Overview
Tues. Oct. 12.
Up very early to make the most of my last morning. She, of course, had not appeared so I walked round + round the house, tapping on her window the first circuit, reminding her of the Walls of Jericho the second, + the third talking to her for a few minutes till she told me to be a good boy + run away. When she appeared she looked (as she always does when she emerges in the morning) as fresh + sweet
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as a daisy. The family + I were having a discussion in the kitchen, but my love walked into the middle of them to give her adoring lover a little morning kiss. After breakfast she cut me the usual dainty + delicious lunch which she always provides me with, the darling, + also gave me a nut loaf for the whare. She took a 1/2 pl[ate] photo (8) of me in smoking cap + pipe reading the newspaper on the verandah, also one (9) of me just leaving + going out of the gate with my bag. I took one (10) of her with the bicycle. Mr. Herd, Frank + Maud drove me to the station. "jee-up, Jessie," said Mr. Herd to the new chestnut horse. "There", said I to Maud, "it's name is Jessie". "But it's a gentleman horse," she shyly remonstrated in most comically pathetic tones. We found that a big batch of recruits were leaving by the Mail Train en route for Rangioto + Trentham Camps. Bands were playing martial airs + the crowd was frantically cheering - it was quite stirring. I stood beside my Love on the platform + looked into her sweet eyes. She let me kiss her when the train seemed about to start, but it was a false alarm, so I got another kiss when it did actually move out + I was then carried out
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of her sight. Clare met me at Levin st[atio]n + on reaching home, Jack + I rode straight up to North Block to stay overnight. We mustered the 38 (found 39) steers in Mill p[addock] + put them on Ram p. ready for drafting out 30 for sale tomorrow. Clear night + a little bit chilly.
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