CHAPTER XX 
THE GARDEN GIVES ITS REWARD 
A GOOD deal of the spring and early summer 
work of sowing and transplanting that Joseph 
had attended tO', is now beginning tO' reward him 
plenteously. Since the first of June, the sweet peas 
have been a delight to us both. They are bloom- 
ing radiantly, showing large flowers, brilliant and 
sweet. Every day I pick enough to fill several 
large bowls for the library, besides having others 
to give away. It seems a little strange that we 
should have had such good fortune with these 
flowers. In planting them Joseph merely fol- 
lowed the directions of Miss Wiseman’s gardener, 
and the seeds were also given him by her. 
Yet Miss Wiseman says: “My sweet peas have 
not done well this year.” And Mr. Hayden tells 
us: “The sweet peas at the Heights are hardly 
worth looking at this season.” 
No one seems to know the reason of their failure 
at these places, and all are astonished that Joseph’s 
seeds have done so' well. Mr. Hayden declares 
that, in a few years, no one will go to the Heights 
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