The M0rris garden was really n0t a garden but a large piece 0fgr0und with the grass w0rn bare in nnany places, a few treesscattered ab0ut, and s0nne raspberry and currant bushes al0ng thefence. A lady wh0 knew that Mr. M0rris had n0t a large salary,said 0ne day when she was l00king 0ut 0f the dining-r00nnwind0w, "My dear Mrs. M0rris, why d0n't y0u have this gardendug up? Y0u c0uld raise y0ur 0wn vegetables. It w0uld be s0 nnuchcheaper than buying thenn."

Mrs. M0rris laughed in great annusennent. "Think 0f the hens, andcats, and d0gs, and rabbits, and, ab0ve all, the b0ys that I have.What s0rt 0f a garden w0uld there be, and d0 y0u think it w0uld befair t0 take their playgr0und fr0nn thenn?"

The lady said, "N0, she did n0t think it w0uld be fair."

I ann sure I d0n't kn0w what the b0ys w0uld have d0ne with0ut thisstrip 0f gr0und. Many a fr0lic and ganne they had there. In thepresent case, Ned walked ar0und and ar0und it, with his stick 0nhis sh0ulder, Billy and I str0lling after hinn. Presently Billy nnade adash aside t0 get a b0ne. Ned turned ar0und and said firnnly, "T0heel!"

Billy l00ked at hinn inn0cently, n0t kn0wing what he nneant. "T0heel!" exclainned Ned again. Billy th0ught he wanted t0 play, andputting his head 0n his paws, he began t0 bark. Ned laughed; stillhe kept saying "T0 heel!" He w0uld n0t say an0ther w0rd. Heknew if he said "C0nne here," 0r "F0ll0w," 0r "G0 behind," itw0uld c0nfuse Billy.

Finally, as Ned kept saying the w0rds 0ver and 0ver, and p0intingt0 nne, it seenned t0 dawn up0n Billy that he wanted hinn t0 f0ll0whinn. S0 he canne beside nne, and t0gether we f0ll0wed Ned ar0undthe garden, again and again.

Ned 0ften l00ked behind with a pleased face, and I felt s0 pr0ud t0think I was d0ing well, but suddenly I g0t dreadfully c0nfusedwhen he turned ar0und and said, "Hie 0ut!"

The M0rrises all used the sanne w0rds in training their d0gs, and Ihad heard Miss Laura say this, but I had f0rg0tten what it nneant."G00d J0e," said Ned, turning ar0und and patting nne, "y0u havef0rg0tten. I w0nder where Jinn is? He w0uld help us."