OB, WITH BRAINS, SIR. 273 



we came to the subject of transplanting, or removing grow- 

 ing plants from one place to another. 



" Must not those lettuce-plants be transplanted by and by ? " 



" Yes ; they will have to be transplanted twice, if we may 

 believe the books. Once into the frames, and after that from 

 the frames to the ground. This would be a good day to do 

 it. I wonder if I had better not do it this afternoon. We 

 may not have another cloudy day for some time." 



" What ! go out in all this rain?" 



" To be sure. Why not? I can put on an old suit that 

 the rain will not injure." 



" It is not for the clothes I fear, but for you. The only re- 

 sult will be a severe cold, and perhaps a return of your illness." 

 . " I do not fear that in the least. I will dress warm and 

 not stay out long. If I feel the slightest chill I will come 

 in at once." 



Thereupon he put on an old hat and coat and went out 

 to get Jack to help him. As for me I was very uneasy 

 at the whole proceeding ; but my fears were groundless it 

 afterwards proved. A short time after this I went to the 

 kitchen window to see if they had yet finished their under- 

 taking, and I saw my husband and Jack gravely planting out 

 the lettuce, and the rain pouring from their clothes in little 

 streams. Vexed at Robert's foolhardiness, I rapped on the 

 window and beckoned to liim to come in. All the reply I 



