Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
PEARLS AND BLACKBERRIES.

mo-" said DR.. Darling, slowly, "no;
| can't believe the evidence of my own
senses" And rs he enunciated the words
with impressive distinctness ne looked
solemnly at Harry Clifford.
He might have found worse-looking
individual to fix his regards upon than
this young NJ. D., who had taken his
first season in bones, muscles and human
anatomy, with the therapeutics belong
thereto, in the little office across the hall,
and was just preparing to hang up u
shingle of his own; for Harry Clifford
was tall and shapely, with red brown
hair and huge auburn mustache, and
merry eyes that laughed like springs of
water in the sunshine,
DIR. Darling took of his spectacles,
folded them, and deliberately placed
them in their case, still without taking
his eyes from his neophyte. Harry Cliff
ford smiled but he looked little en-
barrasscd, Notwithstanding.
"She would have you in minute il
you were 10 propose, " pursued DR.. Oar
ling, dropping great red d-hot splashes of
sealing-wax over sheet of blotting pa
er, and stamping them with his mono
gram seal in an aimess sort of way.
"Yes but tell you, sir, | don't want
to PROPOSE" staring at the intertwined
ID. j. DIS as if they were the most in
teresting things in the world
"You don't want pretty girl for n
wife?"
"Not that pretty girl in particular,
Doctor"
"Nor fifty thousand dollars?" added
the Doctor, pronouncing the three mo-
mentous words in manner that made
them sound very weighty indeed.
81 would lot object to the fifty thous-
and dollars in itself, sir but, as mere
appendage to Miss Bradbury"
81 believe the boy is crazy" ejaculat-
ed DR.. Darling. Well well, as the
Scotch proverb has it, 'wilfu' man maun
hae his way and shall interfere no far
ther. By the way, Harry"
" Yes, sir?"
You are going to the city this after
noon?"
"That is my present intention, sir"
"Stop at Depierre's, will you, and
leave Mrs. Darling's pearl brooch to be
mended. ought to have done it week
ago, but man can't think of every
thing"
Certainly, Doctor" and Harry Cliff
ford deposited the pearl brooch-an old
fashioned ornament Of massive gold, set
with tiny seed pearls in his wast-coat
pocket.
"Rather a careless way TO carry jewel
ry, young man." said DR.. Darling, ele-
waiting his eyebrows.
The morning sun was casting bright,
Pickering threads Of gold across the kitch-
en- floor the morning -glories ard Made
ria vines, trained across the easement.
stirred softly in the mid July air; and
Ursula Percy, Mrs. Darling's orphan
niece, was busy "doing up blackberres." )"
Fresh as a rose, with hazel eyes, soft
ened to intense blackness at times by the
shadow of their long lashes, and smiling
scarlet lips, she stood there-her calico
dress concealed by the houscwifely apron
of white dimity that was tied round her
waist, and her black curls tucked remorse-
lessly back of her ears-looting demure-
ly into the bubblng depths of the pre-
serving kettle, like a beautiful parody on
one of the witches in Macbeth !" while
on the Whitley secured pine table be-
yond glittering tin vessel was upheaved
with the beautiful jet-black fruit, each
separate berry flashing like the eye Of an
Oriental belle.
"Ursula |"
The pretty girl started, very nearly
dropping hor skinner into the preserv-
ing kettle.
"How you startled me, Harry"
Harry advanced into the kitchen, with
an admiring look at the bright face flush
ed with a little blush and good deal OF
stove heat.
You are always at work, Ursula"
81 have got to work, Harry, to earn
my own living" Ursula Percy answered,