Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-03-27
Mabel's
Peace Garden


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"Not very cordial. ehf" propounded
. casual companion Of John Trego. as
they passed on the street q man who
made O curt. short nod. and that grudg-
lngly.
He hasn't been nesghboriy for some
tIme." explained TrsgO. tits all come
II my war garden"
"A pro- In hs7"
oh. indeed. not &C all." John has
.ened to say. Don't get that idea.
for winston Throop 90 a real patriot.
You see. though. waen the war gar
len boom came on i started In on the
side lawn. We utilized every foot az
q Onions. beets. corn. parsnips. cab
oages and al that Wen. Just as we
had laid out the interesting plat.
Throop ran up that wire fence On the
dividing line"
why. what forr'
ITO distinguish his own really e.
ho6S anu V<1uAAGA uOWGE 81bUeu
from our homely layout. ] don't
know a. blame him. The pretty
street frontage was really defaeed by
my common sprouting crops. All at
once he and his family cut us cold.
He even sent his son Harry away.
believe for fear his budding interest
In my daughter Mabel would lead TO
something"
sort OF q crouch. isn't her
Not that, always, but thinks he
was imposed upon" replied Trego IN
diligently. you see. we couldn't use
a quarter Of the stuff we raised. Ny
neighbors would have been affronted
II had offered Il free to them. I
left word In q poor neIghborhood that
they could come and help themselves.
and they overrun M. They accident.
ally broke down q part Of the dividing
fence. threw some vegetable tops and
roots over on my nsighhor's lot. and
the next morning the look he gave me
nearly froze me. It's all going to be
nended now. hope. The war Is over.
hence no more war gardens. 30 my
"Ah. how is thatf"
Instead OF war garden. we will
clear up the lot and prepare Il for q
peace garden for next spring"
I'VE have ordered vines. bushes, ma
tersal for q pergOla. In fact q sort Of
duplicate. or rather continuation Of
the ThroOp garden. We will carry out
the general decorative and color
scheme. hope that will make up
next year for the worry and annoy
ance We have caused our touchy neigh.
bor This year."
Mabel had entered heart and soul
into the plan for the peace garden.
She superintended the ordering Of trel.
IFS and bush supporters. Roses rep
resented the particular floral fad or
Mr. ThToop. and over 200 bushes OF
every variety comprised Mabel's Sc
lection. Winston Thruop opened his
eyes wide as the work got under way.
He always was courteous to the
women folks of the Treg0 family, but
now quite urbane N he lifted his hat
10 the fair gardener IN evidence.
Mr. Throop came home Ona after
noon to nnd his wife and daughter abb
sent at q social function. As he en-
tered the house he gave an intelligent
stare at suitcase quite familiar to
him.
Mary" he spoke to the maid, what
does that meanr and he pointed to
the suitcase In question.
IT'S young Harry. sir" was the re-
Spouse. HE came home at noon"
Indeed! ! did not expect him un-
ill the latter part Of the week. Where
is her"
II think he has gone out for a
stroll. sir. He may be about the
grounds somewhere. Shall I see. Mr..
Throop?"
No. ! will f1nd him IL he's about
anywhere" said Mr.. Throop. II fancy
he's out IN the garage looking over the
new automobile"
Mr.. Throop changed his coat, liz q
cigar and strolled out TO the rear Of
the lot. Harry was not In evidence
about the garage. nor was he In the
garden. Passing along the spite fence.
however, Mr.. Throop halted summa-
rily. The sound Of merry youthful
voices directed his attention to the
next lot.
you are to hold this rose treiiis TN
| set Il in place." sounded out Mabei's
voice; mot my handr
Which ! could hold foreveri" de-
.ia "a L.
For q moment Mr.: Throop's face
hushed, and his mind recalled the re.
cent luminosity garden. Then q sweep
OF memory carried him back 20 Just
such q circumstance when he was q
lad and his wife chit Of q girl.
Its to be q real peace garden" he
heard Mabel say. Papa says that u
will give the two places the finest
frontage on the street"
"Humph I" growied Mr.. Throop, "ths
two placesi Oh well. he IL the one
who has raised the white nag. It's
the last Of the war garden. no I'll no,
he crouch entirely"
Winston Throop went into the house
without revealing himself to the busy
hustling happy couple In the next yard
Finally Harry put In an appearance
flushed with exercise and a rare sor,
Of eOntentment revealed on his clear
Open face.
II want some help for a bit, Harry
spoke his father. a. casually a., hs
could assume.
'All right. father. what 10 ltf'
Il want you % assist me In remOv
Ing that wire fenee.r explalnsd Mr.
Throop. and Harry. WHO had m Ink
Ting Of the war garden episode. knew
that he should meet MAAei very often
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