... as. far advanced as Ralph, and made a dash to overtake him. Before he had done so, however, a bush laden with delicious blackberries attracted his attention, and he could not resist the temptation to stop, and gather some of the luscious fruit. He called ...

... lads. In my young days a boy with a pipe was about as rare as a two-necked swan; to-day the smoking lad ! is as common as blackberries: and I am old- ! fashioned enough to prefer the older to the more recent state of things. Any boy of sense would consider ...

... ic note of alarm, when all play ceases. TrE PHEASANT AT nOMIE. A few days prior to the advent of October, I when the blackberries hang luscious on the brambles, and the brown nuts drop from the rlusters, the keeper gloes, as is his wont, to the coppice ...

... orchard and garden is five miles we- of Denver, has a splendid five-acre orehard of appless. peats, plums, strawberries, blackberries, and currants, and has sold his crop this year for £1,200, the working exppeuses being £300. Mr. J. Green, Villa Park Post ...