98 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



not know but it is a habit to have some 

 thing wanted at the shop. They seemed 

 to me very good workmen, and always 

 willing to stop and talk about the job, 

 or any thing else, when I went near 

 them. Nor had they any of that im 

 petuous hurry that is said to be the 

 bane of our American civilization. To 

 their credit be it said, that I never ob 

 served any thing of it in them. They 

 can afford to wait. Two of them will 

 sometimes wait nearly half a day while 

 a comrade goes for a tool. They are 

 patient and philosophical. It is a great 

 pleasure to meet such men. One only 

 wishes there was some work he could do 

 for them by the hour. There ought to 

 be reciprocity. I think they have very 

 nearly solved the problem of Life : it is 

 to work for other people, never for 

 yourself, and get your pay by the hour. 

 You then have no anxiety, and little 



