80 MY TEN-ROD FARM; 



if ye had counted the flowers ye brought in, ye would have 

 got more for them." 



" Why, Mr. McTernan, you are indeed kind. I am 

 greatly obliged to you for telling me this. It is very good 

 in you. I had not expected such kindness from a perfect 

 stranger." 



" Oh, never ye mind ; I likes to help folks if I can." 



"Now, I have one favor more to ask, Mr. McTernan. 

 Tell me about the tubes, as you call them. How do you 

 grow them ? They must be valuable to command a dollar a 

 dozen." 



" Yes, they is a paying flower. They aint always worth 

 that. In the fall they get down to fifty cents. Grow 'em ? 

 Oh, it's easy enough. I pots them in five inch and 

 plunges them. When they show a stem I gives a shift and 

 tie 'em up." 



" Thank you. I must try a few. Where can I get some 

 seeds?" 



" Seed, ma'am ? They isn't a seed. It's a bulb. Thomas 

 Dacy has 'em for sale." 



" Thomas Dacy, who is he ? " 



" The bouquet man at the store. He that buys all the 

 flowers." 



Just then the train slacked up, and, looking out of the 

 window, I found that I was at home. 



" Good-morning, Mr. McTernan." 



" Good-morning, ma'am." 



