THE PLAYERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 18 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE PLAYERS.

''•' / \ UWN TENHISOHIAN IDTL, I/who a decade past hud lived recluse, 'Left for a while tlio dust of books end town To share the pastimes of a con ntn-house; ,And.tiu&itcVßcett\thstJ,b.ohcjd,awne i> That steep'dlny rusted mind The morn was passing fair; no vagrant cloud Obscured thejummer sun, as from the porch I sallled'fbrtlf to saunter Adown,tJio : garden-path,, Anon I came,, To'why'a'laVri nilfptead ifi'verdant-robe,'" -Whoso.decoratio'.i : flll d ine^ith.amflzf. ; .'j Lawnsjpany.had J .wen todays gone by,,!,".,.., .Forq'cf.ikgrassy';plani)a'stfangedoyicrj' ! _' ■',; , Of pMeteramsrectangular' I '"' '"'!''"', < w "'' [ Wasiimnjl iii lines''ofmost excceding'wllitt'nfjis": ■Athwart tile centre of this'strango'device- ■ , '' :, - ( ' Atlireaden'ttet was stretched a lull yard high,'' ! Aud clasped in itsroticulatod arms, 1 ' "m :m ::U As ivy clasps tho dak .two sturdy staves: viji; l rOprearW oii.eitherside,.;, Atoitfierendj, ~ii,..,; •Holding opposing comers of tlio field, ,;„'!•:,, i; /, A youtli osit (lamsel dlifthonueWes.djspprt,.,.,,,, ,In H cqstume'.airy, mystic.'wondiirfuij". ,;'.' t ' ',,.', Tho.whije in dexter liana encji heii) ( a quaint . "Arid 8J>oo': ,; -shaped' iristrumeii't "of 'ck'dd|ueirM strinas— , , . , ■ '~- -•'■'" : Wodell'd; icrc'iahco, opori l anancieutluU-'' WluMvitll '• th'ny > nimblyi urged! the bounding ■;-.":■ 'i : .i ;:ii;-'i j-i;r. v: <\-\ Across.themeshybar.;'.; I v, ■■:<,:; • ■■: i;.;;-.;.: i,!i:ii;.ili;,- .■[<[.<:■ ; I ; .iNo,spaceJiadl..i •. ~,,-i tliey : spjed.jne A.welcoin.erTj',' Uast'.'thou comel to see" 'us play 1" " r What'is the game?" I asked j"they aMw'or'd, y«imf' : ;'•' : ;^''%»---;^ "A'pretty gariie," quoib I, "'for ni.an'aild ; matd Butode.vvhoVeihatnirdis'foiltof place; l :*'-'■ Fain would I therefore go."',"' 1 Kay, navj't: they ■!;!'-icried;i '"■'>"' ';<> ~', ' ;; ...i- : ; v " Prithee: remain, and: thou sbnlt Bland as urn* ■..J .■ipire.V.-.v. :. ;.•.::..■.... ■;-i..;i-,i;. •. ■ i,;v>..l ;i .-.'. And so Istav'd, and;presenuy ( pcspugM;.i, ~|,, ;To, knqwtheir prospects. . ; Tken.t]ip' niaidenjidd, ",I,'m jlltee'n now.;" thb. gallani,' he replied,','''-, thirty I." ( Whereon;ip'e'thought' atflral : Thatjlie did somovvliat overstate' big ca'se, ; ' ;,:! ''' Though lie seemed'rather underneath' thfl'-' mark. But when the'y said that she r wa's thirty%oi' ; "' : Mij ■h'ex't 'that lie was forty; I perceivediv h<--They toldof other things than length of jearsji Since mortals! ages; o'en at census-tiipo, ■,frh:> Could scatolbesubje.ctf.to suchjfluctuatlons. 1 , r ; : Thusdid.they, wage Running and smiting, fflLtriumpbiiitly'i, ['.'■ '.';' T ha"damsel'sho'ute,d!'Deuce I'Jj.AJif 1 pusealir Tji^libyso'fair'slioU^d','utter|Wdrd ; Bo.tiasS ! l''.''' rot' Wulcl have lield Wpe'dl»V ; P<lndt thS Vdtttt TilmedilH(om6'^"Bo , irttKdt 1 -wasmtßfiidtJ» " ! A l! fault!" , rausWer'dj' l, ay,' and. worse-thai ;:M ;,; ■:-.;iM!M i .!i;if,|i:r 1 -,Y|;I. Indeed;ltlßinlgh'B'sln. l i:: , . , Gi>fo,!i!|io's:aJd;;iV:! ; spo?(;iwentonj,. And then c^jed,,,V. I.wfnj'fi ( ,; Apd,t|ien J^!T^^puc.q,agaldJf'l a^d, l th'ep' l ~,-., vantage ~..'; L' '.',:.''... .V)' ..'...;'■'.;: To, theo'!'arid then she strove to reach tho' ball,; 'And (S atii '%"m, I'M beattri'(" l and fell bac'K Wbtttth'e stfaU' 1 '"" "'An'd'tius,"' qtto'tii'i; '<* yo'ttf ] gaMo' l f.'' m% 'i'l'javo lieaiy'mtesay-'ffiaterianiW I ''-" trite 1 16V6i'bhc6''!!n!ijootlli S Sc'attcr'd'to the deitoe) Atidshe'tliat'flMtidVatttage'ha'd'obtain'd;'''; ''i' Doth'loseW; lastind suttbrsad reverse'/" 'u.-jr--.* Sweet'ra'aid/wJwiiithouiartiwedjthoitleltceAveiill And thou shajfrne'erat least .d.eserma.lptingj I .' She : laughe.d; hofrownod; I tura'dj and' went -..■ ww'ay.;,; ," ,: "'.''" ",;"'' ,; """-' ■;;.;;:;;.',';;".'■; .')) ■'•■ '"■'■;'"■;■'■ '■ ;'iJ^fei!>;!wfe