JOSEPH WINS TOURNAMENT 221 
in the garden next year, even though they are a bit 
more troublesome than plain annuals and hardy 
perennials. 
I ran to the rose fan, and there three Kaiserin 
Augusta Victorias, white and waxen, were ready 
for me to cut and put in the silver cup that Joseph 
had brought home from the tournament. 
“We must take the very best care of that cup,” 
he said. “You know it is not mine to keep unless 
I win the tournament for twO' more years in suc- 
cession.” 
I said we could do no better than to let it hold 
such lovely roses. Joseph was not convinced. I 
saw him look at me dubiously while I was putting 
in the water. 
The possibility of burglars breaking into the Six 
Spruces and taking the cup away next troubled Jo^ 
seph, although before this he had never thought 
of their coming. He wondered if we had not 
better carry the cup upstairs every night, and put 
it where Aunt Amanda kept her silver. 
“You had better play with it as much as possible 
while you have it,” Mrs. Keith advised. “Likely 
enough, it will go home with some other boy next 
year.” 
Joseph looked long at the cup, then turned it 
around and ran his fingers over its smooth surface. 
I believe he was making up his mind to keep it for- 
ever. 
During the days following the tournament, Jo- 
