LUCK IN CLOVERS 21 5 



ing. But it frequently takes exception to the 

 botany and gives us an extra leaf, and thus we 

 have our "four -leaved clover," a rarity which 

 many of us, seek as we will, have never yet been 

 able to discover in its native haunt, even though a 

 whole handful of them are plucked here and there 

 before our eyes by our more favored companions. 

 Indeed, there are some lucky folk who seem liter- 

 ally to stumble upon "four-leaved grasse " wher- 

 ever they go — who, having found one leaf, will sit 

 down quietly in the grass and ere long accumu- 

 late a bouquet. 



Yes, here's the secret: It is not your eager 

 gadding quest that gets your four-leaved clover. 

 Nor is it all a matter of " sharp eyes." There is 

 a "knack" about finding four- leaved clover, and 

 this very knack of the so-called " lucky ones," im- 

 plying as it does the operation of quest, observa- 

 tion, and common -sense, would logically argue a 

 corresponding fulfilment of success in the affairs 

 of daily life. For the observant clover-hunter, if 

 his mind and eye work together, soon learns that 

 the "four-leaved" variety is fond of company, and 

 that the whim of the plant which thus produces 

 one such leaf is very apt to be humored in several 

 others. Thus, having discerned one four- leaved 

 clover, we assume a tendency in the parent plant, 

 which further search often discloses, sometimes to 

 our great surprise, and, if we are as superstitious 



