MY SUMMER IN A GAItDEN. 45 



in the back, kleptomania with regard to 

 new weeders ; when I went into my 

 garden, I was always sure to see some 

 thing. In this disordered state of mind 

 and body, I got this hoe. The morning 

 after a day of using it, I slept perfectly 

 and late. I regained my respect for 

 the eighth commandment. After two 

 doses of the hoe in the garden, the 

 weeds entirely disappeared. Trying it 

 a third morning, I was obliged to throw 

 it over the fence in order to save from 

 destruction the green things that ought 

 to grow in the garden. Of course, this 

 is figurative language. What I mean is, 

 that the fascination of using this hoe 

 is such, that you are sorely tempted 

 to employ it upon your vegetables, after 

 the weeds are laid low, and must hastily 

 withdraw it, to avoid unpleasant results. 

 I make this explanation, because I in 

 tend to put nothing into these agricul- 



