Winnie with Walter.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 691, 18 November 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)

Winnie with Walter.

' Warm weather, Walter ! Welcome warm weather ! We were wishing VVinowr would warn;, weren't we V 'We werd well wowd with waiting,' whispered Walter wearily. Wan, white, woe-be-gone, was Walie» j wayward, wutul, worn with wetness, wasted, waging weaker whenever Winter* wild witheijug winds were wailing. Wholly without waywardness was Winifred, Walter's wise, womanly watcher, who, with winsome, wooing ways, was well-beloved. • We noii't wait, Walter ; while weather's warm, we'll Tender whore woodland* wart), won't we V Walter's wonted wretchedness wholly waned. ' W by, Winnie, we'll walk where we went when we were with Willie 5 we'll weave wildllower wreathes, watch woodman working, wood lice, wornw, wriggling, windmill whirling, water-mills wheeling ; we will win wild wnordebomtid, witnesd wuoat wiuuowed. ' Wisebeach Wooda were wuite with wildtlowers; warm, Westerly winds whispered where willows were waving ; wood-piguons, wrens, woodpeckers, were warbling wild woou-noces. Where Wisoleach water- mill's water*, whiohwere wholly waveless, widened, #h«r» water-Ullies wa^eo, wh,ite, Winifred wove, wreaths with woodbine, white-horn, wali-tjowon, whilst Waiter whittled wooden wedges with willow wands. Wholly without warning, wild, we. t winds woke withiu Wioebeach Wooda, wbutliu^ where Winifred wandered with Walter ; weepmg willow* were waving wierd«y, waging wur withwiudtoased waters Wiuifred'd wnry wathcfulness waked- ' Walter, we won't wait ' • Whioh way, Winnie ?' Winifred waverod. * Why, where were wa wandering? Wuebeaoh Woods widen whichever way we vfalk. Where's Wisebeaon white wnkoc? Where's Wins con's 1 wacer-mill V Wiaifully Walter witnessed Winifred's wonder. • Wmuie, Wiuuia, we were wrong, wholly wtong, wandering within wad wnya. Wayfaring, weather-beaten waifa, we're w«lluigh woru-out.' VViuifred waited where, within wottled woodwork walld, waggons, wheelbarrows, wains, were waiting — weignty with withered wood. Walter, waruaiy wrapped with Wiuifred'a wctl-vrorn waideJ waterproof, W4> wading woeiuliy, wholly wearied. WiUified, worn with watching, weil-uigh wcupiu^, was wisttuily wuteluny, waiting Wiuie o well-known whistle, wholly wiansa Walter's wel) tiding warranted. Wioh welltimed wisdom, Waiter wa* wound with wiae, vrhite worbtud wrappers, w itch wouiloctully well withstood winters witlientig, whiacimg wiuda. Wholly without warm wrapper* wm Winifred, wuo, wi'h womanly wisdom, was watching Walter's welfare, warding Walter's weakuean. ' when will Wiliia wend where we wait!' : wearily woudoi'bu WaUur. ' [ ' Wuut ! \Yalter,' whispered vVinme, ' who wiu wtiuopmg?' ' Whereabouts ?' \yeluouie \y hulling was wakiug Wisobeaoh Woods when wiutei h wiady warfare waxed weaker, • Wmme ! Walter 1' Winifred's wakefulnotui wad well-grounded. ' We'ie well, Willie ? we're whore v\ inslou's waggon* wait.' Without waiting, Willie was within Wma ton's woodwork walla. 1 Welcome I welcome I Willie,' Winnie was weepiug with Wariness, with watohing W^lljer, w'itu wayiaring. * Wny, Wiume ! wne, watohfal, warmhearted Wtuaie, 1 Willie whispeied, wheedungly, 'we won'C weep; \Valtei'» well; whio were VValtar without Winuuj ?' Wholly wonderful was Wiuified'a welltimed, womauly wisdom, which well warrauced weakly Waller's welfare. Whtsuever w»o,d«nog within. W»t>be%oh Wooda with Winnie, Walter would whiapur, * What were Walter without Winnie? Wue, watchful, wa Hearted vViunie ['