A DOMESTIC DRAMA.
Poor Mrs. Goodwife, faithful, nervous soul! Was oft the victim of imagination, And though her thoughts she laboured to control, They filled her life with fear and agitation. She knew her fallibility, and yet When once a thought was weakened in her being, She could no peace of mind nor comfort get, Until its falsity was proved by seeing. And so she wondered, though she'd not confest — But w hen she once had thought it naught could stop her — [f her good husband toward the governess For ever acted in a manner proper. His love slie'd test ; so in complete disguise She met hi:n in the garden path at even, Oh, faitiilcss wretch ! Oh, horrible surprise ! (He stole a kiss as though 'twere often given. In triumph, then, she tore the mask away, She never since is in the garden roaming, Jier husband doesn't know until this day His wife embraced the gardener in the gloaming,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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159A DOMESTIC DRAMA. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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