Romance and Real Life.—A Parallel.

Otago Witness, Issue 2046, 11 May 1893, Page 50

Romance and Real Life.— A Parallel.

ROMANCE. SEAL LIFE. "My dearly beloved," " Thank goodness," whispered Melania, said Melania's mother, blushing, "so now you "we have hooked him are mme — altogether at last, though with no mine — notwithstand- end of trouble. It was ingthe cruel opposition the Imallness of your of mymother. Oh ! how dowry that made him happy we shall be ! " daily so long." "What does it mat- Z— , the shoemaker, ter, my dear wife, "said was brought up on a the bonesb shoemaker, charge of cruelly ill"if we have only salt treating his wife, beand potatoes for dinner P cause she had made The main thing in that him a dinner of herwe are happy snd oon- rings and potatoes intented ! " So saying, he stead of beefsteak, as kissed his faithful he had expected, spouse. The poet lifted his The poet rose from straw hat from his his wretched pallet, golden locks and waved put on his clothes, took it merrily in the air outa pocket- brush, and whilst; meandering smoothed the few hairs among the green trees left on his prematurely of the forest and listen- bald head, and ran ing to the sweet war- down the four flights bling of the feathered of steps leadir gto his songsters. lodgings to borrow a trifle from a prosperous friend. The savage boar made When the wild boar arushatthebaron, who appeared in the disawaited its approach tance the baron exwith the utmost sang hibited signs of the froid. A shot was fired, greatest trepidation, and the bea6t rolled over With astonishing at the feet of the bold agility he climbed up huntsman, while Sido- the nearest tree, nia watched his move- whence he fired a shot, ments with intense Loud groans were then admiration. heard' to proceed from one of the beaters. — Humorißtischo> Blatter,