162 GARDEN GIVES ITS REWARD 
us its burning rays. Sometimes Mr. Percy comes 
and helps us ; but we never allow Timothy Pennell 
to spend his time over anything so simple. 
Mr. Hayden has taken both Ben and Ha-rry away 
to the mountains. At Nestly Heights there are 
now left only Mr. Percy and his mother. We 
have missed the visits of Mr. Hayden very much, 
as he always has surprises and secrets up his sleeves 
for us. Joseph hopes he will soon come back, 
bringing a strong northeast wind with him from 
the mountains, for we are sadly in need of rain. 
But I have always noticed that Mr. Hayden talks 
about our Aunt Amanda whenever he is in one of 
his northeast moods. 
Before Ben and Harry left for the mountains, 
Joseph grew fond of them. He found that, al- 
though they neither understand nor love flowers, 
the3r are extremely wise about catching fish. They 
know every good stream near Nestly, the names of 
the different fish, and the kind of bait each prefers. 
Little Joseph frequently left the garden to go with 
them, and every time he returned he seemed to 
think them finer boys than before. They now 
stand very high in his esteem. 
