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  water 
  hot 
  that 
  we 
  might 
  go 
  to 
  work 
  without 
  delay 
  on 
  my 
  return. 
  He 
  

   looked 
  more 
  surprised 
  than 
  pleased 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  back 
  with 
  the 
  appa- 
  

   ratus, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  hot 
  water. 
  It 
  threatened 
  rain, 
  and 
  was 
  then 
  too 
  

   late 
  to 
  begin, 
  so 
  I 
  contented 
  myself 
  with 
  their 
  promise 
  to 
  have 
  hot 
  

   water 
  ready 
  in 
  the 
  morning. 
  The 
  next 
  day, 
  while 
  the 
  boys 
  were 
  heat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  water, 
  I 
  pruned 
  the 
  trees. 
  The 
  boys 
  finally 
  helped 
  in 
  spraying 
  

   and 
  took 
  the 
  machine 
  back 
  to 
  town, 
  but 
  the 
  owner 
  flatly 
  refused 
  to 
  pay 
  

   for 
  the 
  soap. 
  The 
  elder 
  son, 
  who 
  took 
  the 
  apparatus 
  to 
  the 
  station, 
  

   became 
  quite 
  friendly 
  before 
  we 
  separated, 
  and 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  I 
  

   came 
  back 
  the 
  second 
  time 
  they 
  talked 
  of 
  getting 
  the 
  shot-gun 
  and 
  

   driving 
  me 
  off 
  the 
  place." 
  

  

  At 
  another 
  town, 
  where 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  bushes 
  on 
  a 
  village 
  lot 
  were 
  

   thoroughly 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  scale. 
  Professor 
  Summers 
  was 
  met 
  at 
  first 
  by 
  

   a 
  refusal 
  to 
  give 
  him 
  admission 
  to 
  the 
  grounds. 
  He 
  ignored 
  the 
  refusal, 
  

   however, 
  and 
  continued 
  his 
  preparations, 
  entering 
  upon 
  a 
  good 
  natured 
  

   conversation 
  with 
  the 
  owner. 
  Seeing 
  a 
  large 
  soap 
  kettle 
  at 
  hand, 
  he 
  

   asked 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  boiling 
  up 
  his 
  whale-oil 
  soap. 
  This 
  was 
  refused 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  the 
  kettle 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  owner's 
  father 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  

   "might 
  be 
  called 
  for 
  any 
  minute." 
  By 
  inquiry 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  

   another 
  kettle 
  was 
  found, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  hired 
  at 
  fifty 
  cents 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  

   owner 
  of 
  the 
  infested 
  trees, 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  town 
  to 
  consult 
  a 
  lawyer, 
  met 
  

   a 
  neighbor 
  who 
  told 
  him 
  not 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  his 
  unwelcome 
  visitor 
  who, 
  

   if 
  an 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  was 
  probably 
  acting 
  under 
  authority 
  of 
  law. 
  

   This 
  very 
  reasonable 
  but 
  mistaken 
  supposition 
  served 
  our 
  purpose, 
  and 
  

   no 
  further 
  objection 
  was 
  made, 
  although 
  all 
  assistance 
  was 
  steadily 
  

   refused. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  thoroughly 
  done 
  by 
  Professor 
  Summers, 
  and 
  

   no 
  charge 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  us 
  for 
  materials 
  used. 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  cordial 
  spirit 
  in 
  which 
  our 
  propositions 
  were 
  

   commonly 
  received, 
  Mr. 
  Green's 
  account 
  of 
  his 
  experience 
  at 
  Manito 
  

   may 
  suffice. 
  

  

  "Visited, 
  according 
  to 
  instructions, 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  P. 
  B. 
  Stem, 
  three 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Manito. 
  Walked 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  and 
  

   found 
  the 
  owner 
  plowing, 
  He 
  at 
  once 
  put 
  away 
  his 
  horse 
  and 
  showed 
  

   me 
  the 
  worst 
  infested 
  section 
  of 
  his 
  orchard, 
  spending 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   day 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  examining 
  trees 
  and 
  hedges. 
  We 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  scale 
  was 
  

   scattered 
  through 
  something 
  more 
  than 
  six 
  acres 
  and 
  had 
  also 
  infested 
  

   twenty 
  rods 
  of 
  hedge. 
  Learning 
  that 
  the 
  soap 
  necessary 
  to 
  thorough 
  

   insecticide 
  treatment 
  would 
  probably 
  cost 
  about 
  $30, 
  he 
  asked 
  me 
  if 
  I 
  

   wished 
  the 
  money 
  at 
  once. 
  The 
  next 
  day 
  he 
  hired 
  an 
  additional 
  man 
  

   for 
  the 
  work 
  and 
  gave 
  also 
  his 
  own 
  time 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  his 
  son. 
  We 
  all 
  

   worked 
  two 
  days 
  in 
  pruning 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  sprayed, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  one 
  of 
  

   us 
  cared 
  for 
  the 
  fire, 
  another 
  worked 
  the 
  pump, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  two 
  

  

  