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H: Mayo Mrs. Thomas N. Carter, Mrs.
Alexander Cameron, Mrs. Beirne Blair.
Mrs Preston Cooke. Mrs. John Dunlop.
Mrs Henry Baskerville. Mrs. John Stew
art Bryan and Mrs. John Thomas Ander-
son.
Mrs. Warner Moore of s13 West Frank
lin street gave the second of a series OF
at homes last Wednesday afternoon In
honor of her sister, Mrs. Wight of Balti-
more Decorations were in American
beauties and asparagus fern. a great vase
OF the roses resting on beautiful cluny
lace tabe cover in the dining ROOM The
color idea of red and green was charm
ingly carried out in the dainty serving of
punch, cakes. ices and bonbons. Mrs.
Moore received her guests with Mrs.
wight and was most delightful hostess
Miss Carrie Pace Neal of No. West
Main street, who has as her house guest
Miss Edmonia Robinson of Louisville
KY, gave tea in Miss Robinson's honor
Thursday afternoon, and had the pleasure
OF introducing her to a large number of
the debutante set Of Richmond. Miss
Robinson is great belle and favorite in
Louisville, and has been most cordially
welcomed in Richmond.
Mrs. John c. Freeman and Mrs Thomas
Boiling entertained at luncheon and din
ner last week in compliment to the
Marchese San Germano. who spent sew
eral days at the Jefferson Hotel and sails
today, returning to Naples and one Of her
country homes near that city. Mr.. RAN
dolph Halliday of this city has gone To
New York to bid her goodbye and wish
her bon voyage" The marchese charm
ed her Richmond friends with her beauti-
full voice which has been trained by the
best European masters, and charmed the
eyes of those who saw her by her pretty
toilets and her gorgeous Russian sables
and diamonds
Hostesses for the reception to be given
this afternoon at Deep Run Hunt Club
house after the meet will be Mrs s. D.
Crenshaw. Mrs. John Shelton Williams
Mrs. B. H. Ellington. Mrs. B. S. Hume,
Miss Clay of Kentucky, Miss Mabel Wal
ker, Miss Elizabeth Johnston, Miss Mar
tina Robinson and Miss Alma Cecil
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EPISCOPAL Home Benefit.

The pupils of Miss Hawke will give
their annual spring carnival for the bene-
fit of the Episcopal Home for Children
formerly the Bell HONEY Wednesday
afternoon at 3:15 and evening at Sis
April 20. at the Belasco Theater introduce
ing fancy and characteristic dancing.
with Little Red Riding Hood"
The proceeds will revert to the fund TO
build a new home In Anacostia. d. c.
where a larger number OF children can
be accommodated. The home started
over twelve years ago with a summer
home at Colonial Beach and a winter
home at Anacostia. and is supported by a
board of lady managers from each Epis-
copal church in the diocese OF Washing
ton.
The home received it's name from Prof
Alex Melville Bell. who gave property at
Colonial Beach and generous amount OF
money to start building where seventy
five children are cared for each summer.
The winter home at Anacostia only ac-
commodities thirty-six children and Is
thoroughly inadequate to the demands
upon 1t and larger building is to be
built. The home has been lately in
corporated. the incorporators including
Rev. w G. Davenport, Mr.. ]. H. Jordan.
Mr. Henry Blair. Mr.. A. A. Birney. Mr..
j. L. Weaver Mr.. Charles ]. Bell Mr..
William H. Singleton. Mrs. Davenport.
Miss Koones and Mrs. r. j Renshaw.
the name to be henceforth the Diocesan
Episcopal Home for Poor Children.
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Alexan0rla Society
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, March %, 1908
Miss Hattie Douglas entertained at a
tea Monday afternoon at her home on
Cameron street in honor of Miss Char
lotte Miller of Richmond and Miss Mary
Donohoe of Fairfax. Among the young
ladies who called were Mrs Thomas b.
Cochran, Miss Clarence Snowden, Miss
Mary Snowden, Miss George French, Miss
Jean Brent, Miss Mildred Foster, Miss
Annie Murphy, miss Eva Dent, Miss
Courtney Grenough and Miss Mary
Phillips
Mrs. Isaac Gregg entertained at one
table of eight-hand euchre Monday after
noon at her home on King street Mrs
Greggs guests were Mrs Sarah Geer of
Baltimore, Mrs. Richard E. Acton, Mrs
Alfred Thomson. Mrs. Kosciusko kemper
Miss Loula SmOot, Miss Anita Robbins,
Miss Sallie kemper and Miss Mamie
Agnew.
