CHAPTEK II 



THE ASSISTANT AT WORK 

 [February] 



OF course on the sunshiny days there were other 

 things to do, but every rainy afternoon found 

 Mary across the street, hard at work in the big green- 

 house. One of the nicest things to do was to spray 

 the plants from the hose ; it is much more interest- 

 ing than watering with a little watering-pot. 



"That is what makes the palms so lovely and 

 green, is n't it, Mr. Trommel 1 You give them a bath 

 so often." 



"That is right : they cannot breathe if they are 

 not clean ; they breathe all over their bodies, not 

 like we do, through a mouth and nose." 



"Were you ever away in the country where you 

 could not have a bath-tub, and instead you had to be 

 sponged all over for your bath?" 

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