CHAPTER XIII 



A NEW IDEA 



[May] 



"1%/TAY is a very busy month for us gardeners," said 

 .IJ-I- Mary to her father. 



The two were walking together toward the railway 

 station, for on Saturday mornings it was Mary's cus- 

 tom to see her father safely started for town. They 

 were walking fast. Everybody in Brookside walks 

 fast in the morning, for almost everybody is going to 

 catch a train. Overhead the leaves were dancing in 

 the May sunshine, and here and there on the different 

 lawns azaleas made patches of brilliant color. 



"Just look ! " cried Mary, as they passed Judge 

 Patterson's place. "Are n't they pretty? They have 

 all those lovely colors just to show the tulips that 

 nobody minds that they had to go away." 



"Azaleas, are n't they!" said Mr. Maxwell. 

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