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told me about the Flora them old folks used to
think took care of the flowers and the spring, it

seemed to suit so well with my notion of the old
lady when she was young I could n’t help stickin'

the flowers onto her head, like a fool as I was, for
they wa’ n’ t in the bargain, and I sha’n’ t get no
extry pay for 'em ."

**And what did Captain Peabody say?” asked

Master Torrey, whose own nature found sympathy
in that of the artist
“ Oh, he was as tickled as could be when I’d

persuaded him about the flowers, Lucy IVabody,
she’s been to see it. She says she expects that's

the way her mother'll look when she gets to heav­
en, and the flowers was like the crowns we read

about in the Revelations. She’s an awful nice
girl, Lucy Peabody. Anna Jane Shuttleworth was

with her.”
“ And what did she say?” asked Master Torrey,

eagerly.
“ Oh, nothing. Anna Jane don't never have
much to say for herself. I told her the wreath

was your notion, and she kind of smiled, but she
hadn’t a word to say. But look here, Master Tor-