"If they had only stolen the apricots, I could have borne it better!

Altogether, 1 hour to bake the flanc, about 10 minutes to simmer the apricots.

"I must get up very early indeed to-morrow morning," he said to his grandmother, "that I may gather the apricots, and take them to Mr. Stockwell before I go to my work."

The yellow postilion cracked his whip again, up sprang Francis to the box, and away Dobbin was carried, never looking up as he passed under Amelia's window; and Georgie, left alone in the street, burst out crying in the face of all the crowd and continued his lamentations far into the night, when Amelia's maid, who heard him howling, brought him some preserved apricots to console him.

And the other is, that Mr. Stockwell, the greengrocer, will buy all my apricots, and give me a good price for them.

If he had not first coveted the apricots, he would not have been tempted to steal them.

"It's about time he was comingme here eating dried apricots and tapioca steady diet (nobody but a pilgrim would fetch tapioca into a line-camp, and if he does it again you'll sure be missing the only friend yuh got) and him gone four days when he'd oughta been back the second.

APRICOT ICE Pare and grate one dozen apricots, and blanch a few of the kernels.

Boil the sugar and water together for 10 minutes; halve the apricots, take out the stones, and simmer them in the syrup until tender; watch them carefully, and take them up the moment they are done, for fear they break.

Halve and pare ripe apricots, or if not quite ripe, boil them till the skin can easily be removed.

Early in November is the most favourable time for planting Apricots.

He could preserve Apricots, and make Gellies, before he had been two Years out of the Nursery.

He lived chiefly in the country, among pleasant seats and homesteads, and was fond of sauntering by the fruit-tree wall, and scenting the apricots when they were warmed by the morning sunshine, or of sheltering himself under the orchard boughs at noon when the summer pears were falling.

When cool, add sliced bananas or whole strawberries, whortleberries, raspberries, blackberries, sliced apricots, or peaches.

When they went down to their supper of watery creamed potatoes, and stewed apricots in thick saucers, she was in such good humor that she ate this unappetizing fare with no protest.

DRIED APRICOT PIE.Stew together one third dried apricots and two thirds dried apples or peaches.

From 20 to 30 minutes to boil the apricots.