Miss Lucy Douglas held a meeting of
the Eight Hand Euchre Club Monday aft
! ernoon at her home on Cameron street
The ladies playing were Mrs. Herbert
Oliver. Miss Rebecca Uhler. Miss Mary
Thomson. Miss Mary Gilkeson, Miss Ida
| Mclaughlin, Miss Edith Ramsay and
Miss Mittie Herbert.
formally at cards Wednesday afternoon
| in honor of her guest, Mrs. Sarah Geer
of Baltimore. Those asked to meet Mrs.
Geer were Mrs. Richard E. Acton. Mrs.
Isaac Gregg: Mrs. kosciusko Kemper,
Miss Mary Thomson, Miss Anita Robbins.
Miss Mamie Agnew Miss Loula Smoot
and Miss Sallie kemper.
phia and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Alexander
of Lancaster Pa, who have been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I-eadbeater, have
returned to their homes.
Miss Mary Dent is visiting relatives in
Maryland
Mrs Wilson Brown. jr.. of Annapolis
| spent Sunday at her old home In this
| city.
| Miss Bessie Jones has returned from a
visit to Miss Margaret Moore in Fair
fax.
Mr. Ernest L. Allen entertained in
formally at cards Thursday evening
at his home on North Columbus street.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Falls Green have
returned from their wedding trip.
Mrs. Marshall Willis of Winchester is
visiting Miss Mary E. Carlin
| Mr. James A. Pearson and Miss Mary
G. Terrett. both of this city. were quietly
married in Washington Wednesday by
Rev j. B. Mclaughlin.
Mr. Harry M. Fitz-Hugh of Burke, Va.
was the guest of friends in town Monday
| Mrs Robert Brooking has returned to
her home in Harrisonburg after visit to
Miss NJ. Gault Norton.
Mrs. Mary Nicholson Moore spent sew
eral days In Washington as the guest of
| friends this week
| Miss Annie Troth who has been visiting
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Ricbnlon0 Society.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

RICHMOND, Va March p. 1908
The Virginia Society of Colonial DANES
will be delightfully."- entertained Tuesday
afternoon next by MRS. Ida w. Ellerson,
a prominent member of the society. and a
leader among the smart set of Richmond.
Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, the president
of the society; is also the president of the
National Society of Danes, and before
her marriage was Miss Katherine Hamil-
ton Cabell. the daughter of Col. Coulter
Cabell of Richmond and lovely Jane
Aston of South Carolina. his wife. Mrs.
Cox Is one of the handsomest women in
the city and state. and is now at Palm
Beach, Fla, after a visit to Savannah and
Augusta. Ga. and being entertained in
both cities by the Georgia Danes Mrs.
Swanson belongs to the Virginia society,
which also includes in Richmond Mrs.
Christopher Tompkins. Mrs. Charles
Davenport. Miss Frances Scott Mrs. Cum
ningham Hall, Mrs. L. r. Dashiell. Mrs.
r. T. Hunter. Mrs r. G. Rennods, Mrs.
George B. McAdams. Mrs. w T. Robins.
Mrs. A. J. Leproy Mrs. James Aston
Cabell Mrs. A. J. Montague. Miss Helen
Montague, Mrs John G. Farland, Mrs.
Bland Spottswood Smith. Mrs. Charles
kin. Mrs. George Ben Johnston,
Mrs. c. A. Davenport. Mrs Eugene
Massie. Mrs. Reginald Gillian. Miss Vir-
GINA Peasants, Mrs. Thomas Boiling,
Mrs. Egbert G. Leigh, jr.. Mrs. w. L..
Royal, Mrs. Matthew Bland Harrison.
Mrs. Lizzie Henry Lyons, Mrs. Evelyn
Cabell Robinson and many others.
The society play to be given by Mrs.
Swanson and Mrs. John X. Branch for
the sake of charity during the post-Lenten
season is be entitled "On the Quiet
The cast will be made up entirely of
Richmond beaux and bellies. and 1t is
whispered that the leading role is to be
filled by Miss Nora Langhorne. Every
thing is being done to render the play a
thorough and brilliant success. Mr.. John
K. Branch. jr.. who will return from Yale
for the Easter holidays will have then
as his guests Mr.. L. s. Hall of Evanston,
Ind, and Benjamin Gator Of New York.
Miss Zaidee Branch will also be accom-
panied home from school. New York. by
Miss Roberta Ray of that city. These
juniors of the Branch family are great
social favorites here and entertainments
of all kinds are being projected for their
pleasure during their vacations.
