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 164  "Or those funny, pale yellow squashes that are scalloped all around the edge like a dish," said Marjory.

"Or cucumbers," said Bettie. "I took Mrs. Crane a leaf, one day, and she said it might be cucumbers."

"Or water-melons," said Mabel. "Um-m! wouldn't it be grand if it should happen to be water-melons."

"What I'm wondering is," said Jean, "if there's any danger of the vine's going around the house and taking possession of the front yard, too. I can almost believe that this a seedling of Jack's beanstalk except that it runs on the ground instead of up."

"If it tries to go around the corner," laughed Bettie, "we'll train it up the back of the house. Wouldn't it be fun to have pumpkins, or squashes, or cucumbers, of melons, or maybe all of them at once, growing on our roof?"

The day after Mrs. Milligan's visit,