Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-10

stu siehing lowly, pacing slowly,
She neycr saw tho lifting grain,
But only-a lone orchard lane, 3lttf.
AEhero alie had waited all In vninI
a,i A.siIfff
PEARLS AND BLACKBERRIEs.
fsNo,p said DR.. Darling, slowly" no
L can't believethe evidence of my own
senses. y And as he enunciated the
words with impressive distinctness he
looked solemnly at Harry Clifford.
he might have found O worse looking
individual to fix his regards upon than
this young M. d., who had taken his
first season in bones, mucles and human
anatomy, with the therapeutics belong
ing thereto, in the little Office across
the hall, and was just preparing to hang
mp q shingle of his own; for Harry
Clifford was tall and shapely, with red
brown hair and q huge auburn mus
taohe, and merry eyes that laughed like
springs OF water in the sunshine.
Or. Darling took off his speotaoles,
folded them, md deliberately placed
them IN their case, still without taking
his eyes from his neophyte. Harry
Clifford smiled but he looked little
embarrassed, Notwithstanding.
She would have you in n minute, if
you were to propose" pursued DIR. D,r.
ling, dropping great red hot splashes of
sealing,wax over sheet of blotting-
paper, and stamping them with his
monogram seal in an aimless sort of
way; Y w.,
want to propose" said Harry, staring
at the intertwined d. j. d. Is as if they
were the most interesting things in the
ss,ssa--assss !.
/. You *! don't want pretty girl for q
DOCTOR
st Nor fifty thousand dollars?" added
the doctor, pronouncing the three mo-
mentous words in q manner that made
them sound very weighty indeed.
would not object to the fifty thou
sand dollars in itself, sir but, MS a mere
appendage to Miss bradbury"
- believe. the boy is crazy" ejacu-
lated DR.. Darling. "Well, we'll, MS the
scotch proverb has it, 'a wilfu' man
maun hae his way and I shall inter
fere no farther. BY the way, Harry
eyes, sir ?"
noonP" > ''--' =
"That is my present intention. sir -
'sStop at Depierre's, will Won. and
leave Mrs. Darling's pearl brooch to he
mended. I ought to have done IL q
week ago, but man can't think of
everything"
"Certainly, doctor :" and Harry Cliff
lord deposited the pearl brooch-an
oid-fash1oned ornament of massive gold.
set with tiny seed-pearls his waist.
cont pocket.
Rather careless way to carry
1eewelry, young man." stil DIR. Darling.
elevatng his eyebrows.
Inc morning sun was casting bright,
hickering threads of gold across the
Kitchen floor; the morning -glories and
Madeira vines, trained across the case.
ment, stirred softly in the mild July
air; and Ursula Percy, Miss Darling's
orphan niece, was busy "doing up
blackberries."
Fresh as 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 house
wifely apron of white dimity that was
tied round her waist, aud her black
curls tucked remorselessly back of her
ears-looking demurely into the bub-
bling depths of the preserving kettle,
ike beautiful parody on one of the
"iCohCo III fiiii:SCCtil Wnli6 on tho
whitley y-scoured pine-table beyond n
glittering tin vessel was upheaped with
the beautiful jet black fruit, each sep.
arate berry flashing like the eye of m
oriental belle.
"Ursula |"
The pretty young girl storted, very
nearly dropping her Skinner into the
preserving kettle.
"How you startled mo, Harry"
Harry advanced into tho kitchen,
with an admiring look at the bright
face flushed with little blush and n
good deal of stove heat.
You are always at work, Ursula"
l have got to work, Harry, to earn
my own living" Ursula Percy answered.
with a slight uplifting of her exquisite
black brows. "I am not an heiress
like Miss Bradbury"
~ 98tsOonfound Miss Bradbury! I" exoIa;m. .
ed our hero. 81 hear nothing but Mas
Bradbury the whole time" = 100
"She is very sweet Young ladv
Harry" said Ursula, in mildly reproy.
ing accents.
81 dare say; but-what lot OF
blackberries you have here, to be sure,
Ursnla."5
"Forty quarts, said Ursula, demure.