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He was heard to mutter, "I'll find her, and when Death comes I'll hide her in the hollow of a cypress until he passes on." Evading restraint, he plunged into the fen, and for some days he wandered there, eating berries, sleeping on tussocks of grass, with water-snakes crawling over him and poisonous plants shedding their baneful dew on his flesh. He came to the lake at last.
At these dancing parties the Americans always received a hearty welcome, and were fed with berries, black-bread, and tea, until they could eat and dance no more. Occasionally, however, Siberian hospitality took a form which, to say the least, was not altogether pleasant.
Dig 'em all out, only don't disturb the roots of the bearin' canes you leave in the rows much." "How about trimming these?" I asked. "Well, that depends. If you want early fruit, you'll let 'em stand as they be; if you want big berries, you'll cut 'em back one-third. Let me see. Here's five rows of Highland Hardy; miserable poor- tastin' kind; but they come so early that they often pay the best.
The old Squire never learned of Halstead's bootless experiment in forced feeding. Cold weather was again approaching. October had been very wet; but bright, calm days of Indian summer followed in November. And about that time Catherine, Theodora and Ellen had an odd adventure while out in the woods gathering partridge berries.
I must have nodded some, as I leaned against the inside of that old tree, but it was an awful long night, and we were glad when it was light enough to see. Then we left that old hollow tree, and took up our dishes, and as we were very hungry we went out among the berry-bushes and ate some of the berries. We were careful to leave no tracks, because of that wild cat.
They belong to the heath family and help to feed the world. If you would know the value of these berries, try and purchase some from the boys who are gathering them. How delightful the thrill that we experienced on that lovely morning of July as we were nearing the shrine of the nation.
All day he had stayed in bed for the privilege of an extra hour propped up among pillows in the salon. All day he had strung little red berries that looked like cranberries for the tree, or fastened threads to the tiny cakes that were for trimming only, and sternly forbidden to eat. A marvelous day that for Jimmy.
That thought came too late, however, for the path turned, and I came on her suddenly, and she looked up from the ripe berries she had found alongside the path and saw me. A flush went across her fair face, and then she greeted me brightly. I did not know what she had been told of tomorrow as yet, and could not tell from her face whether she knew or not. So I thought it best to ask.
I think they would gladly have pulled up some of the plants to see whether there might not be berries growing on the roots. It is unwise to do everything that you can for people at once; for when you can do nothing more, they will say you are no longer like yourself, and turn against you.
'We have slain the giant, said they, 'and have brought you the berries, and now we shall have peace for the death of our father. Fionn took the berries into his hand, and stooped down and smelt them. 'I swear, he cried, 'that it was Diarmid O'Dowd who gathered these berries, and full sure I am that it was he who slew the giant.
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