CHAPTER X.
West of the forestry buildin' growin' right out of the ground is a immense map of the United States covering five acres of ground, gravel walks mark the State and coast lines, and each State is sot out in its own native flowers.
There it wuz, you could look right down onto it jest like a map, from the rocky shores of Maine down to Florida.
Josiah wuz simply infatuated with the sight and I myself thought it wuz a great idee and I sez: "Josiah, this is a plan worthy of Uncle Sam to immortalize what is dearest to him in living colors." "Yes, indeed!" sez he, and after a minute's thought he added, "Others can foller suit and set them that are dearest to 'em out-doors.

If I live till another spring, Samantha," sez he firmly, "I will set you out in the paster.

The dooryard would be too small to do justice to you.

Ury and I will plant you in the middle of the ten acre lot." I wuz touched by the tenderness underlyin' the idee, but sez I, "Have you counted the cost, Josiah ?" "I know it will cost, you're hefty and big boneded and I'd want you heroic size, but we needn't have your hull frame made in posies, I could plant you in different seeds and raise you like a crop, and sell you in the fall.

Beans would look well in different colors." He see my look of cold irony as he spoke of sellin' me, and added, "Or I could set you out mostly in pusley if you'd ruther, the garden is full of it." "I shall never be sot out in pusley, Josiah Allen, I always hated it.
The hull thing is as crazy as anything you ever undertook." "Crazy or not it will be did; summer squash would look well and be equinomical, I could probable train 'em so you'd seem to be holdin' the squashes in your arms." "Give up the hull skeem, Josiah Allen; don't try to combine love and economy so clost." But he vowed he wouldn't give it up, and I spoze I may see trouble weanin' him from the idee.
That night whilst I wuz restin' a little in my room after supper, Josiah havin' stayed down in the parlor a spell talkin' to granpa Huff and Billy, Blandina come into my room.