"I believe the Flowerpot is expecting me," yawned the young man.
"Do you keep plants there, Mr. EDWIN?"
"The whole thing is a regular plant, Mr. DIBBLE."
"But you spoke about a flowerpot."
EDWIN stretched his feet further toward the fire, and explained that he
meant Miss POTTS. "Did she say anything to you about the PENDRAGONS,
when you saw her?" he inquired.
"What _are_ pendragons?" asked the lawyer, wonderingly.
"One of them is a schoolmate of hers. A girl with some style about her."
"No," said Mr. DIBBLE, "she did not.--But here comes BLADAMS."
(_To be Continued_.)
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OUR AGRICULTURAL COLUMN.
MEMORABILIA OF "WHAT I KNOW ABOUT FARMING."
To avoid the charge of plagiarism I have concluded to adopt the above,
as the title of the following statistics.
Many persons have trifled with the subject of agriculture; notably among
these may be mentioned the "self-made" man and the innocent who has been
abroad. I propose to attack the subject seriously, and to lay before the
readers of PUNCHINELLO information which will make their hair (if it be
of a carroty hue,) stand on end, and will certainly appease their
curiosity.
There are several ways in which agriculture may be attacked. 1st,
Scientifically, (but then you are likely to get to Lie-big.) 2nd,
Theologically, (and a vast deal of theology may be picked up on a
well-located farm, for do we not find "sermons in stones"?) 3d,
Humorously, (which is the way in which the aforesaid "self-made" man
advances to it,) and 4th, Practically, (in which way, I think, that
innocent gets at it.
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