AN UNWELCOME BED-FELLOW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2212, 5 February 1886, Page 2

AN UNWELCOME BED-FELLOW.

One of the troupe of Waikato natives who have lately been delighting Theatre Royal audiences with their..grotesque songs and dances, tapped a policeman on. the shoulder in. Queeu-atreet on Friday, and said that lw.ha.fl a, serious complaint to make, TJIO active and intelligent' qfiioav was a.lj attention in a moment, for' have not been very plentiful of lato, and the reputation of the " foorce" must bo kept up. " What is it?" enquired the representative of law and order, as ha beckoned the'/Maori warrior on one side. The latter slowly drew a small package from his pocket, and proceeded with groat deliberation to unroll it. Tliis \»i a work of time | the unrolling seemed W 1 terminable, v ovea. of- the policeman Watched thp with illCbiicoiiled ilnpatiencb. Presently th'e'lasfc foldof the paper was reachod, anda smalf entomological' specimen w/is revealed, M , Th.e latter" proved to be. a v?el'l-dsYe]op£4 *£ " fff toward," i)Qxmm \nsmw ' BM 1 «activQ m \ w™j# Www founds, in accents o| wiring contempt he request ted the Maori to, explain what he meant by taking up the valuable timo "of & moinbur of the forqe in.' that -yjay," The, warrior jai(Ulia f Jio. bad sjept at a city on the prevpa evening, and that his. rest'had been disturbed throughout the night by the unwolqoniQ preeonoo of the little insect ha hold w his hand, He. thought this was a serious matter. "I aw up in a wiudQW," said ha, "'comfortable beds 4 shilling,' Igo in and ask for.a comfort, ahle bod, and pay my shilling, The .bed is not a comfortable one. I get no sleep, and I want to know whether I can punish the woman who put that lying notica in the window." Such was the substance of the MaoriV oomplaint rendered ffith many gesticulations, m.uoh shrugging of (ihuu.lde.rs,, ajid in broken' ' Tltefi polio.mw smiled sim™ phdity-' of tlie noble savage, and with biting jorny remarked that fho latterJiad a good case and ought to, get heavy damages by way of compensation for his broken slumbers. The Maori asked what , he should do, and the satirical policeman said " consult a solicitor." He therefore carefully rolled up his "specimen "and departed to invest six-and-eight pence in legal advico, while the . disappointed policeman resumed his mused on the lainentabjn ooarclry ■of ■«ss