TEN DAYS BEFORE MARRIAGE.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 184, 25 December 1886, Page 8

TEN DAYS BEFORE MARRIAGE.

[Her Letter, Dearest- BoUa, come down to my weddlntr Itis fixed for next Wednesday week. While I write this. I cannot holp sheddine A tear ; no tloubt it's a froak Botb ohildiah, foolish, and Billy ; I ouklh to leol happy ana glad ! Etifc the day is bo dull, damp, awl chill v And perhaps 'tis the air makea mo sad. Do I love him ? For nights I wu3 -weighing This over while lyinß awake. Ho is very kind : mamma keeps saying What an exoellent match J Bimil make. He is r.ch. honoured, prudent, and thrifty, And mamma says I Bhould not fret, Because he isnearing the fifty, And I am not quite twenty yet ! Last; night when my firesa they were fitting My thoughts took me back to the day When John and I fondle were sitting By the ha wthorn tree over the way. Oh, why was not John as wealthy as young and handsome ? But no ! Away with euoh thoughts ! 'tis unhealthy For the soul to nouriah its woe. My dress is a wonder of wonders ; ]\ia tniukß it sats off my good looks. Do you know, dear, if John always ponaera At night over old Latin books I Whan next week Ise«md ftttho altar Will I think ot John'fl blaethoughtf ulpye Comedown TiIcIobo! My thoughts falter I Leel I must have a good cry J O. E. Hue