. St. Nicholas [serial] . tree, all wetnow with the summer rains. Where does it come from? exclaimedPhilip, now become as eager an investigator asthe rest. Look here; did you ever see any-thing like it? Here! if it is not all over thegrass, and on the leaves, and even on thesenicotiana blossoms! Look here! Look here!Do you believe it rained down? They say itrains fish-worms sometimes. It did nt rain down, said Marjorie, elseit would be everywhere, and it s only righthere around the old tree. No, said Uncle George, it did not raindown, no more than do fish-worms; and if weVol. XXIX.—106-107. fi
. St. Nicholas [serial] . tree, all wetnow with the summer rains. Where does it come from? exclaimedPhilip, now become as eager an investigator asthe rest. Look here; did you ever see any-thing like it? Here! if it is not all over thegrass, and on the leaves, and even on thesenicotiana blossoms! Look here! Look here!Do you believe it rained down? They say itrains fish-worms sometimes. It did nt rain down, said Marjorie, elseit would be everywhere, and it s only righthere around the old tree. No, said Uncle George, it did not raindown, no more than do fish-worms; and if weVol. XXIX.—106-107. find it in unexpected places, as on the leavesand flowers, it is because it has crept there. Crept there! said Philip. Then it mustbe alive! Do you suppose that stuff is alive,Uncle George? Well, we may wait and see, said the uncle. Let us not disturb it, and wait till afternoonand see what happens. I believe it is what thenaturalists call a slime-mold ; it looks and actsmuch like a living thing ; we shall watch and MOLD, LIKE CAT-TAILS, ON STALKS ATTACHED TO BARK,AS SEEN BY AID OF A POCKET-MICROSCOPE. The young people ran off, and Uncle Georgebetook himself to his newspaper and the the morning, however, the subject was in hismind. He himself had never seen anythingjust like the curious substance on the tree, al-though he had read of such things, and he de-termined to keep on the lookout. So afterlunch who should be calling from beneath thetrees again but Uncle George. Look here! Just look here! It is myturn now to play the showman. Look here! The youngsters needed no second ran to the orchard, and there stood Uncle
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