New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

beer at the same time and If Sam Jones G 'ad1t s!
been by to thump I'm on the back 1 b'lieve ne d
Mark my words ses George English, speak
ing very slow and solemn. 'thereu be no blessing
and and diggng is garden over won't get no real ben
Snt from II he may wear a pta6h coat ana G, new @
and get my little taste o beer somewhere else 9
He walked off before any one could say word:
aenery Walker sat- Staring after i'm With Is mouth
wide open, and Sam Jones. who was always one 70
take advantage, drank is own beer under the firm
.,'.T shall take care that Mrs Pawlett ears O.
80 And be asked Wot you dug your garden up for.
promise to George Why She talk at US for years
Sam; where's your sense. Henery?'
80 We should be the larfng stock for miles round,
dug my garden up to enrich the soil for next year.
and also TO give some other chap a chance OF the
Peter Smith as always been unfortunit mani
Gt6er drink as Bill sad m that and this time We all
day. an sT voice got that squeaky with surprise Il
shS tale that they'd dug their g2Edsa up to give the
ther, and said it was owing TO a sermon unself-
ishness wot the curate 'ad preached three weeks
the next day with from = friend xFots il 4, ~
An things considered. Mrs. Pawlett was for 90
ing two prizes next year instead, but one or two
| given in their names, too, and they said it
%Gunt & be r to Their mel, Tyss tav Al the e
started till later than wot 3 did, and not being
only better garde1 was Ralph Thomson's. who
lived next door to i'm. but two nights afore the
Ralph said it was D' mystery to I'm ow The PIG
hole too small i for it, and turned the button OF It's
door. and then climbed over four loot fence;
Bob said that that was sinful and unchristian of
i'm, and that most likely if it could. it would only
| didn't feed It properly
There was quite crowd 81 on Flower p;II shoT Nd day
bers's astonishment and surprise they went to is
EN-. While Bill peeped at EN- through the kitchen
winder 'arf-crazy. They went to every garden IN
Of it, d and asked @ NJ Mrs PaH4stt % %hetGer they was
70 ED tr beaths or that eean IN
the schoolroorn when Mrs. Pawlett got up on the
judges She stood a -i moment waiting for silence.
and then 3 up her her ad Sa6 to b 5op pn %h4t S
three wmmen who ad 'ad to take their crying
Mrs. PawIett put 'er glasses on her nose and just
read out short and sweet that the prize OF tnIee
c0ttags gardsn ad been Won By MI Robert S c Pretty ct
walked up the middle to take the prize; then one
or two more did. and Bill Chambers's pat was the
about it.
You would 'ardly think that Bob 'ud have the
did He said it gave inn great pieasure to take the
and Fd,t the money and 1ss the ad S
EsSS OS d. em all ed done % g a Sa sure been Pike ike
Ralph Thornson's pig, UP early and late.
He stood up there talking as tn. though T e was as
going to leave off, and said that q hoped as
| is example would be of benefit to Is nelshbors.
! Some of EN- seemed to think that digging was
everything, but @ could say with pride that .
| 'adn't put a spade to is garden for three years
He finished T is rem remarks ' by saying that e was
going to give a tea-party up at the Caulidower to
christen the teapot, where ed be pleased TO vel
| come all friends Quite crowd got up and fol-
lowed i'm out then instead o waiting for the dis
| solving views and came back art hour arter-
wards, saying that until they'd got far the
i Ca1li they'd nOi
/ who e mixed with.
| THAT was the last Flower Show ever 'ad IN
Claybury Mrs. Pawlett and the judges meeting the
tea-party coming ONE, and 'aving to get, over 8
| gate into field TO let IL pass What with that
and Mrs. Pawlett tumbling over something further
| up the road. which turned out to be the teapot.
| smelling strong of beer. the Flower Show was
given up. and the parson preached three sundays
/ running the sin OF beer drinking, to children
| who never 'ad any and wimmen who couldn't get
| it"