A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . HfferirBHti-. i WAS happily at work this morningamong my butterbeans — a vegetable of solidmerit and of far greater suitableness to mypalate than such bovine watery growths as thesquash and the beet. Georgiana came to hergarden window and stood watching me. You work those butterbeans as though youloved them she said, scornfully. I do love them. I love all vines. Are you cultivating them as vines or asvegetables ? It makes no difference to Nature. Do you expect me to be a vine when weare married ? I hope youll not turn out a mere vegeta-149 ble. How should
A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . HfferirBHti-. i WAS happily at work this morningamong my butterbeans — a vegetable of solidmerit and of far greater suitableness to mypalate than such bovine watery growths as thesquash and the beet. Georgiana came to hergarden window and stood watching me. You work those butterbeans as though youloved them she said, scornfully. I do love them. I love all vines. Are you cultivating them as vines or asvegetables ? It makes no difference to Nature. Do you expect me to be a vine when weare married ? I hope youll not turn out a mere vegeta-149 ble. How should you like to be a Virginia-creeper? And what would you be ? What would you like ? A sort of honey-suckle frame ? Anything ! Only support me and give meroom to bloom. I do not always reply to Georgiana, thoughI always could if I chose. Whenever I re-main silent about anything she changes thesubject. Did you know that Sylvia once wrote apoem on a vegetable? I did not. You dont speak as though you cared. You must know how deeply interested Iam. Then
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