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angered; for he was a good kind of man, 

 and we had been very friendly as neigh- 

 bours ; but he would not hear a word I had 

 to say at that time. 



However, I was not going to lose an 

 acquaintance I respected that way ; so I 

 walked up and saw him in the evening, 

 and told him just what Fve put down here ; 

 and in a little while he saw with me that 

 if a gardener grows plants at his master's 

 expense of time and means, they must be 

 left behind when he goes away, unless it 

 is agreed between them that he may take 

 them with him. I know his was a hard 

 case, and so it is many a stirring man's that 

 wants to keep pace with the times, when he 

 buys or has given to him a few good things 

 for himself, and makes his employer's place 

 gay, to get no other encouragement than to 

 be told to do as much that way as he can, 

 and after all to have to leave them behind 

 him. I've had this thing over many a time, 

 and have heard men say that there shouldn't 

 be a plant in a place unless the owner would 

 buy them; but I can say for myself, and 

 many others, that if a man loves his busi- 

 ness, and wants to fit himself for some bet- 



