UNLIKELY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 25, 21 June 1890, Page 19

UNLIKELY.

Jack SI’KAT and his wife may l>e remembered among the few people whore lives together were not rendered miserable by a difference in tastes. Too often doesit haiqien that dissimilar desires ami habits make dissension in the household. Little Mavhas a lovely grandma, to whom she is tenderly attached. Grandma, however, clings to one habit which sometimes actually drives May out of her presence : she will have her room heated to such a point that the little girl, having an active circulation, finds it almost unbearable. One day, grandma was a little ill. The next morning she was 1 tetter, but in the afternoon she felt worse again. A neighbour came to inquire for her, and was met at the door by May. ' ‘ Grandma s a little worse this afternoon,' said she, sorrowfully. * So I heard,’ said the lady, * ami I came over to ask the reason. Does your mother know how to account for it ?’ ‘ No'm, I guess not.’ ‘ Do you think she could have taken a chill ?’ ‘ I don’t know,’ said May. Then, as the thought of grandma's stifling room occurred to her, she added, • If she did, I don't think it could have been a very chilli/ chill "