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nailing something up, insisted that grapes wouldn't grow 

 where flowers were. 



Happy Thought.— \ said " Try." 



As it was my own garden I did try. The grapes grew 

 beautifully, so did the flowers. The High-art Gardener 

 shook his head over it, and said he'd never heard of such a 

 thing before. It upset all his theories, all his precedents, 

 and from that moment he went in for eccentric cultivation. 

 He is now perfectly harmless. 



" But what I mean is," I say to Barnley and Chinton, to 

 whom I propound my theory, " if the engineers won't do it, 

 give the job to some one who will strike out a new line, or at all 

 events give some one who has got a clear idea on the subject, 

 and an interest in it, the entire direction of the engineers, and 

 let them simply carry out his design." 



Happy Thought— Mystli, Director of the Submarine 

 Tunnel Co. Why not ? I can tell a tailor how I want a 

 coat made, a coat which he had never thought possible 

 before, though I can't make it myself. I can tell a builder 

 the kind of house I require, a house which up to that time he 

 wouldn't have ventured on building, and he'll erect it under 

 my guidance. There at once is the division of Labour, i.e. 

 The Director and the Erector. 



This discussion takes us to the Steam Packet Boat Office. 

 There is a boat going to-night, but it is only a merchandise 

 boat ; it takes bales, cargo, and luggage. 



"No passengers ? " 



