The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-08-27
Out Ursula

door hey ond sltde .,!v dissolved the
ilciea-tc,c. Ursula almost pushed
Harry Clifford ont OF the kitchen.
"Youii be on the piazza to-nish,
" hen they have gone TO tho concert p
The persisted, asking through the crack
in the d .or.
"Ye<, yes, any,iins-cverytLins ;
only so!'
And Harry went, beginning to realize
that lovc-makins and preserving do not
assimiiatc.
"Your pearl brooch, my dear? o,
rem ember now. gave it to Harry
more than week ago 10 haveii mended.
dare say il is done by this time! p
and DR.. Darling turned exRectantly TO
our hero.
"i-i'm very scrry,' began lts-ry;
:'tut the brooch diSrrearel in the
most unaccouniab!eSina nner from nay
vest pocket. know | put it here"
"Yes," dryly interrupted tho elder
gentleman, 81 remember seeing yon
put it there, and you assured me at tho
time that you never lost anything. Sc
the brooch is gone, eh 2!
YES, sir, it Is gone. But Mrs.
/ Darling may rest assured Harry
added, with glance towards that !ad,
that will replace il at the eariist op.
porluniy.'
/ 80, IL is CT no consequence al ali :.
said Mrs. Darling. with a countenance
that SAID plainly, it is of the very great,
est consequence, perhaps we shall
find il somewhere in the house" But
the days slipped by, one, By ore, and
the deem Of the pearl brooch remained
involved in the deepest mystery. Harr,
Clifford bought another one and pre-
scented i, To Mrs. Darling, with little
complimentary speech. Mrs. Darling
laughed ard pinned il into the fnlds ~
TIE thread lace barb she wors 1T her
throat.
"But it is so strange what can have
become OF tic oiher. said Mrs. Oar
iirg.
Ii was in the month Of Septem Der that
the Old doctor and Mrs. Darling nad'
I'D their minds 10 invite Miss Bradbury
10 tea.
ave will have pound cake and pre-
served black berries SAID Mrs. Oar
ling. who always looked ut The material
side of ,hings.
"And if Harry doa't Gene 20 term.
now, he never will, added her husband
who didn't.
"Ge. out the best china, and thu
chased silver ,el-scryice, Ursula" said
Mrs. Darling.
and wear Your pink Frcrch caii'c,
child ; is the ,acst hecaming dress y"t
have" said her urce, with loving
..lance =, the bright little brunette.
And Ursula Percy oteyed Goth then
mandates.
Miss Bradbury came-a handsome,
showy lady. with smooth 's'rie,y
manner Ina, made Ursula tee! herself
~ery couu;r;tied and common indeed.
"nelicicus preserves these. sad
Miss Bradbury.
"They are Of Ursula's raking.' sai'
Mrs. Darling. And Harry Clifford
passed his plate Tor :. second supply.
81 rememie. the day they were brew
Ell. or baked, or whaio er it Is you
~all IT," said he, with an arch glance al
Ursula.
Suddenly cd DR.. Darling grew pur.
,.Ie in the face. and began To cough
violently. Every one started up.
"H-'s swallowed The spoon.' cried
Miss Bradbury.
80. O.. he's get The aporlexy p
screamed Mrs. Darling. hys'cric.rily.
"Unc!c. dearest uncle p'ped NJ
POOR lille Ursula, vaguely catching
u glass OF WAFER.
But DR.. Darling recovered without
any more disastrous symptoms.
at isn't the spoon, and | don't come
of an apopicctc familv.' said he.
But, upon my word. this is about the
biggest bIackhe / ever go peril
ossiv rear swallowing And Ec held
ont his wi:e's pearl brooch boiled up il,
the black berries.
There ya> m;men.ary silence around
he take; a"d ih-n it Was broken bI
Mrs. Darling-cE o; these hic>Sr! o'd
ladies who never see an inch beyond
their noses.
"My goodness gracious said Ms.
Darling: "how conii.it ever have come
into The preserved tlackberies i
Don t. see
..But | do - sale! d.. Daring, lool:-
ing provokingiv knowing. "fes, sc"
a good many things COW that didn''
see before"
And Harry, glancing across the table
a; Ursula, MAS somewhat consn!cd &"
perveivc that her cheek was shade
more scarlet, il that were possible, than
his own.
He followed the Doctor into his ofIi.e
when the evening meal WAS concluded.
Ursula did not know how she ever
would have lived through it were it not
for Mrs. Dar!ing's delightful obiuse-
ness, AMI Sophy Bradbury's surface
view Of the matter.
Doctor" be began vnliantly; but
the old genllemaa interrupted him.
"Therc's no need Of any explanation.
nv bow" said he. 81 know why you
d'dn't want to marry Miss Bradbury.
And cont say that blame you much
only rame near choking 20 death with
Ursula's blackberry jam"
And i,r. Darling laughed again until.
had his spouse been present, she wonld
have thought second attack of apo