Jack Cox - Dodge Rose

you are giving him a lot of your time, constance.

its just until he settles. you know hes been so distracted since his project for the americas fell through.

do you believe your parents are genuinely concerned.

hes always been like this, its traditional. you were very good at the glades by the way. dad was certainly trying hard with that stuff about your father.

hm. good thing we dont mix business anymore. bloody broad acres.

you know i saw a lovely living room set in grace brothers. we could do terribly with something a little smarter in here. these armchairs have had their day.

dad put up his hands. why dont you take the girls. your daughter misses you. you are making her jealous.

you mean it, she said, the whole set. i might see about curtains while im at it. and we must start replacing all the things that never arrived.

mother enlists x and i to trawl through the catalogues and the daily advertisements. snows continue to offer scores of remnants in silks. dress goods manchester and furnishing drapery silk remnants, crepe de chines, georgettes, plain and striped fuji, dress goods, checked and striped zephyr, plain and printed voiles, plain and printed marocains, plain toned crepes. a buyer of anything will call anywhere, ladies’ gentlemen’s left off clothing, old gold, artificial teeth, books, etc. write or phone m. morris, 248 elizabeth street, city. a buyer of left off clothing mr and mrs mitchell, 1397 bathurst st, city. reliable purchases, allow extreme value for any description ladies’ and gentlemen’s clothing, linen, furniture, trunks, artificial teeth, ladies changing for mourning, please note. letters, parcels attended. cretonnes and shadow tissues. a model store the house that keeps faith with the public. prices subject to market fluctuations. a harbour view from every window of every flat. three-valve sets, in cabinet, valves, loud speaker, and aerial, complete, £10. your old set as part payment. one goss straight-line two-roll newspaper printing press. please note our new telephone number. tooths tooths k.b. k.b. k.b. k.b. a true larger. a true larger. pigeon hose a modish jumper suit. johnsons wax electric floor polisher. organs need the help of a.m.s. bosistos parrot brand eucalyptus oil. lionel foxley burrows, 37, salesman, pleaded guilty to stealing 592 yards of army duck, 902 yards of sheeting, 220 yards of damask, 360 towels, a pair of blankets, 24 sheets, four suitcases, 40 pairs of riding breeches, 16 coats, 36 tunics, 10 pairs of trousers, and 48 shirts. the crown prayed no judgement. bone lace for a head. book lost, saturday, redfern. black and fawn long haired pom dog lost. reward. brooch, gold bar, opal near end, with chain and pin, lost, thursday. reward. black purse. containing notes and silver. pensioners money. brown pigskin wallet, containing notes, business cards, and private papers. lost. reward given. corella lost. £1 reward. detainers prosecuted. cranking handle. green raffia envelope bag, containing purse, beads, etc. inquiries would be made into the subjects of hydatids, snakebite, and infantile paralysis. said friese greene was at the bottom of it. returned from queensland, predicts a shortage of meat supplies, with consequent high prices. accompanied by hailstones as large as eggs, broke in singleton and goulburn yesterday. clear view screen for ocean liners.

no no no not them. dont know why he keeps them.

the patersons catalogue had a picture on the cover of fairies riding a magic carpet with the paterson store sitting between them. the grace brothers catalogue had coloured photos of the showroom floor. three and a half acres of furniture promised the lift boy, sweeping one hand out of the compartment as he discreetly accepted mothers penny in the other. thank you. she pushed us out before her, straightening her dress. now girls remember what to look for. it was pouring outside but it made the faintest sound inside, like distant drums, and the mere flickering of natural light above the partition walls, like refracted tinsel. mother spotted the furniture set for the living room behind a row of potted ferns and ran to put her name down in case it disappeared while x and i took the stairs to get a head start on the drapery.

it was in the mens department we ran into uncle jim. jim what are you doing here. why a man can look after his own underwear cant he. oh im sorry i didnt realise you were. excuse me, hullo. hullo there you little devil, whats that youve got round your neck. jim was dressed very smartly he was carrying an umbrella with a long amber handle, a whole lot more elegant than the rubber raincoats x and i had on. you know they have a portrait photographer here now, hes upstairs by the hairdresser i think. have you finished. i wouldnt mind a cup of tea, we could get something here.

no jim i. i still have a million things to get. ive just bought that grecian assembly on the first floor to the left as you go out towards bay street. it was the last one. have a look when you go out and tell me what you think. i dont say with your classics. as long as you dont want me to tell you if it matches anything. you will be in this evening wont you. jim nodded but only smiled and raised the umbrella a little as mother herded us through the glass cabinets. she was not the same woman. someone holding me harder. that night she and dad spent a long time shut up in their bedroom. it sounded like they did equal parts talking. x was at the wharf getting something for supper so there was no one around to turn the lights on when the sun went down again to make the keyhole madder and no one to look after me.

a mouth full of warm water. the word is wearing off the soap. dirty. like it says it is. she says she will wash it out again if i. i will not. i will try to remember. no use running to complain. on this i feel the ranks have closed. they may have. i dont know. cant tell. hard to tell what it means. there is mystery now. i wish i could get it out of my mouth. no use opening or even scraping the tongue with the teeth and letting it hang out it wont. more waber. quick i wont. i wont ill say something else.

le vampire for self massage was probably the high or low point of mothers first real shopping spree. things cooled off for a little while after that and i didnt even get to help with the groceries any more since x had long since banned me from accompanying her, i was maladroit or something excessively obvious like that. left to hunt alone in the bonheur du jour. this is where mother gets all her business done and dad uses it whenever he wants to remain in the living room. it is very old and small and looks difficult to sit at but they are attached. leas. between george argyle plunket smith. witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money by the said mortgagee paid to the said mortgagor (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) the said mortgagor hereby appoints and also doth grant bargain sell alien release and convey unto the said mortgagor and his heirs all and singular the land and hereditaments mentioned and described in the schedule hereunder written together with all houses messuages buildings fences ways rights of way waters watercourses rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging to or appertaining and all the estate right title interest benefit and claim and demand whatsoever of him the said mortgagor therein and thereto to have and to hold the said land hereditaments and premises with their appurtenances unto and to the use of the said mortgagee his heirs and assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the proviso for redemption hereinafter contained that is to say provided always that if the land mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid to the said mortgagee the sum of one thousand. a deep blue almost translucent inkwell, spherical with the lid down, faintly sketched. pays de pierre nuyts. an ashtray with the burnt remains of tinted paper. y dar. if i err in devising, for forgetting or else, that they may redress it and amend it. always leave a little room for the abc. let your finger follow the. delie. ascenders of w curled with double limb on the second. a dainty seal. descenders of d looped and with otiose flourish in final position. yes seen all that before no doubt. batons of writing. locus des. liefdesgrot.