A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 



CHAPTER I. 



APKIL. 



" Frank, my dear, it is six months to-day since we were 

 married, and five months since we came to live in this cosey 

 little cottage. We have passed a delightful winter, and, 

 now that the spring has come, I wish to carry out my pet 

 project, — start a flower garden." 



' ' Where, pray ? ' The lawn and the brick walk from the 

 front door to the gate occupy all the available space we 

 have?" 



"Yes, but can we not have two narrow borders cut out 

 on either side of the walk, and therein plant and tend our 

 flowers?" 



" To be sure. Nothing could be more simple or easy. 

 Let us go and look at it before I start for town." 



These two young people, Frank and Gertrude, stepped 

 from their cottage door into the soft, April morning air, and 

 proceeded to inspect the little fifty-foot lawn before the 

 house. 