Monday, March 40. will be tag day
in Richmond. All the smart women OF the
city will be busy tagging people for the
benefit of the Visiting Nurses Associa-
ton. Mrs Swanson has announced her In.
tention of tagging the governor ard OF
even putting a tag on her horses. About
six tag stations throughout the city will
be presided over by matrons and maids or
fashion, Mrs. James Caskie Cabell and a
Jefferson Hotel. Among the patronesses
of the day will be: Mrs. c. A. Swanson.
Mrs. Archer Anderson, Mrs. John w. Har-
rison, Mrs. Armistead Wexford, Mrs. r.
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from the chapel of Hindle & Bayliss,
9TH and II streets. Mrs. Lizzie w. CAL
yer, president of the District of Colum-
bia Auxiliary to the United Spanish War
Veterans, send a handsome floral piece
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to be placed on the casket. 1t was in
scribed. "Comrade." The interment was
at Arlington, with military honors. In
addition to the other relatives named
in The Star yesterday, Mr.. Poole is sur
vived by two children, who are living In
Pennsylvania.
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Funeral of George Edward Poole.

The funeral of George Edward Poole.
late trumpeter in the LIST District of
Columbia Volunteers. war with Spain
Vas held at o'clock yesterday afternoon
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The Misses Allen are visiting friends
near Pine Top, Orange county.
to his home in Birmingham, Ala. after
visit to his brother, Mr.. Edward s.
Leadbeater.
Mrs. Ross Elliott of Rockville was the
guest of friends in town Thursday.
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Miss Eliza Lippitt of Berryville is visit
ing her sister. Mrs c. William Wattles.
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Mr.. Addison Dishman of Spokane
Wash, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank King Thursday.
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Mrs. John W. Burson has returned from
a visit to her daughter. Mrs. Samuel A.
Sizer. In Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Burson
has as her guest her other daughter, Mrs.
William Chapman of Savannah.
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Mr.. Louis P Hanckel and MIRA Hancke
Of Charlottesville are visiting their oaugn
ter, Mrs Marshall L. King.
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Capt. Samuel B. Davis of the onlteo
States marine service was the guest VI
friends in town Tuesday.
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Miss Catherine Hutton of Brookville.
Md. is spending several months with
Miss Annie NJ. Chandlee.
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Miss Julia Domaine, has returned to her
home in OccoQuan.
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Miss Marie Tunstall of Washington was
the guest of Miss Courtney Grenough
the early part Of the week.
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Mrs 8 L. Johnson of Alexandria county
announces the engagement of her daugn-
ter Miss Larry S: johnson, 10 MI; III. MI
Smith of Portland. Ore. The Weooihg Will
take place April %.
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Miss Leila Steiner returned Monday
from a short visit to Mrs. Eveleth Eng
lish in Washington.
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Rev. Charles D. Bulla. Rev. E. v.
REGISTER and Mr.. Henry K. Field have
been In Roanoke this week ATTENDING the
baltimore conference of the Methodist
Fniscopal Church South
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Mrs Hunter Holmes McGulre or nieh-
,nond announces the engagement Of heI
daughter. Miss Margaretta Mcclure. 10
Mr.. Russell Cary Montague of Lewisburg
Va The wedding will take place early
in May. Miss Mcclure has just returned
home after a visit to her protheI' LIZ
Hugh Mcclure. in this city.
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Mrs. Bette Waller has returned to her
home in Richmond after Visit 10 MI
and Mrs. Charles Waller.
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Mr.. Frank T King has returned from
a trim to Panama and the West Indies.
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Miss Alice Montrose Graham has re-
turned from a visit to her aunt. MIS-
George w. Laycock, In Hamil.on, Va
Mrs Laycock has now as her guest ner
sister. Miss Ruth Henderson of this city
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Mrs Emma J. Spencer has gone 10
- her sister. Mrs Joseph Smiley.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Bowie Of Mary
land were the guests during the week OF
Mrs. Bowie's mother. Mrs. H. Starr Wat
ties.
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Mr., George, D. Brooke has returned to
his home in Morgantown, w. Va. after
a visit to his mother-in-law Mrs. William
w. Herbert. -
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Mr. and rms. John A. Marshall nave
returned from a visit to their daughters
Mrs. Cornelius Haggarty and MIS-. l.
Norman Pease in Philadelphia.
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Mrs. Mary Nicholson Moore spent sew
eral days In Washington as the guest of
friends this week.
