The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-12-18
AT COY CORNERS


speaking ~ the garden" repeated
Miranda In tone which have learn
ed admits OF no trivial rejoinder. 'how
much space did you think we would
allow for the lowers this Year,"
Really. my love. hadn't thought. !
suppose a couple OF acres or so will be
about all we can attend TO-" | had
glanced away from her and forgotten
the tone.
Curtis. ] presume you know / was
speaking seriously"
Really. | beg your pardon" | said
quickly-"as much as last year. not
too much. possibly a little less. just
about what you think necessary" My
wife looked at me with very search
ing deputy sheriff sort OF gaze. Her
father was the head OF vigilance
committee out west during the fiftles.
and sometimes | see the old mans
soul in the girls eyes.
Il don't believe you care anything
about H." she said.
stilled. and awoke 10 the occasion as
lazy man most always does when he
thinks IL worth while. pulled a stool
TO her chair and for Eve minutes talked
flowers and horticulture with enough
zest. | am so conceited as TO believe.
in earlier days 10 have won me a po-
sition OF some sort with n seed store.
my dear wife and fairy adviser.
assure you with all my heart" said 1.
that ever since the wind has had In II
the slightest warmth OF summers love
have been thinking about the garden
and trying TO form couplets containing
both the rose OF Sharon and the bow.
ers OF coy corners"
"Umph" said Miranda.
True" continued undaunted. "You
may not believe IT, My countenance
may not have shown t.; even the milk
man may not have suspected it,
She gave me a push. and | sat on
the floor instead OF on the STOOL
THE milkman" she exclaimed, with
a show OF Indignation
"a mistaken cried You know
sometimes make them. AS was go
ing TO say when you interrupted me-
Suppose didT
Its all right; but, as | was going
10 say. the flower garden has largely
occupied my mind since the advent
OF spring had thought | would
spade up the east corner OF the lot for
the small stuff There on the little
slope they Will get the early sun and
the shade during the not hours"
"Not so bad" said my wife.
1--WE can put the roses under the
trees again. Down near the creek is
some black soil that will make them
prosper as never before"
go on" she said. and this time she
smiled.
I'VE Will have the beds all protected
by wire this season. You can order
all you want from the catalogue. and
we VIII make an expedition or so our
selves and incidentally waste our
money on n few bushels OF seed po-
tatoes and the like Out In the woods
! have marked two new specimens for
the rockery. Our collection of ferns
can be increased by visit TO Ran
dalrs creek"
Lovely she cried.
These. In brief. your ladyship. are
a few OF the suggestions that have oc-
CURED 20 me In connection with the
adornment OF our landscape. The
SNOWFALL shall be mulched and trim
med. for It's meaning is thoughts OF
heaven the Gala lily, the violet, the
dafrodll, the dahia. which means for.
ever thine
why the da1fodlly she said. 1T
means 'deceitful hope"
1T will" replied, "grandiloquently
remind me OF the elusive visions OF
my youth"
ITS too bad" she replied. but she
laughed as she said So And what
else. Sir Gardener, shall we behold on
your soll?"
The jonquil. gladious and the Gle
mats are among my favorites. The
first means can you return my lover"
II know IT, Why didn't you propose
by wearing it?'
II didn't want TO be kept In sus.
pense." replied. I'VE will have the
nzalea for temperance, the bltterswees
for truth. the daisy for innocence. the
nasturtium for patriotism. the violet
for faithfulness and raise a bed OF
fax for domestic industry"
Her laugh now rang out so clear that
felt myself 10 be a very great diplo-
mat indeed.
You're a dear old confidence man.
after ALL" she said. "and | am only
pulling your hair 10 make you wiser
You have fbbed very badly. You don't
know most Of those flowers when yor
see them. But the conhding wife
loves the deceitful husband It's the
old story"
She ran TO the piano and struck up
Marching Through Georgia" Our
dog. the faithful Aggrayator. arose and
yawned. The cat suggested that II
was time 10 eat.
opened the west door presently. and
- a. /.