102 THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I 



Bart's knees, as he lit his pipe, that it was by mere 

 chance that Romeo took the right turn. 



"No, I never thought of them ; this is merely a pros- 

 pecting trip. Did you put in the lunch?" 



I was obliged to confess that I had not, but later on 

 a box of sandwiches was found under the seat in com- 

 pany with Romeo's nose- bag of oats, this indication 

 being that, as Barney alone knew directly of our desti- 

 nation, he must have informed Anastasia, who took pity, 

 regarding us, as she does, as a cross between lunatics 

 and the babes in the woods. 



We chose byways, and only crossed the macadamized 

 highroad, that haunt of automobiles, once, and after an 

 hour's sauntering crossed the river and drove into the 

 woodlots to the north of it, now the property of the water 

 company, who have already posted warning to trespass- 

 ers. We straightway began to trespass, seeing The 

 Man from Everywhere on horseback coming down to 

 meet us. 



Without an apparent change of soil or altitude, the 

 scenery at once grew more bold and dramatic. 



"What is it?" I said. "We have been driving 

 through lanes lined by dogwood and yet that little tree 

 below and the scrubby bit of hillside make a more per- 

 fect picture than any we have seen 1" 



