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"But it
is an offence punishable with a heavy fine to peel a birch tree; while I
wouldn't do it, if it were not."
"Got her to respect the law anyway," said Mr. Winton to Douglas. "The
proposition, Leslie, was not that you do the same thing, but that from the
same source you outdo her. You needn't use birch bark if it involves your
law-abiding soul."
"Then it's all settled. You must hurry and take me before the lovely
plants have flowered," said Leslie.
"I'll go day after to-morrow," promised Mr. Winton.
"In order to make our plan work, it is necessary that I keep these orchids
until that time," said Leslie.
"You have a better chance than the lady who drew the osier basket has of
keeping hers," said Mr. Winton. "If I remember I have seen the slippers in
common earth quite a distance from the lake, while the moccasins demand
bog moss, water and swamp mists and dampness."
"I have seen slippers in the woods myself," said Leslie. "I think the
conservatory will do, so they shall go there right now.


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