they arrived, many of
them with their children, the Professor assigned them and their husbands
to these cottages.

This was an intense delight to them. Each cottage had a small patch of
ground surrounding it, and the first care was to advise them how to lay
off and plant flowers about the place, to make the surroundings
attractive.

It must not be thought that the houses were gifts. It was not the
purpose to instill the idea that this work was one of charity. Instead
each head of a family was made to understand that he must pay for the
home, and this was done in as simple a manner as possible, so it would
be appreciated and understood.

Individual effort was stimulated on the part of the different workers.
As fast as the members of a worker's family arrived, they were installed
in houses, and then began a new system of providing for their keep.
Hitherto, they had boarded at the expense of the common fund; but now
this was gradually changed, and they were informed that each family must
provide its own food, and that those who did so would receive a larger
number of coins.

This resulted in each one trying to find some new direction in which
they could get the coins. It is curious how this new phase of living
brought out traits common to humanity everywhere. Some more eager than
others, and having less honesty than the common run of natives, sought
to get their sustenance by resorting to trickery and thievery.

In their native state this was not considered a crime. It was
commendable, unless detected. But by constant talk, on the part of the
Professor, and by example, he instilled into the policemen, which he
had installed, the principles of honesty. He awarded those who were
vigilant, and the result was that they were most acute to detect the
rogues.

The first thief was caught the day after John's party had gone. He was
immediately brought before the Professor. The arrest of a thief was such
a new proceeding that the workers could not be kept at work, and the
Professor suggested that they should all be present at the trial.

The inquiry was conducted with decorum, Harry being appointed to
prosecute him, and George to defend the prisoner. George did it
vigorously, too, but it was a plain and palpable case, and he was found
guilty. This proceeding was another entirely new manner of treating an
offender, and the people marveled at the attempt to defend the thief.

The Professor saw the cause of the wonderment, an