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cool as a cucumber, Peter. What put 

 that cop notion into your head ? It gave 

 me an awful start/' 



" I didn't mean to scare you," returned 

 Peter sorrowfully, " but I thought sure 

 you would have to have a cop ter keep 

 the people off the grass, you have got so 

 much of it." 



" 'Twould cost ten times more than 

 'twas worth," said Aunt Ruth. '' Grass 

 is just grass in the country, and it grows 

 everywhere, and people don't think of 

 telling people to keep off it, without it is 

 newly seeded." 



Peter did not know what that meant, 

 but somehow he couldn't separate the 

 idea of grass from great wealth, and he 

 sat pondering in silence for several min- 

 utes. Then he happened to look out at 

 the sun that was just peeping around the 

 corner of the house. " I guess that's a 



