62 THE JONATHAN PAPERS 



&quot;Your what!&quot; 



&quot;Why, just some little stones to mark a 

 place. Some of the nasturtiums are there. I 

 did n t know whether they were going to do 

 anything they looked so like chips and 

 then, being sent free that way but they 



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&quot;How do you know? They are n t up.&quot; 



&quot;No, but they will be soon. I why, I 

 just thought I d see what they were doing.&quot; 



&quot;So you dug them up?&quot; he probed. 



&quot;Not them just it just one. That s 

 why I marked the place. I did n t want to 

 keep disturbing different ones. Now what are 

 you laughing at? Would n t you have wanted 

 to know? And you would n t want to dig up 

 different ones all the time ! I don t know much 

 about gardening, but &quot; 



&quot;I m not laughing,&quot; said Jonathan. &quot;Of 

 course I should have wanted to know. And 

 it is certainly better not to dig up different 

 ones. There! Have I put your Mizpah back 

 right?&quot; 



A few days later Jonathan wheeled into 

 the yard and over near where I was kneeling 



