ONLY ONE MORE WEEK TO CO

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 82, 6 April 1929, Page 20 (Supplement)

ONLY ONE MORE WEEK TO CO

Dear Wendy.—Ah ! another week has flown by and nothing startling has happened. Weil, 1 suppose I really ought not say that as one of aunty’s friends took me up the river in his boat yesterday. Isn't it just lov. .y up the river, Wendy? The scenery was simply gorgeous and it took my fancy just before we reached Hipango Park. One day last week "White Forget-me-not’’ and I went to Castlecliff and I can assure you, dear friend, it was not long before I had plunged into the briny, although it was a cold day. But what matters what kind of day it is so long as one enjoys one’s self I can tell you 1 always go out with the intention of enjoying myself —and I do. I am in bed scribbling (what else can you call it?) these few lines. Now for goodness sake, don't think I’m ill, f >r 1 am far from that just a lazy bird this morning. It is now ten o'clock and I am not up yet, but last night "A Weary Wanderer” took me to the pielures to see "What a Night” and when we reached home I sat on "White Forget-me-nol’s’ * bed and talked and talked till one o’clock this morning. Enclosed, dear friend, is a paragraph which I t!i<o;rii. you might like to publish in this week's issue of the "Hut" pages. 1 read it on the i.ua. and was so charmed with it that 1 did not forget it, and whenever anyone speaks about Easter I always think of it. I began this letter this morning, but it is five o’clock now. I have been down by the river watching the boat races. Don’t the boats look loveiy as they speed over the water? I thought I was going to Wellington again tomorrow, but aunty’s friend came home early in the afternoon. He said he wanted to give us a ■ urprise, and he did, as we were not expecting him till to-morrow. We were going the car to bring him back with us. What a pity. I did not think to tell you earlier that I was going to Palmerston North, as I would have loved to see some of the Wendyites. However, I may be going again later, and if I do I will let you know. By the time this letter is in print I will only have one more week to spend in Wanganui before I leave for Auckland, but I will write to you while I am there. I hear Tibby calling me for tea so cheerio just now. —As ever, yours "MEDDLESOME MATTY,’’ Wanganui. How kind of your aunty's friend to take you up the river in his boat. The .scenery is just beautiful, isn't it? I went for a swim last week-end at the beach and it was somewhat cold. I’ve had a beastly cold ever since. One does appreciate a late morning in bed sometimes, don't they? So seeing that you had such a late nignt it j. terrible to be such a late riser. .‘dai.-v

thanks for the "Easter Thought” you send. Some of the boats travel very fast, don't they? I often watch them. Yes, if you should go to Palmerston again let me know, and I will arrange a meeting with some of my readers there. They would be pleased to meet you. Give me a little time, though, won’t you ?—Wendy. “CRAZIE MAIZIE,” Christchurch. —Oh! How annoyed you must have been when you discovered you hail lost your list of overseas pen-friends. I will tell all those, who had asked you for them and apologise for you. They will readily forgive you for the same thipg might easily happen to any one of us. "Pertinette” and "Phantasy” write beautiful letters, and they are always so full of news, too. I am glad "Sea Sprite” has found such a congenial position. How nice to know there is more than one "Hut” humorist. I think it is just wonderful to always see the funny side of things as well as the serious. Our world would indeed be a happy place if its inhabitants were all so disposed. At the moment of writing I have not received the letter from Australia. "Just Blighty’s” letters are really wonderful, aren’t they? I do not know where she lives apart from the fact that her letters always bear the postmark of one of Wanganui’s suburbs. I hope you are able to go to Maheno with "Sea Sprite.” It will be lovely. I am at present counting up the marks, and expect to publish the results very soon. I may get them ready for this week's issue.—Wendy.

“GOLDEN BELL,” Wanganui.—Holidays over again! Well, I hope you enjoyed them, and judging from the contents of your letter you seem to have had a great time. How lucky you were to go up the river in the boat. Did you notice the method by which they were propelled? I have seen the picture called "Chang,” but it whs many months ago. I liked it very much.—Wendy.

“ICELAND POPPY,” Marton.—l hope you spent a lovely day while on your visit to Wanganui, my dear. In your next letter you must tell me about the things you saw, and the places you visited.—Wendy.