CHAPTER III 



^^^^i 'i ^Tr HE Venetian gondolier of the 



old, the true, the delightful 

 type, says what he thinks 

 you would like him to say. 

 If you are going a picnic, 

 or you are making hay, he 

 assures you that the wind is 

 from terra-Jirma, and the sun 



will shine all day. If your flowers need rain, or 



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