My cousin said nothing; she only held down her eyeswhile her cheeks were as red as those of cherries in May.

" At these words a great shout of laughter went up from those on the bench, and the landlord's face grew red as a cherry from smothering his laugh in his stomach; but he kept his merriment down, for he wished not to bring the ill-will of the brothers of Fountain Abbey upon him by unseemly mirth.

Make a syrup with the above proportion of sugar, by recipe No. 1512; mix the cherries with it, and boil them for about 15 minutes, carefully skimming them; turn them gently into a pan, and let them remain till the next day; then drain the cherries on a sieve, and put the syrup and white-currant juice into the preserving-pan again.

" Speaking of cherries, it may be mentioned that the awkwardness of eating them on account of their stones, has given rise to sundry proverbs, as the following: "Eat peas with the king, and cherries with the beggar," and: "Those that eat cherries with great persons shall have their eyes squirted out with the stones.

Boil these together until the syrup is somewhat reduced and rather thick; then put in the cherries, and let them boil for about 5 minutes; take them off the fire, skim the syrup, put the cherries into small pots or wide-mouthed bottles; pour the syrup over, and when quite cold, tie them down carefully, so that the air is quite excluded.

From the lady he received money to buy cherries for himself and the boys, if there were any good ones.

Why, really, that may be true; but we have a neighbor not absolutely clear of an "immense profound vice," as like ours in color and shape as cherry to cherry.

No. 92 may bob it as she likes; but she catches no cherry of me.

You cannot catch cherries by holding your mouth open.

TO PRESERVE CHERRIES IN SYRUP.

Our engraving shows a layer of white cherries at the bottom, then one of red raspberries; over that a layer of white currants, and at the top some fine scarlet strawberries.

Get good whiskey and allow one-half as much cherries as whiskey.

Even the People who came from his own Town, and who knew him when he was getting Five a Week and wearing Celluloid Cuffs, and who could relate the Family History if they wanted to Knock, they couldn't make him Remember, even when they stopped him on the Street and recalled such Humiliations as the Time he used to pick Cherries on the Shares, and how Odd he looked in his Brother's Made-Over Clothes.

"Were those cherries like ours?" asked Clara.

CHERRY-TIME Cherries of the night are riper Than the cherries pluckt at noon Gather to your fairy piper When he pipes his magic tune: Merry, merry, Take a cherry; Mine are sounder, Mine are rounder, Mine are sweeter

But to draw sense out of that boy was as hard as picking cherries off a crab-tree.

" "Look a-heah, chile, dose cherries fo' to preserve.

I now withdrew to some distance, and it was evident that the little one was distressed by what he had done, as he did not eat it, but began to cry faintly, on which the elder took the cherry out of his hand, and ate it.

Then taking up a corner of her waist-shawl, she gently rubs away the dust from the tip of his nose, so that it stood out glowing red from his face like a cherry through a hole in a pie-crust, at which she claps her hands and rings out a peal of laughter.

Thereafter, whenever friends called singly or in squads,if the squads were not large enough to be formidable,we invariably set cherries before them, and with generous hospitality pressed them to partake.

Boil 1 quart of cherries until soft; sweeten to taste.

To preserve CHERRIES for drying.