HARDLY LONG ENOUGH !

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3106, 2 May 1879, Page 3

HARDLY LONG ENOUGH !

Ah, yes fond youth ! It may be very nice to court a grirl in the far northern countries where the nights are six months long, but just think of the vast amount of peanuts and gum-drops the jouug man, when ffoing 1 to see his girl, must lug along with him in order to kill time and induce her to believe that his affection to her i.s as warm as ever. And then the sad leave-taking a few weeks before sunrise ! He whispers " Goodnight, love," and she softly murmurs, " Good-night, dear. When shall I see you again ?" " To-morrow night," he replies, as he kisses her upturned face. " To-morrow night," she repeats with a voice full of emotion. " Six long, weary months ! Can't you call around in a few days before breakfast, Charles?" Finally Charles tears himself away, with a promise to write her 160 letters before the next day draws to a close — JVbrmtown Herald.

It Might have Been. — A fashionable young lady accidentally dropped one of her false eyebrows in her opera-box, and greatly frightened her bean, who, on seeing it, thought it was his moustache. The Greek Church in Russia has given rise to a new sect, called " Purifiers." It recognises the woman as the head of the family, requires every one to marry immediately on coming of age, and the husband is compelled to confess his sius every week to his wife.