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on Miles, presently, "it really isn't
half bad; a bit too pastoral, perhaps;
a trifle too idyllic; but still rather interesting.
Fact is, I'd like to see the
place when the flowers are out. Do
you recollect that little picture you
sent me two years ago, the one of the
house and garden, with the purple
clematis and crimson scrambler and a
lot of other truck? Well, that reached
me down at Peterson's Ranch, when
there wasn't a blamed thing blooming
except alkali and the only vegetation
in sight was canned tomatoes. I made
up my mind then that some day I'd
see Maple Green when it looked like
that picture—if it ever did! Most of
the boys down there said it was a beautiful
lie; they'd never seen anything
like it—except 'Slim' Cooper; 'Slim'
told me it reminded him of a picture
he saw once that came with a Christ-
