Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-06

the door. ot I.a,Ne siIt 4tf o.
Yes, yes anything--eyerything; only
gop 'e,e tsno
And Harry went, beginning to realize
that love-making and preserving do no
assimilate. n pahba lnlh4 - g9R
Your pearl brooch my dear? oh,
remember now, gave it tor Harry
more than week ago to have mended
/ dare say it's done by this timer anc
DIR. Darling turned unexpectedly to oul
hero. - ilt rifaW tfn 1fad
I'm very sorry began Harry
"but the brooch disappeared in the mos
unaccountable manner from my vest
pocket / know put it there"
Yes" dryly interrupted the elderly
gentleman, Il remember seeing you put
it there, and you assure me at the time
that you never lost anything. So the
brooch is gone, eh2' ..a
"Yes, sir, it is gone. But Mrs. Darl
ing may rest assured" Harry added
with glance toward that lady, that
will replace it at the very earliest oppor
tunity." 1e, m as 6e,
"Oh, it's Of no consequence at allP
said Mrs. Darling, with countenance
that said plainly it is Of the very great
est consequence Perhaps we shall
find il somewhere about the house.
But the days. slipped by, ony by one
and the doom of the pearl brooch re,
NAMED involved in the deepest mystery,
Harry Clifford bought another one and
presented it to Mrs. Darling, with a little
complimentary speech. Mrs Darling
laughed, and pinned it into the folds oi
the thread lace barb she wore at her
throat. 913H f he
9 But it's so strange what can have
become Of the otherl said Mrs. Darling.
1t was in the golden month of Sep
tember that the old doctor and Mrs.
Darling made up their minds TO invite
Miss Bradbury to tea. g
Well have pound cake and preserved
blackberries, |" said Mrs. Darling, who
always looked at the material side OF
things. W
10 And if Harry don't come to terms
now, he never will, added her husband,
who didn't a
"Get out the best china and the chased
silver tea service, Ursula" said Mrs.
Darling. ma -m
And wear your pink French calico,
child; its the most becoming dress you
have, said her uncle, with a loving
glance at tie bright little brunette.
And Ursula Perry obeyed both of their
TX l. .f.... hq.
Miss Bradbury came-a handsome,
snowy young lady, with smooth So
ciety manner that made Ursula feel
herself very countryfed and common
Delicious preserves thesel" said
Miss Bradbury. .T. ..s .ass
They are Of Ursula's making" said
Mrs. Darling. And Harry Clifford
passed his plate for second supply. .gr
II remember the day they were
brewed, or baked, or whatever it is you
call i" said he, with an arch glance at
Ursula. Is fh. f.aa - ~
Suddenly old DR.. Darling grew purple
in the face, and began to cough vio-
lently. Every one started up.
Hes swallowed the spoon" cried
Miss Bradbury, s.ab ~
Oh, OIL he's got the apoplexyl y
screamed Mrs, Darling, hysterically. il
F" Uncle dearest uncle piped up
poor little Ursula, vaguely catching at a
glass of water. 8a a
But DR.. Darling recovered without
any more disastrous symptoms. MD
1T isn't the spoon, and don't come
Of an apoplextic family" said he. . " But
upon my word, this is about the biggest
| ever came perilously near
swalIowingl" And he held out his
wifeIs pearl brooch, boiled up in the
There was momentary silence around
The table; and then it was broken by
Mrs. Darling--one Of those blessed old
adies who never see an inch beyond
their own spectacled noses. fl.
My goodness graciousl said Mrs.
Darling, how could it ever have come
ntoL the preserved blackberries T.
lon't see--'osismou bs
But l do 'said DR.. Darling, looking
provokingly knowing. Yes; | see a
good many things now that ! did't see
before I'D lo eiiH ,Ha 5nol i alal 1ad
D And Harry, glancing across the,table
1t Ursula, was somewhat consoled to
perceive that her cheek was shade
more scarlet, if that we're possible, than
ls own. adi nIHom oi ao haiial 1ai
He followed the old doctor into his
ofice when the evening meal was con-
,luded. Ursula did not know how she
,ver could have lived through it, were it
not for Mrs. Darling's delightful obtuse-
ness, and Sophy Bradbury's surface
,harm of manner-and plunged boldly
nto the matter. iu,HlleA , feHas
%" Doctor he began, valiantly; but
he old gentleman interrupted him. -g,
d" There's no need Of any explanation,
ny boy, he said. II know now why
Yod didn' twant to marry Miss Bradbury,
md l don't say that ] blame you much;
,nly / came very near choking to death
With Ursula's blackberry jam l'qa1 ss.
= And DIR. Darling laughed again until,
rad his spouse been present, she would
iurely have thought second attack Of
lpoplexy among the inevitables. 4
t"Little Ursula he added "who would
lave thought of IT'D Well, you shall have
ny blessing.
The pearls we're all discolored, and the
,old of the old fashioned brooch tarn-
shed with the alchemy of cookingi but
Ursula Keeps that old ornament yet,
more tenderly treasured than all the
modern kniek-knacks with which her
-oung husband loads her toilet table.
And every year when she preserves
DIR. Darling comes to tea,
nd makes ponderous wittieisms, and
TO search in the crystal pre-
erve dish for boiled broochr II
But, then, jolly old gentlemen viii
ave their jokes.