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“What shall I do?” said she; “I can work
with you till dinner time.”

“Don’t let us have any dinner till we get
through my task.”

“Oh, yes, we must have our dinner, Tom,
as we always do, at twelve o’clock. Don’t you
know, mother used to say that there is a time
for everything, and that we should do every-
thing at the right time. We shouldn’t gain
anything by putting off our dinner.”

“You are a wise child, Bessie. You may
make the holes for the beet seed,in that bed
there. See, how nice it looks! And then you
may drop two seeds in each hole.”

* Why two?”

*¢ Because one may be a bad seed. You see
I have measured it all off into squares, and
you must make-the holes where the squares
meet.”

And Bessie worked, and talked, and laughed,
in the garden till the clock struck twelve, and
then she said, “ Come, Tom, don’t wait a
minute. Dinner is all ready on the table.”

And sure enough it was—brown bread and
two bowls of milk, and some cold sausages,