12 WILL YOU WALK INTO MY GARDEN? 



humanity can be made to do and believe. One 

 of your smart men can talk and engineer any 

 measure through ; but there is just that per- 

 verseness about nature, that if a thing is not 

 done exactly right, it is done in vain. If a seed 

 is sown too deeply, or out of season, all the 

 wisdom in the world may settle that it is right, 

 but Nature will prove that it is wrong, and no 

 amount of coaxing or sharp practice will help 

 matters. 



But, while highly valuing the keen-eyed thrift 

 that sees diamonds of opportunity in the sands 

 that others plod stolidly over, I must confess 

 that I am not a Yankee. My little ventures 

 have often netted me a handsome loss, and I 

 have again and again seen where I could have 

 made a good round sum when it was a little too 

 late. 



In brief, I am a humble disciple of Nature. I 

 sit at her feet and learn. Instead of striding into 



