LOVE AND CHECKERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 344, 20 February 1889, Page 3

LOVE AND CHECKERS.

As our readers are aware, the game of draughts is called " checkers "' in the United States of America. The following lines show how a game resulted in a young couple entering the United States of Matrimony :—: — Where the crimson glow of sunset Rested on a cottage fair, And the gently wafted zephyrs Breathed a whispered angel pray Underneath the emerald woodbine, In a cool refreshing bower, Dick and Jennie sat together Playing checkeis by the hour. But the auburn lashes, slender, E'er concealed her latighing eyes. And ■whene'er his hand would wander Nearer, then a blush would rise ; And 'twas certain something 1 other Than the checkers moved the twain, And their movements plain betoken Love presided o'er the game. Finally, in Jennie's corner. Stood her only man at bay, Battling nobly for deliverance 'Gainst the enemy's array. Ah ! 'twas but a iiseless struggle— Pressed the foeman fierce and hard, Till at last the only outlet For escape was closed and barred.

Half caressingly, her fingers Rested, on the checker then. While exultant, Dick bent o'er And surveyed his conquering "ien; And his hazel eyes grew softer As his gaze upon it fell— " Jennie, darling, 'tis a captive : May I have the hand as well 1"

O'er her crimson cheeks the blushes Chased each other in their play. And the checker board, unheeded, Slid upon the grass away. When the dying rays of glory Bathed the landscape, as the sun Slowly sank behind the mountainGame and Jennie both were won,