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luncheon, after which I suppose I shall walk in the 
garden with Mr. Hayden and Mr. Percy, while 
Joseph plays tennis with Ben and Harry. Mrs. 
Hayden is very kind when we are there, and is 
especially fond of Joseph; but she is a delicate 
woman, and seldom walks farther with us than the 
first terrace. 
I was most surprised when I saw Joseph ready 
to go. He had on a very silky necktie, of a red as 
bright as it possibly could be. When he saw my 
eyes fastened on it, he said that Queenie Perth had 
knitted it for him and that she had brought it over 
early in the morning. It was beautifully made. 
I do not think I could have done it so well. Long 
Joseph and I found out that Queenie has a 
great deal in her head besides chasing butterflies. 
She is a very helpful and wise little girl. Some- 
times she says things that sound quite like her aunt, 
but this is undoubtedly because she has been with 
Miss Wiseman constantly, and had few playmates. 
This summer she has grown a good deal, and is 
much stronger than she was when we came to live 
at the Six Spruces. 
As I supposed we would, after we had had lunch- 
eon we began our walk about the garden. Besides 
white, there are only yellow pansies at Nestly 
Heights. I have never before seen so many white 
pansies as were there to-day. Mr. Hayden says 
this is a new notion of his up-to-date gardener, and 
that it does not please him at all. He prefers to 
