
          740.

way to the city he had seen the pretty plant with its gorgeous
spike of flowers from the car window.  That he had noticed
the place and later sent his man there to dig it out.

As we had never before seen this flower, we thought we might
try to find out where it grew and take a trip there to investigate.
Mr. A. had said, however, that there was but the one plant
and he had dug that out; but we thought that by searching
we might find others.  So Mr W. telephoned to Mr. A's
office; but Mr A. had already left and would not be in until
the next morning at 9:30 A.M.  There was then nothing left
but to wait till morning.  The next morning, that is to-day
about 10 A.M., Mr. W. telephoned to me that he had telephoned to Mr. A. and
had learned that the plant grew in a swamp just south of
M. station, on the east side of the road.  To go by train we
would have to wait till 12 o'clock; we, therefore decided to
take the electric car to the nearest point and then walk.

It was 11 o'clock when we boarded the electric car and by
12.30 we were at the swamp.  We searched carefully along the
border of the swamp and were just thinking that our trip had
been in vain, when Mr. W. said "I see one, Mr. A. did not look
        