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The usual card party for the benefit of
charity was given at the Mercantile Club
Monday afternoon. The bridge whist
prize was won by Mrs. Silas Rosenthal
and the one for whist by Mrs. Nathan
Kaufman of Providence, r. 1. Miss
Jennie Sanger and Miss Gertrude Kron-
helm carried off the honors for euchre.
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Miss Annie Troth, who has been visiting
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Miss Marion Herbert is visiting friends
in Warrenton.
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Mrs. Robert Brooking has returned to
her home in Harrisonburg after visit to
Miss NJ. Gault Norton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
Legend Of MaapIe and Robin.

The peasants Of France, in accord
ance with a tradition, pierce the head
of a magpie with thorn whenever
they catch one. According to the
French legend, after Jesus had been
nailed to the cross two birds alighted
on the extended arms Of the instru-
ment Of death. One was magpie
with beautiful aigrette on it's head
and long waving tail, then the hand
soonest OF birds but the wickedest,
chirping insult at the suffering Jesus.
The other bird was a modest little
bird with gray plumage, which ap-
preached the cross timidly. uttering
cries Of grief. With It's beak It tried
to pluck away one of the thorns. A
single drop of the blood fell on the
plying little gray bird and gave the
robin redbreast.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
t6opyrigAt. Dodd. nsad Company

The able-bodied men Of the village
were at work, the children were at
school singing the multiplication table
lullaby. while the wives and mothers
at home nursed the baby with one
hand and did the homework with the
other. At the end of the village an
old man past work sat at a rough deal
table under the creaking signboard of
the Caulifiower, gratefully drinking
from a mug of ale supplied by a
chance traveller who sat opposite him.
1T amt what 1t was when / was a
boy" quavered the old man, filling his
pipe with trembling fingers. Il mind
when the grindstone was stuck just
outside the winder O. the forge instead
o. being one side asst now is; and as
for the shop winder-it's twice the
size 1t was when l was young 'un.'
He lit his pipe with the scientific
accuracy of smoker of 60 years
standing, and shook his head solemn
ly as he regarded his altered birth
place. Then his color heightened and
his dim eye flashed.
TITS the people about ere as
changed more than the place as" he
said, with sudden fierceness; there's
a set O. men about here nowadays as
are no good to anybody; regular ras-
kels.
But the artfullest and worst man
in this place-and that's saying a good
&c
is no word for i'm. There's no way of
being up to i'm. It's through i'm that
we lost our flower show; and, II you'd
like to ear the rights o. that, don't
suppose there's anybody In this place
as knows as much about 1t as l do
barring Bob hisself that is, but e
wouldn't tell 1t to you as plain as
I can.
1T was started just after we got our
new parson, and Mrs. Pawlett, the par
sons wife, is name being Pawlett,
thought as she'd encourage men to
love their 'omes and be better us
bands by giving prize every year for
best cottage garden. Three pounds
was the prize, and metal teapot
with writing on 1t.
"Of course some of 'em used to
make fun of 1t, and Bob Pretty was the
worst of 'em all He was always a
lazy, good-for-nothing man, and his
garden was disgrace. He'd chuck
down any rubbish in it.; old bones
old tins, bits of an old bucket, any
thing to make it untidy.
TT was the day after this one I'm
speaking about, the 16the O. June, that
the trouble all began, and it came
about in very eggstrordinary way
George English, a quiet man getting
into years, who used when e was
younger to foller the sea. and whose
only misfortin was that e was 9
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
CURE At CITY MISSION.
Awful Case Of scabies-Body Mass
Of Sores from Scratchlng-Her
Tortures Yield to Cutlcura.

"A young woman came to our city
mission In most awful condition physi.
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies (the itch) 4,
incipient paresis, rheumatism. ETC.,
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was a mass Of sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. We workedhard over her for seven
weeks but we could see little improve
ment. One day / bought cake Of
Cuticura Soap and bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our
patient well and gave her full dose
of the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day ! got box Of
Cuticura Ointment. In five weeks this
young woman was able to look for
position, and'sheis now strong and well.
Laura Jane Bates, IS Fifth Ave., New
York, N. Y. Mar. II. 1907"
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been IN this very village. staying at
this ere very Caulifiower, whose beer
we're drinking now. In the night,
when everybody was asleep, he got up
and went quiet like and buried bag
Of GIT sovereigns and one half-sov-
creign In one of the cottage gardens
till g could come for 1t again.
"'And wot I'm to do about 1t, BILL
he SEES, I don't know. All the direc-
tons he gives is. that . thinks 1t was
the tenth cottage on the right'and
side Of the road, coming down from
the Caulifower. He thinks it's the
tenth. but 'e's not quite sure. Do you
think I'd better make 1t known and
offer a reward of ten shillings, say,
to any one who finds IT."
mo SEES Bill. shaking Is cad.
