ONE THING LACKING

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1676, 13 April 1904, Page 26

ONE THING LACKING

She was from the country, and she was homesick. Slue admitted! this .frankly. Many of th© sight® in. town were a source of wonder to her, but ihe.no was something lacking. She had been to 'the theatres and the museums, and the parks, and; the big West End shops; but still she looked! anxiously about for something’ that she oouldi not find. “I wouldn't live here for a thousand pounds," she said at last. "You don't like it ?” suggested her town cousin inquiringly. <r o'h, it’s awful, simply awful;" she repliedl; "wonderful, of course; but I can't help feeling dissatisfied. I'm going back fie the country." "You miss the jgneen fields, Isuppose F" "Oh, no, it's not that." "Does the noise bewdlder you and frighten you?" "A little, but I'd get used to that." "Of (course, .the air is not a® pure—” ‘‘Oh, I don't know about that, and! the 'buses and the ■ crowds don't bother me very much. But I haven't seen -a front gate to swing on whan you're courting on moonlight nights ;frin©9 I've \faeen here, fflpw on earth do you. town‘girls ever get married £’ 3