THE ANGEL OF THE PIER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 319, 9 January 1909, Page 4

THE ANGEL OF THE PIER.

The silvery 11111011 shone down upon them as tlii-y stood, upon tin- pier, gluttonously devouring tin' lovclight in each other'* eyes, ill! was already half-way llirougli liprs. .but. she had only begun on his. Tlii! wild; intensity of his passion made the .Mood course through his veins like the Adriatic in a storm, and the iialpitati.jn of) his heart shook the ponderous timbers of the pier to their very foundations.. ■So bewitebingty fair and fairly bewitching looked she that it seemed a desecration to touch her, and he longed to speak to her with a golden harp, 'instead of vulgar, unsympathetic words. Surety so avert 11 mouth was meant tu drink the, nectar of the gods! SuitIy " 'Ui*ca,'' piped: a small voice at her side, "'lllll, wants. ( 0 know if you'd have fried 'Ji„h an' chips or liver a'.r onions for supper?" - .His watch stopped. 1 A seagull flew into the .water. And was drowned. l ; : COXFESSJUXS^" Scene: A Sumkiy-scliool. Discovered: * A class of damscJs, biting at their pen- , ells, and a teacher, at lier wits'-end to ' fill in the hour prescribed for, her lcssir.i. An idea! "-Vow, girl 5> i Hall (, you a ,n to tsiUo pencil and paper and to writi! down the . names of your favourite hyanns." A pause, interrupted by a piping voice: " l'lease, tcacliter, are. we Uo write the Christian or tin., sup names 3" . "" .PUAYIXd TfllU'Jl OFF. An iron hoop bouiuik-d merrily through the railings mid pluyt-d havoc with the kitchen window. With a lighting look in her eye, the. I.ady of file house ayvaited the appearance'of its owner. I'rcscntly ]i c came. " l'lease, -.ma'am, I've broken your winder,'' lie, .said, "and Vic's father to mend it." . Ami, s\ire etiough, he was followed )>)' si st'jlid-looking man, who at once started' work, while the youngster ran off. wi'di ills hoop. ''That'll be two-and-three,'' nnuoune- ' e 'l i.'ue ";lazier, having fixed in the new window-. "Tiyo-iiiid-three!" gasped the lad v. "But fyour little boy hroke it—the little , fellow) with the hoop y<m know! Vou're ■ I'is farther, are-.i't yori}" The stolid man shook his head. " 1> m't know him 'from Adam," he ■■ said, '-lie came round do my place and ', tojd u lie. his mother wnnjted to have her,',' windc ,w mended, Yoqrc nis. mother, 1 you?" : ]