A TIMID LOVER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11881, 1 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)

A TIMID LOVER.

■ •O»""" ■■ He : I hope we are alone. She : Don'c you think we are. Ho: I don't know. I rauat say, while I think of it, thai; year mother's house party is a great success in every \ respect but tbis one, and that is, that to get a moment with you has hitherto been impossible. She : Bat house parties are not intended for that purpose. He : I'm not so sure of that, -What a delightful little summer house this is. Da I hear voces ? She : I think not. He, peeriDg through the lattice wurk : I mnat have been mistaken. Shall 1 sit be3ide you. She : If you like. He : 1 cannot get over it to think that we are really alone. I — wag that a noise ? She : Nothing bat tbo wind. He : I thought I heard someone crunching among the bnshe9. She : You tnust'fc be so nervous. He : I am, I confess. It annoys me « to tMnk that we may be interrupted, and there is so ranch — She : Yon needn't have the slightest fear of that. lie : Indeed, you saem onfiJcnt. Sne : I am. I told -every on- to keep away from the summer house this afternoon .