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".14Iy name's Flowed Garden," said you go, all Of you! I15 a bit of a
Flower. i ordeal to be pounced upon by Aunt
Then she bolted into the little Lavinia, and I, for one should have
Shop and shut the door so that the prepared for the floor to .have open -
bell went jangling and. Aunt Martha ed and swallowed me UP.,Anyway, it
called from the inner room where we're going to settle whore we're
she was cooking, { going to have the bathing -huts we
"Flower darling! Is that the shot) must go at once because the tide's
or is it you?" just at the Lull, and we'll be able just
"It's just me, Aunt Martha,' said to see just how close to t21e water
Plower, recovering herself with. au we oar put them, We certainly db
effort.;s. , don't want them washing away with
She could hear them laughing the first high tide"
One young man was saying some-! Plower heard them go, and In
thing so loudly that she couldn't her heart she blessed the young
help but hear it. ( man who had coque to her rescue.
',Well, I like her name, and for, a She knew him, Tony Lorrimer!
good thing she lives up to It. Plower The strangest thing had happened 'to
Garden! That's just what she looks hey when she turned and looked a.
like in that green smock with that him, had seen those, eager eyes
chrysanthemum -like head." smiling at her. Tony Lorrimer!
"Naw that's enough of that," She was taken, back to when she
said the other man's voice. "Off had stood watering the flowers, and
helping an upturned bee back to
normal again, and he had spoken.
Something had happened to her
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len. She knew it now. .Always
;' she had thought about him, had
I wandered when be would come back.
So long age it seemed now that the
virion had faded just a little. She
0I had seen him a the funeral of Sir
Oswald Smedley. From a distance
in the crowded churchyard, she had
seen him take Lady Smnedley up to
the grave, had seen his stern yore,
lac! Now he was here, but so far
removed from her, not even remem-
bering her. Yet, he had been kind,
and his eyes had looked compunc-
tious, while the rest of the , crowd
had got some sort of thrill out of her
disoomftture.
"It's time I got over minding
about that," she thought, angry with
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Silo came into the 'little sitting.
room where Auut 'Martha was Pig'
Dug, Livery s't'are moment Aunt
Martha had, she picked up some
knitting, so did Flower, too, tar
that platter. it it wasn't a child's
roamer, it was a new (sweater or
sock. Ono day she would make
pickles and jams anti jellies The
Odd Shap didn't turn up it's nose at
eatables. peal' me, not On hot
suaugier days the littlo shop was
crowded with people demanding.
lemonade and ginger -beet'. 1f
things did well this year, heat year
they were going to have little tables
cut in the garden an dperhaps hire
one or two of the village girls to
come and act as waitresses. Robin
thought it would be a very good
idea, and be was going to 11511), too,
beoause they'd need some of his
land.
Robin was always anxious to help
in any way he could. It would be
au ideal place for a tea-garden, for
the roses bloomed so lavishly, an1
people had such appetites when
they came up fa'om the sea.
"I'm going to make cinnamon
buns .this morning," said Aunt
Martha.
"Don't forget line last lot hung
fire," said Flower. "It's early otos
ing day remember, and it's eleven
now. You won't have tiane to sell
them, and it'll be such a shame to
waste tivtm
She hated to be a damper on her
aunt's plans, but when Aunt Martha
had a real fit of industry, they'ofton
hat to "eat up" for the whole week
after.
Aunt Martha scarcely listened.
"Put the card up in the window,
there's a darling!"
O ,Obedientlp Flower put the legend
"Cinnamon buns to -day" in the
centre of the window.
• That was the attractive ,part aibou
running an Odd Shop. You could do
as you liked where things like that
were concerned,, ;Some days it was
rabbit pie. That was when Robin
had been shooting in the harvest
field, and had come back with half.
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a -dozen rabbits, which he dealarsd
he was only too glad to get rid of,
He'd stay and ,shin dram, too, 'Then
She'd get the job of nutting them uP
and cooking them, while Aunt
Martha made the crust, They gen-
erally sold them, too.
Sometimes the card was, "S•ally
Lnnns to-da3'," sometimes, "Lesion
Meese Tarts, t0 -day,'' sometimes,.
