CHAPTER IV.
CHEERFUL WORK.

Tur next day was clear and bright. The
sun shone out warmly—the leaves and grass
had started rapidly in consequence of the rain,
and all nature seemed rejoicing. The honey-
suckles and roses, which grew by Bessie’s win-
dow, had been beaten down, and needed sup-
port.

“The ground is too wet for you to work in
the garden this morning, Tom,” said Mixon.
“You may nail up Bessie’s posies, and fix them
by her window, so that they will look in upon
her when they blossom. By ten o’clock it will
do for you to put out some lettuce from the
place where it sowed itself. After that, you
may put pumpkin seed in: the field that has
been ploughed, close up by the fence.”