SOMETHING IN THE WIND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2719, 14 December 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

SOMETHING IN THE WIND.

Wjikx Mr Spooner went home the other evening the door unexpectedly flpw open while he was fumbling in his pocket for liis latch key, and Mrs Spooner in a moment had her arms round his neck and gave him a luss on either cheek ; then she said, eherily, "Let me help you off with your overcoat, dear. There, I'll hang it up darling. You'll find your slippers by yonr chair, and I'll put your shoes away. Did you have a good day in town, dear? You look tired, l'oor, dear, old hey There never was a woman who had a dearer husband than my dear old George ! Sit down, dear. There, there, darling, I'll get the evening paper for you. You just sit still and rest while I tell you about wlir>t a naughty little wife I've been to-day, for, oh ! George, I got the loveliest bonnet for 25?. ■ —and —you won't mind, will you, dear! I know you won't. That's a darling ! Jt's so lovely ! I'll run up and get it, and show it to you before tea " Humph I" growled George, like a wretch he was, "I knew there was something of thai sort coming. I recognised the sigux !"