The Family Next Door.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1752, 25 September 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Family Next Door.

There is a family moving into the house next door ; we can bear through our blinds the carriers of the furniture move along the walk. All the talking we hear is done by one voice. It is the man of the house, anjd he has got a little son. We need not look out of the window for confirmation of this impression. His words establish it as clearly as the eyes could witness, and we know just what is being done out there as well as if we stood in the very midst of it. Every time he speaks we dot it down on an extra sheet of paper, and so far he has made the following utterances : ' Put that whip down.' ' Get out of the way.' ' Don't climb up there.' 'Take your shoes off that bedstead.' ' Shall I speak to you again ?' 'Do you want to break those things ?' ' Come out of that.' ' Go away from that horse ; do you want to get your head kicked off?' 'Do you hear me, or shall I speak to you again ?' 'Hey, there! what did I tell you about that horse ?' ' Now you sit still there, and don't you dare to move an inch, or I'll break every bone in your body.'— Daribury News.