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THE AUTUMN WORK 
the same section of the garden, where we hope they 
will live and Increase for many years. 
I was glad when Joseph had completed his bulb- 
planting, and had hung his useful implement up In 
the tool closet. Some days he looked very tired, 
although he would never acknowledge to weariness 
of any sort. 
Little Joseph goes to school now, and all the 
work that he has done this month has been either 
before going or after his return. At half after 
eight every morning the carriage from Nestly 
Heights stops here for him, and he drives away 
with Ben and Harry. His school began two days 
after Mr. Percy went back to college. The gar- 
den then seemed to me more lonely than If all the 
birds and flowers had left. Now I am growing 
used to their absence. I take music lessons each 
week, and Mrs. Keith has made up her mind to 
teach me many things about the house. Then 
there are my roses. 
About the tenth of this month I set In the fan 
a few hardy perpetuals that were sent to me by Mr. 
Percy. They had been cut back so that they had 
no especial appearance to recommend them, and 
they were not tagged. I shall have to wait pa- 
tiently to learn their habits until June returns and 
they send forth their petals. Manure has beemdug 
in about the base of the rose-bushes, and any dead- 
wood that may have formed has been carefully cut 
out. With the exception of cutting back my roses, 
