I4O MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



and why does a growth of oak-trees always 

 come up after a growth of pine has been re 

 moved ?) in short, we had pretty nearly 

 reached a solution of many mysteries, when 

 Phelps suddenly exclaimed with uncommon 

 energy, 



&quot; Wall, there s one thing that beats me ! &quot; 



&quot; What s that ? &quot; we asked with undisguised 

 curiosity. 



&quot; That s pusley ! &quot; he replied, in the tone of 

 a man who has come to one door in life which is 

 hopelessly shut, and from which he retires in 

 despair. 



&quot; Where it comes from I don t know, nor what 

 to do with it. It s in my garden ; and I can t 

 get rid of it. It beats me.&quot; 



About &quot; pusley &quot; the guide had no theory and 

 no hope. A feeling of awe came over me, as we 

 lay there at midnight, hushed by the sound of 

 the stream and the rising wind in the spruce- 



