Page 155 - Fairbrass

and the first sight of it gave Fairbrass quite
a shock, For nearly three months it had

been sadly neglected, and It was so different

from the trim garden to which he had been
accustomed. But the twin-sister Poplar-

trees waved him a cordial welcome, and he

soon found there was a great deal to admire
in the luxuriant, and even abandoned,

growth of things. Of flowers there remained

very few* Here and there a shaggy
chrysanthemum was to be seen, a dahlia or

so drooped a heavy head, and a trailing

convolvulus, that had taken advantage of
unwonted liberty to work itself picturesquely

— a real gardener would say 1 to run riot

wherever it could find tendril-hold, still
displayed a few delicate white blossoms. It

did not seem like the old garden, but its new

dress, though disorderly, was by 110 means
without a charm, and it was with a feeling

of sad contentment that Fairbrass took his

favourite seat at the foot of the Poplars,
‘ Well, Fairbrass, and how does your

father like his life of pleasure ? 1 inquired