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And while they worked, Miss Ruth told the story of "She belonged to our next-door neighbor, and we called her the Widow because her mate a fine plucky little bantam rooster was one day slain while doing battle with the great red chanticleer who ruled the hen-yard. "I took pity on the little hen in her loneliness, and singled her out from the flock for special attention.
Now, the understanding is that every part of the premises, every outdoor thing on the premises path, fence, truck-patch, stable, stable-yard, hen-yard, tennis or croquet-court everything is either a part of the garden or is so reasonably related to it that from whatever point one views the place he beholds a single satisfactory picture. This, I say, is the understanding.
But fust off let me git him shut up in de hen-yard, else he'll be eatin' up de hull ob Mis' MacCall's wash ya'as'm!" The poultry pens were fenced with strong woven wire, and one of them was not in use. Into this enclosure Mr. Billy Bumps was led. When the strap was taken off, he made a dive for Uncle Rufus, but the darky was nimble, despite his years.
A loud and prolonged "Cock-a-doodle-do-o-o-o" now attracted Oscar to the hen-yard near by, behind the barn, where the rest of Clinton's poultry were confined. It was a large enclosure, connected with a shed, in which the fowls roosted and laid their eggs.
But the crowning transformation was out in the open sunlight, in the space which had been the hen-yard. Within it was a holiday throng of the gardening world's best-known and loved gentles and commons, from roses down to forget-me-nots.
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