A Rosy Future.
They, were in the bell tower, the other day, and she leaned her yellow-haired.head on hi? agricultural shoulders, and quietly listened to the mighty ‘ tick ! tick ! tick !’ of the big clock. ‘ We don’t want such a big clock as that, do we, darling T she whispered. my little daisy,’ he answered, as he hugged her a little closer; ‘I can buy a clock for three shillings which will run three days to this clock’s two. I’ve got her picked out.’ ‘ We’ll be very, very happy,’ she sighed. .* Yes, we will. I’ve figured it right down fine, and I believe we can live on twelve eggs, one pound of sugar, ten pounds of flour, and one pound of butter.’ * And you'll h ave a bank account ?’ she pleaded. ? % will, even if I have to buy a secondhand one.’
‘And we will keep a coachman ?’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ And have a piano V ‘ Yes, darling.’ ‘And I can have some square pillows with shams on them ?’• /
(Yes, my tulip—yes ; we’ll sham every darned thing from cellar to garret, have the front door painted blue, and-; —but let’s go and look at some second-hand furniture.’
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 455, 19 March 1890, Page 5
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193A Rosy Future. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 455, 19 March 1890, Page 5
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