 4 y
the same pleasure out Of real thing IS yol
can from imaginary. seems if. I dunno
4. as blame Mrs. Jensen, for after you've
KEEP a pan of milk for twenty four hours
it's natural to complain If somebody comes
along an takes the cream an that was
jes' what Mrs. Lake was doin' She wa.
y havin the cream often that garden, an
good, rich an yellow it was. There WASH
anything the tensions could do but have
neighborhood row or move. an eithe
way they'd lose the garden.
9 Well says Mrs. Jensen to me on.
day, says she, If I ever borrow anybody
a yard again I'll be younger N am now.
She was mos In nervous prostration b,
the frs fros, an it was Mrs. Lake VIII,
came in an toll her t the nasturtium
were touched. I'm glad of it, says Mrs
Jensen, an I could see she meant it.
don't care how soon the whole garden
froze.
Mrs. Lake looked as if she thought he
min was frosted. Why, Mrs. Jenson,, :
says she, Il thought you liked garden
in. -
There's diff'ren' ways Of gardenin',
says Mrs. Jensen, an she had to bit
her tongue to keep from sayin' more
When a woman gets mad she says wha
she thinks. not what she ought an jes
he'll my breath spectin' Mrs. Lake'd hea
the truth, then an there, an hopin' sh
would. But she didn't an she went home
astoppm' in the garden to see f a pump
kin was ripenin'.
tits easier for some folks to borrow !
to buy, but when you asst for the loan Q
thing you might as we'll keep in mir
the fact It it's got to be returned Folk
don't let you have things for the fun @
loanin' en- an there's bill It goes It
'em all, seems If.
Mrs. Longs divided her garden int
beds, an she's given one to each Of tn