CHAPTER XXII 



WHEN MARY WAS IN THE COUNTRY 



"A ND did you have a fine time in the country ? " 

 -A- asked Mr. Trommel of the under-gardener, who 

 was sitting opposite him on his little porch. 



"Um-m-m ! Beautiful ! " said Mary, apprecia- 

 tively. 



"And what have you learned? " 



"Well," confessed Mary, modestly, "I did n't learn 

 so very much, but I taught Kenneth ever so many 

 things." 



"That is even more pleasant," said Mr. Trommel. 

 "It is better to give than to receive instruction." 



"And I drove the hay-cart, Mr. Trommel ; and 

 once I rode horseback on one of the oxen ! Did you 

 ever try that?" 



"No," he said, puffing at his pipe. "You see, I 

 might not fit." 



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