BOWLED OUT.
Mrs Breezy passed into the breakfast room and look her place at the coffee end of the tablo, smiling as though the weather wag delightfully cool instead of like the tropics, She wore a very becoming morning wrapper decked out with bows of delicate blue, and-Mr Breezy was abbut 't'o compliment her on her appearance, when ■he opened up the morning campaign herself. ' I are having races at Coney Island, Sir Breezy,' 'Yes,dear,' said Mr breezy, suddenly forgetting the compliments ha had prepared. 'They say horse racing is very ejoitinz,' continued Mrs Breezy. 'Of course you haye been to lota of them' 'Well no—dear, not exactly lots.' said Mr Breezy, 'l've been to three or four a season, perhaps, but you know my duties at the office will not allow me
to—' ' Oh of course,' said Mm Breezy, with your larga and extravagant family to , inpport, you cquld.uut think of throwing away your to looking at horao 'races,-1 suppose, now, ypu haven't been near the races this summer I', 'Wall,"yes, I-did go to Sheepshead Bay one day, 1 said Mr Breezy. 'Will you have a ohop, dear ?' 1 Never mind the chop at present, - Mr Breezy. You say you did go to the racer last week,'said Mrs Breezy. • 'Of course you did not go. alone.' ■ 'Not exactly, dear; I had a few.friends withmo/said Mr Breezy, ' Did you say you would take petatoes with your chop ?' 'Mr Breezy drop that chop and listen to me,' ■aid Mra Breezy, as the sunshine wbb inoceededby an ominous oloud on her features.'You say you had a few friendß with you. Ara you sure it was a few, Mr Breezy, . A very, very few. Listen to this-r-'.'The young lady left her sun* •hade under the.sbade of your buggy the last time you were down, to Sheepshead, She will find it in the stable office,' The Rig will be yoii to-morrow at 16. 30, aa jrou ordered." I —but just-hore Mr Breezy'found he was late for his office and bolted.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1287, 26 January 1883, Page 3
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336BOWLED OUT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1287, 26 January 1883, Page 3
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