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exactly ; but father said he wanted a hedge, and I re- 

 membered you said mine would n't be any good for 

 my garden next year, so he bought mine. And I 'm to 

 set it out, too. I offered to dig the trench for it, but 

 father 's going to have Quinlan dig it. I 'm to to 

 superintend." 



"That is a fine plan," said Mr. Trommel. 



"I think so," said Mary. "Father said it would 

 look very bad if any one else superintended when 

 there was a president of the Horticultural Club in 

 the house." 



"That is so," agreed Mr. Trommel ; "and can you 

 set the plants straight? " 



^Of course," said Mary j "and I 'm going to put 

 an inch of manure in the bottom of the trench and 

 have the string stretched tight, and then," she went 

 on breathlessly, "a little later I 'm going to mulsh 

 the plants, so they will surely be nice." 



"Liebchen, you speak like an experienced gar- 

 dener." 



Mary laughed happily. "Father was going to 

 pay me for the job, setting out the hedge, I mean, 

 but I wanted John to dig my garden for me, so I 

 thought that would make it even. He dug mine this 

 morning and he 's coming to dig the trench this after- 



