Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-09-28

bed intended for them. They looked to
her like a Medusa's hair Of snakes.
She supposed she should plant them,
putting them In so that the snakes
should grow up in the air. When she
was finishing her work Joe came
along and, looking down at her plants,
began to laugh.
whats the matter2" asked Minna
anxiouRly.
"You've planted them roots upper
most" was the reply.
This was Minna's first effort at
planting and, since asparagus does not
grow In the earth like potatoes, Joe
righted them for her After that she
relied more on her preceptor and made
no other such serious mistake.
While dressing one morning after q
warm rain she looked out through her
window and saw. or thought she saw,
n faint line Of pale green where she
had put In her radish seed. Hurriedly
finishing dressing, she went down.
stairs and ran out to her garden. True
enough, there were the. little green
points peepinr from tho surface.
This was Minna,s first sight Of some.
thing coming from seed TINT sbo Ind
nIonted with bcr own bond and sbo
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queer Ioohihg soniethihs pushing
uslde the earth ABOVE IT,
Why' us IKE chicken trying TO
get out OF JUS sheill' she exclaimed.
what we produce ourselves, or, rath'
er, what we put nature In u way to
produce, gives us very pleasurable
sensation. When Minna went out to
her garden early ono morning ana with
great care pulled up half a dozen
bright red radishes she was moro do
lighted than II she had received leg
acy. taking them into the house, she
put them into water In little cut
glass dish ana gave one at breakfast
to each member OF the family. No NOR
sci prepared by an experienced cook
ever pleased her palate as did that
radish.
Minna was used to seeing Joe work
ing In his garden and often noticed him
wedding. Her own little tract did not
seem to need wedding. At this she
wondered.
why Is 1t, joe" she asked him,
that no weeds grow In my bedsT
They do" said Joe. Weeds grow
Wherever there Is ground for them to
grow on. | think that some fairy god
mother comes in the night and takes
them all out OF your beds"
This was the first thing he said to
his pupil that sounded different from
what might be expected of rustic.
Minna looked ut him inquiringly, but
he stopped to use his trowel and she
did not see his face.
From this time Joe began to give
Minna bits of information about ngri
culture that surprised her. They sound
ed rather as coming from college pro
fessor than simple countrymnn. One
day when he was telling her how
plants breathe through their leaves, alb.
sorbing oxygen and giving out carbon,
she looked ut him nstOnlshed and ask.
ed him where he had learned that.
Joe turned away, putting his foot on
his spade to hide the fact that he had
forgotten himself, letting out some
thing that he had not Intended TO di.
vulge.
But Minnn, having had peep at
what was stored up In JOe's brain, was
not to be denied further view. She
told him thnt she would like to hear
more Of that sort Of thing" as she
expressed II, and Joe began the un.
folding OF processes Of mature, making
It all perfectly plain and often Illus
trating what he told her by the plants
themselves. During the spring aud
early summer Mlnna was listening to
fairy tales OF science" and though
she was not aware Of It, was becoming
interested in the story teller as well
as his tales.
When the crop was ready to be gath
cred, one morning Minnn, looking out
from her room, saw gentleman In
tweed suit and n straw hat In the gar
den directing some youngsters who
were plucklng the fruits Of Joc's labor.
She was not near enough TO detect the
gentleman's llneaments, but he had
tioo,o A. sha annroochod tho non