The Meeting . 19

out into the garden and buried them. It -
was just down there where that tall yellow
flower is growing. It is an evening prim-
rose, and the flowers die when the sun
looks on them.

“ Now the next day I went and saw the
Gardener, who always does what I ask.
‘Lor’, Miss,’ he said, ‘Pll do anything you
mind to, but you won't find no treasure
here. Why, there isn’t a square foot of
ground | haven’t turned over every season
for twenty year past. But if you're goin’
to hunt for treasure, I'll dig for ’ee.’

“So I went out and found all the others.
‘You can come and watch me hunt for
that treasure, if you like,’ I said, and they
all came. It was funny, but Frank was
the only one who did not believe in the
treasure. ‘1 say, Doris,’ he said, ‘come
over here ;’ and when IJ had stepped aside
he asked me if I did really know where
one was. I told him I did, and still he
was not quite sure.

“¢Ffonour bright ?’ he said.