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LIKE A BANYAN TREE.
The Earth-Plants spring up from beneath, The Air-Plants swing down from above, But the Banyan trees grow Both above and below, And one makes a prosperous grove.
In the fleeting opportunities offered by the Caffeteria, and in longer moments, rather neatly planned for, with some remnants of an earlier ingenuity, Mr.Thaddler contrived to become acquainted with Mrs.Bell.
Diantha never quite liked him, but he won her mother's heart by frank praise of the girl and her ventures.
"I never saw a smarter woman in my life," he said; "and no airs.

I tell you, ma'am, if there was more like her this world would be an easier place to live in, and I can see she owes it all to you, ma'am." This the mother would never admit for a moment, but expatiated loyally on the scientific mind of Mr.Henderson Bell, still of Jopalez.
"I don't see how he can bear to let her out of his sight," said Mr.
Thaddler.
"Of course he hated to let her go," replied the lady.

"We both did.

But he is very proud of her now." "I guess there's somebody else who's proud of her, too," he suggested.
"Excuse me, ma'am, I don't mean to intrude, but we know there must be a good reason for your daughter keeping all Orchardina at a distance.