Under the Moonlight.

Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 394, 17 August 1889, Page 3

Under the Moonlight.

-Softie thte moon shed its silverylight'upoh . the evening $ir.' .--> \*' * " < -„. . ;-;, , >, The^disferincd:hefcvKC©ri>:the moon-and a* v . goose- is that the goose sheds feathers.. " •^Jt»is is less, romantic^ probably, tmt good'"" goose feathers are '-worth '2s -a pounds vdoreh 'or-less. t • •__. - They x stood beneath - the .silent . starsj "" Arthur ja'nd Evangeline ; ' hot : the' goose jand th.c moon. She in the glory of young womanhood, 'and he., in, a £5 suit pf. clothes. . J[t is asfcoriishing^what Wdst'tailors -pSfriif^ manhood, '•• • " >' •- -" f Oh, Arthur,' she said? U,qfco^4l(ee f from l this .place.; from the wrath of' an angry 1 ' father, .and 'the torturing taunts of a-mer- : ' cenary mol^ier.'' J - •■* ' . ; .' Ahj X B^angeline, < would that' ib- were . passible. 'iv -•<- 4 j\; . i ..„.,', •■ -.^ . • But it l& possible^ Al-tlmn. , We can-fly^ beyond, the, sea, thjS .djsap. h^rei ..seajCwhich' lies, between, us and'happin'esfei and,bene^atJv v "s bEe sunny skies of Italy, i^n the,^^^-^, •- niente of the iofcuslaridy^veonay build ab6nb-"'' us a beautiful palace," whose- foundations' ' ''Qh^ll be love, and whose superstructure shall be ,the perfection of earthly bliss.' v The girl had spent all her money on pYxpennyt novels, and all her time in playing Pauline in an amateur dramatic .club. '"W '; : a.'. J, ijii, 'Ah, darling,,. the pipiu^e . ypu paint is too lovely for rea,lisafcipn,'''4ie \y'aiteai' -. ) Of.' cotn-se he Jsiiewi/ she' painted/ ''A&y '• fellow ca.n tell that^wheri Jbs. gets cfp^e %&'£"■' girl. . '. --, ' •!. • ' *>i •-■'"f'j.isj ( Why, love?' Oh^rthur, vrhpil- ,!''*. • Because,- .deare^V* .he agonised tifeax-s-down to the kifees-ol his ])ahjts,i' f I ■haTOnAt? » inortey enp»g^ r tp Jfeuy) tickets. - Trade is bad.'wijbh'W.' *" ' " ■ ! 1 'Ba,trade,'slje^shrieked,' t and, Bhey parted^ •forever. ■: . ,'[.''". \' . i;. :I"