"Bill swore he wouldn't tell q soul,
and Q went on 'ome and 'ad his sup
per, and then e walked up the road
to the Caulinower and back, and then
up and back again, thinking over what
George 'ad been telling i'm. and
noticing, what q d never taken the
trouble to notice before, that Is very
house was the tenth one from the
Caulifower.
MRS. Chambers woke up at two
o'clock next morning and told Bill to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
SICK MAN WANTED CHANGE.
More Than Willing to Make Transfer
with Physician.

A Syracuse business man who, be-
sides being extremely active and am
bilious, has much sense Of humor,
was taken sick with a slight attack Of
pneumonia. His physician, aware that
It would be task to keep his high
strung patient In bed, sought to Inn
press on him the seriousness Of the
ailment and the necessity of absolute
rest; all Of which the sick man lis
tened to in a bored manner. Never
theless he consented to obey the doc
tor.
But this enforced inactivity ranked
In him; and each succeeding day
found the patient importuning the
medical man attendant to allow him
to get out to business. Then, dis
gusted, he would lie back to cast Inn
precautions at the memorable physiI
clan.
One morning the physician, after
having been up all night on an i'm
portant case. appeared at his patients
house at the usual hour. He had, hard
ly stuck his haggard face inside the
door, however, before the man In the
bed gave him a quick glance and sat
up.
"Ehg calculated the patient. Then
showing out his hand to grasp the doc.
tors satchel, he added: DOC, guess
you'd better get into bed here and
let me go out with the medicine
bag
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-31
A piscomhtInq Witness.

The following colloquy took place
between Councillor Sealingwax and q
witness who would talk back" You
say, sir, the prisoner Is thief"
Yes, sir. Cause why, she has con-
fessed she was" And you also swear
she worked for you after this con-
fession?" Yes, SIR" "Then we are
to understand that you employ dis
honest people to work for you, even
after their rascalities are known" "Of
course. How else would get as
sistance from q lawyer?'-Argonaut
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get up further, and then found e
wasn't there. She was rather sur
prised at first, but she didn't think
much of 1t, and thought, what hap
pened to be true, that e was busy in
the garden, It being light night. She
turned over and went to sleep again,
and at five when she woke up she
could distinctly ear Bill working is
'ardest. Then she went to the winder.
bill stood up straight and wiped
rs face with his shirt sleeve and
started digging again, and then his
wife just put something on and rushed
downstairs as fast as she could go.
Have you gone mad?' she ses.
half crying.
bill just stopped to throw lump
Of mould at her, and then went on
digging till Henery Walker, who also
thought e 'ad gone mad, and didn't
want to stop i'm too soon, put is cad
over the edge and asked i'm the
same thing.
ASK no questions and you'll ear
no lies,' ses Bill.
that stiff he could 'ardly raise is bread
and butter to his mouth.
"Afore people 'ad done talking about
Bill, I'm best II Peter Smith didn't
go and cultivate is garden In exactly
the same way. The parson and is
wife was away on their 'oliday, and
nobody could say a word.
When Joe Gubbins started digging
up is garden people began to think
they were all bewitched, and / 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 nine
pence on i'm the night before. All e
said was: More fool you, and went
on digging a ole in his garfen big
enough to put 'ouse In.
In a fortnight's time there wasn't
a garden worth looking at In the
place. and 1t 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 fixed for the flower show, and
was walking up the road when l see
Joe and Henery Walker and one or
two more leaning over Bob Pretty's
fence and talking to I'm.
"'Going in for the flower show,
BobY SEES Henery, with wink at us.
90 course / am ses Bob, 'olding
is cad up; my marigolds ought to
pull me through he ses.
"Tts the best-kep' garden IN the
place. ses Bob. amt afraid O. your
new way O. cultivating flowers, Bill
Chambers. Old.fashioned ways suit
me best; learnt 'ow to grow flowers
from my father
You: amt 'ad the cheek to give
your name In, Bob?' SEES Sam Jones
staring. Sft VI
,"'Admiring my geraniums. Henery |?
SEES Bob, at last. ~
'where'd you get 'emr SEES Henery
'ardly able to speak.
my florists SEES Bob, in . on
hand manner.
about two days arter / threw
mine over my back fence ses Henery
Walker, speaking very slowly.
"'Ho.' ses Bob, surprised. i didn't
know you 'ad any geraniums. Henery.
I thought you was digging for gravel
this year.