LUCK IN CLOVERS 215 
ing. But it frequently takes exception to the 
botany and gives us an extra leaf, and thus we 
have our "four -leaved clover," a rarity which 
many of us, seek as we will, have never yet been 
able to discover in its native haunt, even though a 
whole handful of them are plucked here and there 
before our eyes by our more favored companions. 
Indeed, there are some lucky folk who seem liter- 
ally to stumble upon "four -leaved grasse " wher- 
ever they go who, having found one leaf, will sit 
down quietly in the grass and ere long accumu- 
late a bouquet. 
Yes, here's the secret: It is not your eager 
gadding quest that gets your four-leaved clover. 
Nor is it all a matter of "sharp eyes." There is 
a "knack" about finding four- leaved clover, and 
this very knack of the so-called " lucky ones," im- 
plying as it does the operation of quest, observa- 
tion, and common - sense, would logically argue a 
corresponding fulfilment of success in the affairs 
of daily life. For the observant clover-hunter, if 
his mind and eye work together, soon learns that 
the " four-leaved " variety is fond of company, and 
that the whim of the plant which thus produces 
one such leaf is very apt to be humored in several 
others. Thus, having discerned one four- leaved 
clover, we assume a tendency in the parent plant, 
which further search often discloses, sometimes to 
our great surprise, and, if we are as superstitious 
