The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10
Seventh Page
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BySW. W.,J4ACOBS4
Copyright. 1905. by w. W. Jacobs.)

ses Bill. Take It indoors and brighten the chill
dren with IT, Q ses. dont want staring
at me- aF.,sg..,g-., s..G {a5.8a. ..sE Y.
with is digging. e wouldn't go to work, and
e 'ad his breakfast In the garden, and his wife
spent all the morning In the front answering the
neighbors' questions and begging OF EN- to go In
and say something to Bill, One OF EN- did 80,
for hours telling diffrent people wot Bill ad said
to 'er, and asked whether Q couldn't De locked
up for It. s,,Li ta., ,.l...t.ge3l }gtaa. ..f
@ could 'ardy raise Is bread and butter TO 'is
mouth. Several O. the chaps looked In In the
evening, but all they could get out OF I'm was.
that II was new way O. cultivating 'is garden o
'ad lust card OF, and that those who lived the
longest would see the most. BY night time ed
nearly finished the Job, and Is garden was Just
ruined. n, sfyNtf .t u3lsjs rGtt 8ilAeL
"Afore people, ad done talhin about Bill I'm
blest II Peter Smith didn't go and; cultivate lis
garden In exactly the same way. The parson and
Is wife was away on their 'Cllday and nobody
could say word The curate who 'ad come over
to take Is place for time and who took the
names OF people for the Flower Show, did point
out to Inn that he was spelling liz Ohancest but
Peter was 30 rude to i'm that Q didn't stay long
enough to say much t..iy ..ag 6Mi.@.
when Joe Gubbins started digging up is gar
den people began to think they were all bewitcl-
ed. andI went round to see Henery Walker TO tell
I'm wot a fine chance ed got, and to remind I'm
that I'd, put another ninepence on I'm the night
before All 'e9 said was More fool you and
went on digging ole In is garden big enough
to put a Ouse In .@'61$5Ff H#E @iHNW
I'm "a fortnight's time there wasn't garden
worth looking at In the place, and II was quite
clear there'd be no Flower Show that year and OF
all the silly. bad-tempered men In the place them
as 'ad dug up their pretty gardens was the wust
1T was just few days before the day liked Tor
the Flower Show and was walking up the road
when l see Joe and Henery Walker and one or
two more leaning over Bob Prettys fence, and
talking to I'm. stopped, too. to see what they
were looking at, and found they was watching
Bob's two boys a-weeding OF is garden. It was
disgraceful. untidy sort ora place. ASH said be-
fore. with few Inarig0lds and nasturttums, and
sichlike put In anywhere and Bob. was walking
up and down smoking Of lie pipe and watching 'is
wife hoe atween the plants and cut on dead mari
gold blooms. of Aem' }a3 ti 7
~ That's pretty garden you've got there, Bob,
SEES Joe, grinning 'aa"sr Gt,@af rf 'gai
GIVE seen wuss,' SEES Bob. 5r 'a sa4A H8i
"'Going IN for the Flower Show, Bob? SEES
Henery. with wink at us. H7@I @3h ln
80 course I am SEES Bob 'odlng 10 'ead up:
my marigolds ought TO pull me through he ses
"HeneFy wouldn't believe II at first, but when
he saw Bob show IL missus. 0w to pat the path
down with the back o. the spade and hold the
nails for 'er while she nailed climbing nastur
tium to the fence he went of and fetched Bill
Chambers and one or two Others and they all
leaned over the fence breathing their 'ardest and
a.saying Of all the nasty things to Bob they
could think Of fft nv 'ld
"Tt's the bestkep' garden In the place. SEES
Bob. I amt afraid o. your new way o. cutivat-
Ing flowers, Bill Chambers. Oldfashioned ways
suit me best: I learnt 'ow to grow flowers from
my father 2Nml
"'You Amt 'ad the cheek to give your name In,
BobY ses Sam Jones' staring .t.t.t ..a1
Bob didn't answer i'm. Pick those bits o
grass out the path. old gall he ses to Is wife;
they look untidy, and 'uutidiness can't bear
"He walked up and down smoking is pipe and
pretending not to notice Henery Walker, wot 'ad
moved farther along the fence and was staring at
some Notwithstanding geraniuws ns II ed
spen em afore but wasn't sure where.
"Admiring my geraniums, Henery?,. SEES Bob,
at last - A3.,thp
'whered You get 'em?' SEES Henery, 'ardly
able TO speak. 4t
my florists, SEES Bob In a off-hand lqalner.
Your wot? asks Henery. l1t
my florist, SEES Bob. 2hs
"'And who might e be when 'e's at 'omer
asked HeneFy. q ,tSl it.lAH
!, q. faint 50 likely I'm going to tell you that
SEES Bob. BE reasonable. Henery and ask your