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They would pick the berries off the gallberry bushes for red. The robin's yellow and mixed yellow and red for orange; and yellow and blue for green. Did your mother use big, wooden washtubs with cut-out holes on each side for the fingers? Yes. We made cedar tubs on the plantation. And we had some men who made large wooden bowls out of juggles cut from logs of the tupla tree.
Judge of our surprise when the stranger proved to be an enormous bear. "He was seated on his hams, and what we thought his signals were his raising himself on his hind legs to pull down the berries from a high bush, and, with his paws full sitting down again to eat them at his leisure.
Around me here the greybearded moss showed silver, streaked with the blue of dark, crushed berries; there heathery hillocks shone red, decked with cowberries as with rosaries of coral.—All about was darkness: over me the branches hung like low, thick, green clouds; somewhere above the motionless vault the wind played with a wailing, roaring, howling, crashing thunder; a strange, deafening uproar!
He paused to contemplate the berries of the icy trees, to listen to the sharp glee of the blackbird; and once when he found beneath a hedge a cold, scentless group of hardy violets he laughed aloud in his joy.
He had a number of playthings, too, and plenty of nice things to eat, and every morning, before Uncle Brownwood Bear started out he would put out enough to last Cousin Redfield all day some ripe berries, and apples, with doughnuts, and such things, and always some bread and butter and molasses to finish up on.
It is customary to infuse the dried leaves in malt liquors, to which it readily imparts its virtues; a practice not to be commended, unless it is for the purpose of medicine. HEDERA helix. IVY. The Leaves and Berries. Externally they have sometimes been employed for drying and healing ichorous sores, and likewise for keeping issues open.
How do you like the timbirichis?" "They are excellent; what family do they belong to?" "They are akin to the pine-apples, and therefore belong to the bromelaceæ." "But the pine-apple is a large fruit, which grows simply on its stalk." "Yes, so it appears; but in reality it is formed by an assemblage of berries all joined together.
During the discussion we came out to the fence of the hill pasture where grew the "bad berry" bushes. Just what these "bad berries" were I cannot tell. We never knew their real name. They were small, red-clustered berries of a glossy, seductive appearance, and we were forbidden to eat them, because it was thought they might be poisonous. Dan picked a cluster and held it up.
"Miss Lacey," interrupted John, "you are so right-minded it will be a pleasure to tell you what happened. Before luncheon I went swimming with our guide, philosopher, and friend. Then such was the evil suspicion of these girls that they wouldn't take me to get berries until we had eaten luncheon. We then proceeded to demolish everything in sight except the boxes. I think Benny ate those.
On the morning of the eighth day they were awake early, and the boys began work on the berries. Angel took a hand in the proceedings, and as soon as he discovered what the boys were after he volunteered to harvest them.
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