TRUE LOVERS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 259, 24 December 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)

TRUE LOVERS.

11 ...is .in Kngiiati IctsWve .season, and UlO SIIOH Deal lllrnjlKsMy 11UU tlll'll' i.uTi .i a Hie young man and maidcu mined ilio coiner uj l"o street.

" lJ.u you gci ay ju your eyes, darling r''' tie asiicd, loudly, drawing her e.osel yto Inm.

" les, su eel Ilea r t," she murmured, searching lor tier elusive liajidKeichiet. " U linn eyoj beloved.' lie pressed. "I no rigiu one, lovey! Uid you get any in your.sr ' les, dear heart!'' he responded, using tile same coiner oi the haudkerclrel ilia I she had used.

Hon sweet! she exclaimed. "And yours was m the right eye, loo! "All!'' she thrilled, "do you suppose il could have been part oi the same piece o Isiiow that got in our eyes?" 1 hope iv was 1 lie exclaimed, fervently, blinking a pleasurable beam with his good eye. " Wouldn't it bo lovely, love?'' she cried.

Oh, love, wouldn't it?'' lie wriggled

And the wind howled as though in paut, and from the house opposite a "Votes tor Womo" board fell with a sickening crash upon tlio pavement.

THE PIP AND THE SLIP

The turkey and minco-pbs had dono their t »vil work. Littlo Mainiie got a pai a m her sash, and had to go to bod. The family doctor and ins top-hat called and prescribed a pill. Manure's mother sai that was all very well, but the physician did not know Mainiie. and she was quite sure Mainiie would not take the pill. The family doctor «aid he would make it a sweet pill, but Mainiie's mother replied that so long as it was a pill it would of no use. 1 lieu the doctor was struck with a brilliant notion. The pill should bo craftily concealed in tlio centre of a preserved pear, which should be sent up to little Ma'inio to eat.

An hour later Alaiinie's mother went to soo how* her sweetest dear was getting on. She appeared to be going on excellentlv.

"Ami did my pet eat all her pour?" inquired the lond mother. •' Yes, mumsie," replied the little darling, "all but the nasty seed!" There's many a slip 'twixt the pear and the P'P-

An old nigger had been in trouble for stealing chickens, and was convicted on circumstantial ovideoe. " What's circumstntiftl evidence?" ho was asked. "Well." ho said, "as near as 1 kin splain it. f*uin do way it has boon splarnod to rtio. cireumstant :il evidence is do r, :;tli. dat you leaves lyin' around at tor vou lias done witli do cliickcn. "Ali. }'««>," murmured Miss Screoch- • r. alter the first selection at the conceit. "I have had some very exciting experiences. Coming over here from Christchurch, a terrible storm arose, and 1 had to sing to quiet the passengers. Vou should have soon tho heavy seas running." And the I'ig rude man in tho pintc necktie garni out of the window. •• 1 do't blame the sea," he muttered-

First T.ittlo Hoy: "We've nut t.ie chest of drawers in front of the (iroplaee?" Second little Boy: "Vos." Fu-t Little Boy: "You tied tho fitting to I lie handle of the di>or! J " Second Little Boy: " Yo». and I tied the other end of the string to tho watoritig." Fust Little Bov: "Then we ought to find out the real facts about Santa Clans."

In an account of a social gathering a reporter described one of the lady guests, who was of exceptional stature, as possessing a form "that Juno might envy." The next morning, however, ho rend i tho paper "that Jumbo might onvv"!