The Maluka
advised "waiting," and the seeds coming up within a few days, Cheon,
after expressing surprise, prophesied an early death or a fruitless life.
Billy Muck, however, took a practical interest in the water-melons, and
to incite him to water them in our absence, he was made a shareholder in
the venture. As a natural result, the Staff, the Rejected, and the
Shadows immediately applied for shares--pointing out that they too
carried water to the plants--and the water-melon beds became the
property of a Working Liability Company with the missus as Chairman of
Directors.
The shadows were as numerous as ever, the rejected on the increase, but
the staff was, fortunately, reduced to three for the time being; or,
rather, reduced to two, and increased again to three: Judy had been
called "bush" on business, and the Macs having got out in good time.
Bertie's Nellie and Biddie had been obliged to resign and go with the
waggons, under protest, of course, leaving Rosy and Jimmy's Nellie
augmented by one of the most persistent of all the shadows--a tiny child
lubra, Bett-Bett.
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