CHAPTER XI.
MISS MARTHA HAWKINS.
"It's very good for the health to dig in the elements.

I was quite emaciated last year at the East, and the doctor told me to dig in the elements.

I got me a florial hoe and dug, and it's been most excellent for me[19]." Time, the Saturday following the Friday on which Ralph kept Shocky company as far as the "forks" near Granny Sanders's house.

Scene, the Squire's garden.

Ralph helping that worthy magistrate perform sundry little jobs such as a warm winter day suggests to the farmer.