104 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. 



last made out that a little bare spot wiiich we had 

 been over, forward and back, several times, and 

 which was about twelve feet long by three wide, 

 must be it. We did not dismount, but, consoling 

 ourselves with the idea that the earth had been well 

 stirred with our horses hoofs for stirring the earth 

 is essential to a productive condition, as Bridgeman 

 says we returned to the city. 



Next day Weeville went to oversee the Irishman, 

 who was hard at work struggling to subdue the sods 

 on another twelve feet by three, and was surprised 

 to find many of the peas out of the ground. He took 

 a hoe and replanted them, treading them down so as 

 to keep them under for the future ; and, having done 

 this with a dozen or more, turned to Patrick, and told 

 him that he must be more careful hereafter, and must 

 cover the peas w T ell with earth. 



&quot; Sure and I am sorely puzzled, sir,&quot; replied Pat 

 rick ; &quot; I have been all the morning poking the pays 

 back under the earth. I ve been thinking there must 

 have been somebody over it, for they were all out of 

 the ground intirely.&quot; 



Considering that three horses had been trampling 

 back and forth over the bed the night before, Patrick 

 was about right. But he had other difficulties to 

 contend with more formidable than horses hoofs. 



