THE HORTICULTURAL CLUB 163 



"Then you put them in your hat and bring them 

 home." 



"Does n't your hat get all dirty?" asked Eleanor. 



"It 's 'most always an old hat, but you can put 

 leaves inside if you 're afraid j and if you cross the 

 elastic and put it underneath the crown, it holds 

 lots ! " 



"It 's time for the meeting to go home," said 

 Margaret, impatiently. 



"A meeting does n't go home," said Donald j "it 

 adjourns. Some one has to move " 



"But are n't there any any refreshments? " asked 

 Buddy Thomas, disconsolately. "It says in the by- 

 laws " 



"We have beautiful refreshments to-day," an- 

 nounced the chairman. 



"Oh, Margaret, are the cherries ripe?" cried 

 Donald. 



"Oh, Ma-ar-g'ret, why did n't you say so before? 

 And we 've been up here all this time ! " said Eleanor, 

 in an injured tone. 



But the chairman did n't hear, for the Horticul- 

 tural Club was going down the ladder as fast as 

 possible. 



