The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-03

bundle of old clothes, should like to
know Ursula
Harry, they are burning / am
sure of it. can smell them. Do Let
20 my hands"
Harry Clifford deftly seized up tho
big iron spoon, and stirred the boiling
depths vigorously
It's all your imagination, Ursula y
mo, it's not; and if they are the
.least bit scorched they will be spoiled
for Aunt Darling"
''But, Ursula"
The creaking sound of an opening
door beyond suddenly dissolved the
tete tete. Ursula almost pushed
Harry Clifford out OF the kitchen.
you'll be on the piazza tonight
when they have all gone to the con
cert p be persisted in asking through
the crack in the door.
Yes, yes, anything-every thing;
only go!'
And Harry went, beginning to real,
ize that love-making and preserving
| do not assimilatc.
Your pearl brooch, my dear? Oh,
| remember now. | gave it To Harry
more than week ago To have mend
cd. / dare say it's done by this time!"
aud Dir. Darling turned cxpectantly
10 our hero.
lin very sorry" began Harry ;
''but the brooch disappeared in the
most unaccountable manner from my
vest pocket. | know l put il there
Yes dryly interrupted the elder
gentleman, Il remember seeing you
put j, there, and you assured me at
the time that you never lost anything.
SO the brooch is gone, eh =
Yes, sir, it is gone. But Mrs.
Darling may rest assured" Harry all
dcd, with glance toward that lady /,
that | will replace it NJ the very first
opportunity
"Oh, IL is of no consequence at all!'
said Mrs. Darling. wi;h countenance
that said plainly: 1t is of the very
greatest consequence Perhaps we
shall find .it somewhere about the
house"
But the days all slipped 10y one by
one, aud the doom OF the pearl brooch
remained involved in the deepest mys-
terry. Harry Clifford bought another
one and presented it to Mrs. Darling.
with little complimentary speech.
Mrs Darling laughed, and pinned it
into the folds oil the thread lace barb
she wore at her throat.
"But it's so strange what can have
become of the cthcr!" said Mrs. Oar.
ling
1t was the golden month OF Sept,
ember that the old doctor aud VI rs
Darling made up their minds to invite
Miss Bradbury TO tea.
Well have pound cake aud pre-.
served blackberries." said Mrs. Oar.
ling, who always looked At the ma
ter.al side of things.
And if Harry don't come to terms
now. he never will," added her hus
band, who didn't.
Get out the best china and the
chased silver tca-scrvice, Ursula, said
Mrs. Darling.
And wear your pink French cal
leo, child its the most becoming
dress you have" said her uncle, with .
loving glance II the bright little bru
uette.
And Ursula Percy obeycd both oi
their mandates.
Miss Bradbury came, handsome
SNOWY young lady, with a smooth 80
ciety" manner that made Ursula fee
herself very countryiicd and common
indeed.
Delicious preserves these J" sale
Miss Bradbury.
They are of Ursula's making" sale
, Mrs. Darling. And Harry C!ifior'
, passed his plate for a second supply
II remember the day they wcr
brewed, or baked. or whatever it j
you call it," said he, with an arcl
glance at Ursula.
Suddenly old DIR. Darling grew pur
pie in the face, and began to cougl
violently. Every one started up.
Hes swallowed the spoonw crie'
' Miss Bradsbury.
"Oh, oh he's got the apoplexy
;, screamed Mrs. Darling.
''Uncle, dearest uncle p piped u
D poor little Ursula, vaguely catching
!, 1T glass of water.
But DIR. Darling recovered withou
y any more disastrous symptoms.
at isn't the spoon, and | don't com
I of an apoplectic family" said he. "Bu
u upon my word this is about the big
gest blackberry ever came perilousl
:, near swallowing And he held ou
9 his wiie's pearl brooch, boiled up i
the blackberries
II There was momentary silence q
, the table; and then it was broken b
Mrs. Darling, one Of those blessed oil
; ladies who never see ali inch beyon
l. their own specialized noses.
"My goodness graciousl" said Mr.
e Darling ''how could it ever hav
come into the preserved blackberrics
I, | don't see"
"But dol" said DIR. Darling, lool
a ingprovokingly knowing Eyes, sc
/ good many things now that | didn
see before"
. And Harry, glancing across the t;
= BILE at Ursula, was somewhat console
: to perceive that her check was shad
more scarlet, if that were possibl
! than his own.
He followed the old doctor into h
II Office when the evening meal was col
Guided. Ursula. did not know ho
she ever would have lived through
i, were it not for Mrs. Darling's deligh
d ful obtuseness, and Sophy Bradbury
k surface charm OF manner, and plunge
boldly into the matter.
doctor be began, valiantly b,