New Series, Supplement to November, 1905. 



413 



They can tell an interesting story 

 about themselves. Some day I will 

 help them to tell you the story of their 

 work and lives. 



This is the boy who can ask " thirty 

 questions " a minute, who has pockets 

 in his knee pants and who is trying to 

 learn to whistle. 



After the clods have been made fine 

 he gets the garden rake. 



He works it through the soil as he 

 would a comb through his hair. 



That makes the seed bed finer than 

 did the thumping with the back of 

 the spade. 



He has been told that if he would 

 have plants comfortable, he must 

 scratch the soil with a rake and tickle 

 it with a hoe. 



Little Pepperpod has pride in her 

 work. 



She likes to do her work with exact- 

 ness and have it look as though she 

 was fond of her task. 



Some people are proud of their 

 white hands. Little Pepperpod is 

 proud of her " velvet hands " that are 

 capable of doing things well and with- 

 out a clatter. 



So now she gets a board and lays it 

 down on the soft fine earth that has 

 been so carefully prepared and 

 scratched. She makes a straight 

 groove with the end of the garden 

 rake by drawing it along the edge of 

 the board. 



Now Little Miss Pepperpod sows 

 the peppergrass seed in the bottom of 

 the groove in the soil. 



She scatters the seed about as far 

 apart as her finger nail is wide. 



n the seeds should all grow and the 

 plants stand too thick, she can pull 



