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the hose. You can't leave the tree, you know," she 

 explained to Mr. Trommel. 



"Very well," agreed Herr 

 Trommel; "but mind that 

 you turn off the faucet when 

 I say l Hold ! ' I am not a 

 vegetable ; I do not wish 

 my feet wet. They are fine 

 things for holding rheuma- 

 tism. Now, then " And 

 the hose was played into the 

 hole with fine dexterity. 



"Hold I " he cried as the 

 water was about to overflow. 

 "That is good. Now we let 

 it settle." 



"Why do you 

 put the water in 

 now when it is 

 n't all planted?" 

 asked the as- 

 sistant, leaving 

 his post by the 



faucet to take DlAGRAM SHOWING How TO SET OUT A TBBB 



a nearer view, although Mary still held the hose. 



