And so, when could we have it?" "Your implication does seem to bar the beautiful confection from our table entirely; and yet, do you know, it wouldn't alarm me a bit to have that dessert attack us some night when you and I are at dinner quite alone and unprotected.

"Us 'ikes tandydon't us, Paul?" "Us do," was the gurgling answer, and Grace brought out her confections.

After which sight, and weary of waiting, not without some fear that- -as the Negroes would have put it'If I tap da wan momant ma, I catch da confection,' while, of course, a bucket or two of hot water was emptied on us out of a passing cloud, I got on board the steamer, and away to San Fernando, to wash away dirt and forget fatigue, amid the hospitality of educated and high-minded men, and of even more charming women.

"Hortense, who has made bonnets for years, said this was more appropriate for the country, and would show dirt less than black,and even went so far as to suggest omitting the strings altogether," she said in rather flurried tones, as a few moments later we went upstairs, and I removed the pins that held the confection in place, and commented upon its prettiness.

quaesivit lanam et linum) confections, conserves, distillations, &c., which they show to strangers.

Two sheep were slaughtered, and the scullions were hard at work making confections of currants, gooseberries, plums, and other fruits from the garden.

Whereas Jeneka would recline for hours at a time on a shaded veranda, munching sugary confections that were loaded with nutritious nuts, Kalora showed a far-western preference for pickles and olives, and had been detected several times in the act of bribing servants to bring this contraband food into the harem.

Their keen young faces crowded the open windows of the cars, and they thronged upon the platforms to make noisy purchases from younger boys who offered them pitiful confections from baskets and trays.

Surely you remember the beruffled, rose-strewn confection in which the beautiful Elsa Marriott swam into our ken in "Mississipp'"?

She reached over on the seat beside Grace, caught up a chocolate from a bag and thrust the confection into the tall girl's mouth.

Is it really absolutely necessary to do so, if you wear this frippery confection of dry-goods?" "Oh, not necessary, perhaps, but I think it would look better.