90 MY TEN-ROD FAEM ; 



" Three cords of rich compost. 

 One cord of meadow muck, one year old. 

 Twenty loads of good loam. 

 Fur loads of fine sand. 

 Two loads of rubble or small stones. 



" Have them thrown up in separate heaps in the yard, 

 and I will show you how to mix them when the time comes. 

 The cost will be about fifty dollars. It may seem a great 

 price to pay, but you can do nothing without it ; and to off- 

 set it you will not have the expense of pots, as almost all your 

 stock will be planted directly in the soil." 



"Thank you, Mr. Felix. You help me out wonderfully. 

 But I do not like to be under so much obligation to you." 



" Never mind that. I am glad to help you, as you are 

 so bravely trying to help yourself. Get your boy and the 

 soils, and I will call next week." Saying this he took his 

 hat as if to go. 



"Wait a moment, Mr. Felix, I have one little favor 'to 

 ask. Why could you not come once a week and tell me 

 more? Why cannot you be my teacher yourself? " 



" Oh, don't ask me. My time is so valuable in the 

 winter, I should have to charge five dollars an hour while 

 I was here." 



' ' I will pay it gladly if you will come whenever I wish. 

 It will not be oftener than once a week." 



' c I will consider it, Mrs. Gilman, and see you next week. 

 Good-night." 



