114 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



" You can't do it : there ain't no notice up 

 about trespassing." This view of the com- 

 mon law impressed me ; and I said, 



" But these are private grounds." 



" Private h ! " was all his response. 



You can't argue much with a man who 

 has a gun in his hands, when you have none. 

 Besides, it might be a needle-gun, for aught 

 I knew. I gave it up, and we separated. 



There is this disadvantage about having a 

 game-preserve attached to your garden : it 

 makes life too lively. 



