104 AWAKENING OF ENGLAND. 



eggs badly needed in these Norfolk villages 

 and small towns, and yet few were troubling 

 to produce them. 



Still, Norfolk has not been behindhand in 

 one form of small culture. There is a splendid 

 series of fruit gardens on the belt of land 

 contiguous to the Broads of northern Norfolk, 

 running from Stalham to Martham ; and it was 

 among the orchards of Potter Heigham that 

 I told my friend X.'s story to the village 

 schoolmaster. 



Like many a country schoolmaster, this one 

 had been endeavouring for many years past to 

 get land for the labourers. 



" Ah," he said, when he heard the story 

 about serving two masters, "that reminds me 

 how, after a long struggle with the local 

 farmers, we, through the Parish Council, first 

 obtained allotments for the men. One farmer 

 in particular had been very bitter about it, 

 complaining that he would lose his labour 

 force. One day I pointed out to him five of 

 his men, who were allotment holders, who 

 seemed to be hoeing his turnips fairly quickly. 

 ' Well, I must own up,' said the farmer, 

 ' I made a mistake. These men, working for 

 themselves, have managed to get into a 



