He put the paper on his lap, and while he polished his spectacles with his handkerchief he said, "Are you the new editor?"
I said I was.
"Have you ever edited an agricultural paper before?"
"No," I said; "this is my first attempt."
"Very likely. Have you had any experience in agriculture practically?"
"No; I believe I have not."
"Some instinct told me so," said the old gentleman, putting on his spectacles, and looking over them at me with asperity, while he folded his paper into a convenient shape. "I wish to read you what must have made me have that instinct. It was this editorial. Listen, and see if it was you that wrote it:
"'Turnips should never be pulled, it injures them. It is much better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree.'
"'Turnips should never be pulled, it injures them. It is much better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree.'
"'Turnips should never be pulled, it injures them. It is much better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree.'