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" And, Patrick, you could harness a horse some- 

 times if it were necessary." 



" Horses, and indade, yis, sir ; ye may jist say I'm 

 at home in a stable, sir." 



" And the poultry, Patrick, you could look after 

 the poultry, couldn't you ? " 



" And indade, sir, that's what I can ; there's niver 

 a man in the counthry can make hens lay as I can 

 make 'em lay." 



In short, Lackland bargains with Patrick, and 

 reports him at the home-quarters " a perfect jewel of 

 a man." 



The best of implements are provided, and a great 

 stock of garden seeds the choice of the latter being 

 determined on after family consultation, in which all 

 the vegetables ever heard of by either party to the 

 counsel, have been added to the list. If a man have 

 a garden, why not enjoy all that a garden can pro- 

 duce egg-plants, and okra, and globe artichokes, and 

 salsify, and white Naples radishes, and Brussels 

 sprouts ? The seed of all these are handed over to 

 the willing Patrick, who, as Mrs. Lackland im- 

 pressively enumerates the different labels (Patrick 

 not being competent to the reading of fine print, 

 as he freely confesses), repeats after her, " Naples 

 radish, yis, m'am ; artichokes, yis, m'am ; okra, yis, 

 m'am." 



