CHAPTER XVI 



Some Interesting Discoveries 



William came in one morning with his face all 

 wreathed in smiles and announced to Edna secretly 

 that he had discovered some watermelon vines down 

 in the held, that just came up accidently from scat- 

 tered seeds. A few weeks later, he brought in a 

 ripe watermelon and put it in the spring until after 

 dinner, then surprised the family with it. 



Henry took it rather calmly; Edna feigned a big 

 surprise; Snowball grinned knowingly while he 

 struggled with his memory; and the monkey looked 

 on with a wizened face as if something was about to 

 happen. William was confident as the knife cracked 

 through it, because he had peeped inside through a 

 tiny little plug before he pulled it. 



With the flash of red color. Snowball recovered 

 his memory and smiled broadly, while the rest of the 

 company moved in toward William with renewed 

 interest. Snowball got the flrst slice: it was really 

 Snowball that William first thought of when he dis- 

 covered the vines; for what little darkey could be 

 happy without his *^' watahmilyun "! Without cere- 



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