STILL THE SAME OLD WORLD.
She was not what you would call an interfering kind of mother, noi \.£U! she unduly inquisitive. Bui >oang Woodcombe had called so often of late, and when he had called he had shown so little inclination tc depart, that she thought it was hei duty to speak. "Mildred," she said to her daugh ter one morning, "you were a long time in the summer-house with Mr. Woodcombe last night. What wen you talking about all the time ?" "Mother dear," answered her duti ful daughter, "did you ever sit in thi summer-house with father before yoi were married?" "Um ! Well, pwrkaps I did—some times. But—-" She paused, and Mildred mournfully shook her head. "Well, mother mine," she answered "don't forget—it's still the same ol< world !" 1793.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 541, 12 February 1913, Page 2
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131STILL THE SAME OLD WORLD. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 541, 12 February 1913, Page 2
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