BOTH WERE REMINDED.
They had quarrelled on the way home from the ball, and after walking silently for a time she said, "Tom. what ails you to-night?" " Nothing," was the curt reply. " But why don't you talk?" '■ I have nothing to talk about." " But you usually Have plenty of subjects." "Possibly I had; have none row." " Nonsense ! Do you sea that star over "tbere?" "I ha\e eyes." "That is the North Star." "So I have heard." *' And you remhnd me of it very much." "I do? Why?" " Because- you are so cold and distant." "Thanks." Another long silence followed, and then Tom produoed a red lose, saying, " Do you see this rose?" '" I have eyes," was the mocking reply. "How fortunate! Isn't it pretty?" " Be-autiful !" "Each petal is perfect." " So I see."
"It is as sweet as yon arc." " Oh, thank you." "'lts colour is the same as your cheeL" v.-hon 3'ou blush." " How poetic !" "Its heart ;uiionsf these soft p-etab is like your heart." "You enrapturp me!" " But there is something else th.\t causes it to still more resemble you." 1 "What?" I For answer he placed the rose in her band. "Oh, you wretch; it's artificial!'
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Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 75
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