"13altewell Tarts," Some daps,
those who went by the Odd Shop
looked in vain for any sign of deli-
cacies, Pots pf chutney and
pidOtles, yes, she'd make those, but
not tarts or cakes. Aunt Martha
said half the tun of it for her, as
well as for customers, was that she
could be odd.
At one O'clock a shadow 1011
across the quaint little window, and,
standing behind the counter,
Flower peered through and saw that
the people from the bathing party
were returning,
"What luck!" said a gay voice.
"They're ready( ,Cinnaan•ou buns!
That swim has given ane a hefty
appetite. What about you, folk-'
cried Tony,
"I'ua all for it" said Douglas •
Manson's attractive voice, and the
rest ciamoured'to go in. ,
So they crowded into the shop,
and demanded the whole dish of
cinnamon buns,
"Come in anal sample them for
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"Deep down they may be different,
We can't judge until we know. 1
,say trials bring out the good in
peaple," said Aunt Martha thought.
fully.
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"Well, let's hope then' trials come
0000," said Lacly Smedley, with b
rueful
"Dome ,here bony, and let MissWatkinson' see how you've grown,."
She called to her nephew in "she
eb op.
Tony detached himself from the
group and came forward, his hand.
some young face a trifle •elnbar�
reseed. I
"Here he is, my nephew—my
only bene hi life, He's given up
roaming the world. Ire's going to
settle clown at last, for good and all,
T hope,"
'Naw, Aunt Lavinia hay ea heart,'
'said Tony. "I'm going to stay here
a few days—perhaps a few weeks --
but that's as far as I'll gp
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That was Aunt Martha's dear,
hospitable voice, and they came in
to the delightful little parlor.
"Haw are you doing, Miss Wa'-
kimson? : IIow is business " asked
Lady Smedltey.
"Quite good, but it could. be
hetter,'' adtmitted Martha.
"0•h, Aunt Martha, we're doing
,better than we've ever done!'' said
Plower swiftly.
"I'm thinking of the outlay. Your
husbands kindness made this pos-
sible, but he was a business man,
and would want us to do better
than we are doing," she said slowly.
L..uy .5ntr.,Uey 1 011 11 0 0 10 her party.
" very mo uing when you come
trent the sea, you're t0 dt'op in Bare
au.0 eaurple wuatever it is taut is
couueu."
"illi, my lady" said Aunt Martha
glateiully, "that'll be a great help!
\,: a !'e all very glad. you're bau,t
again."
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ley laughingly. 6e '
"In a way yes," admitted honest ♦♦
Aunt Martha. "But while I have
to admit that it's better for trade '
when you're down here, You've no t�1
idea how we've missed you in the OY�
winter when there was no one. to, ♦♦
conte to for anything. Have you ,t4
come. to .settle down again?" •_♦
"That depends on Tony. I won't ••Z
live here by mysedtf," was the •y♦
answer.
The rest of the 3
party had gone �i
bark into the shop nAw. Flower
was surrounded by people buying
postcards, little souvenirs( Tony was
leading the way. 4
"I've invited a whole party down
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here. I want my nephew to gat ♦♦
married," Lady Smedlep confided In ♦_♦
Martha.
"Yes, it's time he
about for a wife," was larking
said Aunt Martha.
'Specially, now he's got that arni."
Ladi, Smedley always liked to
,have a ohat with Miss Watkinson.
There was something about theta
both tptat made them attracted N
each
r— he same practical cam- e+
monsensle-- the same fund of homey
philosophy animated them both.
"I always say that a young man p
is better oft when he gets a good ' i♦
wife," said Martha. ♦♦
"A good wife! But what makes a
good wife? These girls Stere are
alt smart Society girls. I've no
patience with theme.
"There's
good In them gall," said
Aunt Martha, determinedly. ''F ku
at its hard dor people wi)osye —�
been brought uA as ye have to think
that there's good in these butterfly
Siris, but when the test comes .Grey
dhow their metal. Take Plower.
She's had to work far her living
' ail her days. A fine girl, but that
young ranice—nsthey call her
maybe If the tort came, she'd nut by
a good' tight, 3'1'ot In. the same Way
as Flower, but is her own way.
"You're a good soul, Martha Wats
kinsbn," said Lady Smied•]eyr� "I
can't see any good in, them', !'hey
treat sacred things lightly. Thew—
call
hey '
call each ether darling When they i=ce
dont Mean It, They think nothing
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