2^0 JOSEPH WINS TOURNAMENT 
that it was just what he had expected. Queenle 
pinned a flower in Joseph’s buttonhole, and said 
that she would give him one of her tamed butter- 
flies. We had no idea until then that Queenie had 
been doing such a funny thing as taming butterflies, 
and thought it must be rather uncertain work. 
Mrs. Keith, who had gone to see the finals of 
the tournament, desired, when it was over, to take 
Joseph home at once. As she expressed it, she 
feared he would have his head turned. But when 
we were again at the Six Spruces with Little Joseph, 
it was as though nothing wonderful had happened. 
He took Up “An Ambitious Boy’s Garden” and 
began to read it most seriously. Later he said to 
me : “Next year we must not forget tO' have sweet- 
williams. We skipped them this year, because 
there was so much else to think about, and so many 
other plants for which to spend money.” 
I was delighted to hear Joseph talking again in 
his sensible way about the garden. When I had 
seen him on the tennis court giving back-handed 
strokes, while every one clapped loudly, my heart 
for a moment stood still — not because I thought 
he would miss the ball, but because I feared that, 
like Ben and Harry, he would grow to love tennis 
better than gardening. Now I know this fear 
was foolish. I believe Joseph will continue to care 
for the garden above all else. 
Miss Wiseman sent him such a beautiful bunch 
of gladioli that he promptly decided to have them 
