The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-30
HtgIks 81, LUCK
WITT The GLHoEk


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formed her guest tE--y "E-s psT-
snniEl sweet p!nkE
.'Pluh@" echoed ms visitor. who
lived II suburb.
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e6 ms hostess IL gloomy voice. y
Vol duut believe ms you GEL looE
OIL tns erveiUps -hs SEEDS came II
They came -vp ysgrf agc, but r! have
preserved -ns envelope II the c-swer
q tns Ei-chsr table fUr the Bpscihe
PURPOSE Ut convincing bcohs-f Ike
you"
Tns caller laughed Were they
eve PINK" she inquired
They were no;" BEid the other,
passing 6 plate o. sponge cake. BUT
for ths matter o. that, my sweet VII
liam wat not sweet and my forget
rls-nuts forgot 10 bloom and ny climb
Ing ve-Dens grew into E bush"
'H-ha; pity" Bald The caller EYED
pathe-icaIly. You uuEt have hao
uncuumouly bad lucE with your gar-
osr. We raised al the vegetables We
could eat this ysar."
On We raised vegetables. 100. but
vs couldn't eEt them" said the hos
tpss. You see. vegetable garden
is one OF the joys We promised our
saves when We decided 10 stay IN
town this summer and save money.
! got out The old grocery checks for
last March and April and figured them
over and found that what We paid
fUr vegetables for thoss TWO months
was I2 per cent o. our entire table
exyenses So 0, course, Edward and
estimated that by saving that Z
per cent. I'll during the sumner we
should have lot o. money 70 use In
some other way"
But" objected the visitor, does
that follow exactly You know, vege
tables are terribly high n March and
April. because 30 many o. them are
hothouse grown"
''Oh. dear, yes" conceded The cit!
housekeeper. but J couldn't find the
grocery bills 30 far back ss sumner
Of iasi year and, anyway, there wsf
10 harm done, because the more you
think you're saving the happier You
feel about II"
80 yOu planted vegetables?
prompted the caller
We did" answered her hostess. We
hired & gardener az 81 q day 70 put
II the seeds because We thought II
would pay 10 have II done scientihcal.
ly. ! found out atterward that the
gardener was tinsmith out Of q job
The tinsmiths were having strike, OF
something. and he was union man
50, not being able 70 tin, be took to
gardening 10 Kill time. Possibly be
wanted 20 get near 70 nature. But
! think he must have had an unsym'
pathetic disposition and then-well
| probably they were nonunion seeds,
because they came up month later
looking &c II they begrudged the ef'
fort"
The visitor appeared scandalized al
the others ignorance. "Of course
dear" she said. suavely. you must
have realized that II was due TO the
cold weather that your seeds didn',
come up. You shouldn't have pu,
them in until later"
We put our potatoes In later" said
the hostess. "and they grew so that
Edward and ! felt sure they, at least
would repay us for our trouble.
watered them twice day and they
grew four feet high" She sighed.
Did they decay In the ground?'
inquired the suburbanite.
mo, indeed said her hostess.
There was nothing to decay. We
had company 10 luncheon one day
and | went out to our own potato
patch TO get some potatoes to bake.
was sure they must be ripe and
had planned a special treat. / pulled
up the stalks and dug a foot deep
and sifted the ground and I got five
potatoes the size OF French peas" She
smiled ruefully. And the cats ate
our parsley" she added.
I'm SO sorry," murmured her
friend, with superior smile, but,
after all, l suppose one can't expect
much from city garden. You'll
have to come out to our little village
to live and then you can enjoy your
own garden stuff"
I'm sure we should" assented the
city dweller. politely, "but. you see.
I've already resigned myself to buy.
ing our vegetables. They seem SO
cheap, now that I've tried raising
things myself"