128 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



none on dogs : " There ain't no dog in the 

 C/hited States," says the guide, at the top of 

 his voice, " that earns his living"), the Ad- 

 ventists, the Gorner Grat, Horace Greeley, 

 religion, the propagation of seeds in the wil- 

 derness (as, for instance, where were the 

 seeds lying for ages that spring up into cer- 

 tain plants and flowers as soon as a spot is 

 cleared anywhere in the most remote forest ; 

 and why does a growth of oak-trees always 

 come up after a growth of pine has been re- 

 moved?), in short, we had pretty nearly 

 reached a solution of many mysteries, when 

 Phelps suddenly exclaimed with uncommon 

 energy, 



" Wall, there 's one thing that beats 

 me!" 



" What 's that ? " we asked, with undis- 

 guised curiosity. 



"That's 'pusley'!" he replied, in the 

 tone of a man who has come to one door in 

 life which is hopelessly shut, and from which 

 he retires in despair. " Where it comes from 

 I don't know, nor what to do with it. It 's 



