WHAT MY HAPPEN TO A MAN NAMED HMER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4410, 4 May 1893, Page 3

WHAT MY HAPPEN TO A MAN NAMED HMER.

Ttatoia sometimes much in a namo. So a tourist who arrived iu Wellington tlio other day found. His namo was Hainer. Ho was full up of the importance of Britons in general, and British tourists in particular. Ho believed they owned tlio earth. Ho put up at a leading hotol. Mr T. Hamcr, tlio Premier's privato secretary, put up at tho same hotel. Ministers (especially the, Premier) are perBoas to wjjom night ami day are one, who and hardly over ent—except at banquets, Private secretaries are people who try to do those tilings, and sometimes succeed. At other timos their lives are ordered n8 tho lives of. Ministers. ' ■ At 4 a.m. last Sunday tho sent for Mr Hnmcr, Priva'o Secretary. An energetic hotel employe; proceeded to tlin room of ; Mr Hamer, tourist, and thundered ihcreon. on awakening peal, Mr Hamrri : tourist, leapt from his warm bed under tho impression that the house.was .on fire, found it was not, and retired lo test once more, ilo had scarcely slept befortMnoiher messenger Came, over; was felted to his room, rushed up, knocked, yelled " MrSfdJon says you are to hurry up," and fled us he heard ; tho infuriated inmate rushing for iho. door. Once more the unfortunate tourist composed himself to sleep, but : presently tho Minister, chafing under: tho delay, sent still another messenger, who, also directed.to the room of " Mr Hamer,". roused lb- 1 now maddened tourist a third liine, and intimated that Mr Seddon said lie had to. wait thern till ho got oatoflicd. Alter., standing the siege for a while the Brit- : isli subject hurst' upon his.toimentor; and demanded in .lulphtiiic'languag;! to know who this Mr Seddon » as, as.d wlicn he wo 3 told that lie was. the Acting-Preiuicr,, and insisted on his cominyover at once,.lio swore by the; rules' the waves, ituil; all his -other gods; that aihlio pie- : miera in this infcrnnl cavinUy would; not mova hi'ii, and that- thi-y would have to call out.their adjective trcops ' if they wanted to quell Itiiii, and if he. wasn't left alone at once, lie would telegraph to Mr Gladstone and bring the British. Government down on thom. Then there were mutual ex , plantations, and it was discovered that the original llamer. Was peacefully enjoying tho repose of which his namesake ; had.been robbed: but Mt: Hamer, tourist, packed up liis portmanteau and left the/country by the. next boat, and his story of tho way British ; subjects are- oppressed l>y ; Colonial Ministers will make exciting reading for his friends.—Evening