... which was to commence &t 11 o'clock. Twenty field m.cc arranged the tables tor supper, and the band was practising in a blackberry bush ; there was Mr. Blackbird, Mr. Thrush, Mr. Linnet, Mr. Budhach, and Mr. Lark. At last all was ready. The sun told them ...

... Porter have solved cor- rectly: Clarice Lamb's Acrostic, Mozart. Fred Morton's Riddles. Because Berlin is on the Spree. Blackberry. E. Lamb's Riddle-me-Ree, Umbrella. G. \Y. Kerfoot's Enigma, Diamond. John Hall's Enigma, Potatoes. Harry Wilson's Acrostic ...

... who persistently applied for a situation, and at last got the place. Lizzie Hartley writes about a lazy girl who gathers blackberries into a basket with a big hole, and when she comes home her basket is empty. Annie Ainswobth writes a very pretty story ...

... to stimulate our patriotism and our Jingoism, and, in the speeches which he has made, he has given reasons plentiful as blackberries why we should absorb the whole continent of Africa iv our Imperial system. Mr. Gladstone is once more on the stump, and ...

... inclined to go back and play in the streets. But we have a promise, if we are good boys, we may go again. We saw lots of blackberries and nuts, but, as you say, they are not ripe yet. We received your kind letter and member's card, and have taken them round ...

... other winter fruit for our homo birds, and the village children prepare for a day in the woods or lanes to gather nuts or blackberries. Wonderful are now the changes of the passing clouds, the sun streaming down behind them shows the variegated autumn t ...

... looked very pretty with a porch covered with ivy. The road to Melling was lovely ; tall trees, trees laden with nuts, and blackberry bushes with plenty on, only my arms were not long enough to reach them. We then came to an arch covered with ivy— l called ...

... in on a siding, and wait for the lightning express coming up from New Orleans. Many of us were strolling about, picking blackberries or gathering flowers^ when somebody suddenly shouted : — Every- body keep quiet, and listen. Hark. It was the deep, ...

... round eyes look like hollow caverns, and they are full of mockery. He never seems to smile and become friendly until th'j blackberries begin to wither on the hedges, and the leaves decay on the trees, and the meadows all lie brown and bare ?? And then the ...

... greeted the cook with a pleasant Good morning, and smiled as the meal, consisting of poached eggs on toast, a dish of blackberries, and a cup of coffee was set before him. He ate the toast and eggs and drank the coffee with excellent relish. Dean Wade ...

... foliaged trees ; alder, elder, and other bushes there abounded ; tbe rich rank grass and bracken stood breast high, while blackberry brambles shoot their long trailing, climb- ing, octopus-like arms bare, tbere, everywhere. It waa a rare biding place for ...

... lyre and mandolin were heard during the dinner. HENPECKBD H-BBANXe. Henpecked husbands, though not quite so plentiful as blackberries in September, are to be found in all classes of society, and even among the masses who, in the opinion of some eminent ...