The Goversor and the Stoward.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 April 1890, Page 2

The Goversor and the Stoward.

»■ -■ ._ Some good stories are told v aneut the recent gubernatorial trip to Great Barrier, but it would be a trifle unkind to repeat in print the small talk which is current respecting the experiences of our popular vice-regal visitors. There is, however, one episode which has been the standing joke on the Opal for a week or two past, and whioh will Certainly justify repetition. At alt events the; principal actor in the incident haa gone from our shores, *ud is free irom the influence of the pen thft worries and the gossip pf the tongue that never is at rest. Therefore, it will do him no harm to relate the story of his most serious discomfiture at Great Barrier. The Opal had anchored for the night in one of the pleasant bays for which the bairier is so famous. His Excellency in - siated upon sleeping ashore though the officers of the Opal were anxious that he shou d remain on board, and eventually he was. ro xql to land with his aide de-c imp, and quarters found for them in a settler's outhouse. There they slept the sleep of the just till after day-break, when their slumbers were rudely disturbed. An individual poked his head through the doorway, and called, " Say there, I want some butter and eggs." There was no response to his peremptory demand, and, with an annoyed look on his face, he pushed the dcor open and shouted, 41 Get up there aud tell me if . you're got any butter and eggs." Still there was no movement on the part of the Bleepers, and tbe intruder seizing the nearest, reoumbent form by the shoulders shook it vigorously, apostrophizing ihusly meanwhile, " Get up you lazy devil. • What do yo-j mean by sleeping til! this time of the day ? Get up at once, and find me some butter »nd eggs. I'm the steward of the Opal." Then there was a movement in the other bed. The face of the aide-dc camp . appeared from its surrounding of blanket*, and pointing to the sleeper, he horrified tbe intruder by whisper ing, •• It's his Excellency." The steward's time back to the ship is said to have been fast enough to establish a record. — AucUaixd Star.