... left alone with the four children, and she lost no time iu sending bee husband's two little ones lute the woods to gather blackberries. Then, going to the bed where her own children lay, she lifted the baby up cautiously, so as not to disturb her seven-year•old ...

... Coming to the fruit, the show, because of the lateness of the season, was not so good as it was last year. Nevertheless the blackberries were such as to elicit universal admiration ; while the strawberries were also good. Special mention should be made of ...

... to her niece. who is taking tea with ber)— Take some or these stewed blackberries, my dear. Black herein are good for complexion. Niere — But, deer aunty, I deal want • blackberry /wimple:leo. I DON'T think, says old Mrs Prawn, Mast bsok-keeping ...

... some of the gallant sportsmen, and Mother incid..not connected with the Epping Hunt, as may be supposed, are plentiful as blackberries among the older inhabitints of these parts. Among anecdotes of another kind, the following is perhaps worth recording ...

... on, hoping to overtake her. Hardly had the two ladies disappeared from sight when a negm man crept out from a thicket of blackberry bushes on the roadside, and approaching young Averill, began to speak in a low, cautious tone. The young man listened eagerly ...