KING TAWHIAO'S LOVE ADVENTURE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2077, 29 October 1885, Page 2

KING TAWHIAO'S LOVE ADVENTURE.

Tiu: good king Tau Liao is, it would seem aomewhat unlucky in his amours. Having already a phu >lit> of wives a.nd c>n "■iliuuitly ix niiich tnaincd man, hi< unfortunately, however, wnnut cluin to bi ii'oportionately happy and eoinfoi table in his numerous alliances. His domestic affairs, it would vein, are geneially at sixes mii sevens for though his majesty in hi* homo circles i-> of a peaceful and abstemious temperament ,witli a loving heart, and a soul for modern poetry, things do not (.com to go a* they ought. Some short time ag<> his fcivomitttspouso, Pohiere, .ittoi belabouring 1 ln;n severely with her gingham, (piesented to her we believo by the Auckland Humane Society during her visit to that city) bee une the submit of a i alf.nr of gallantry v\ ith a half-bred sl.i . 001 f ootinsn of the king, and emitting the li'gil conch i i tho night, whilst lipr lord tmd master slept sonoitusly, took flight on hoi -eback and is now living in ictiiemeut i>n the bulks of Taupo. His otlier lady, we f orget her n une, being sent to occupy the rojal demesne in the X ivvhia distnct wheie the subjects were giumbling about the neglect of the king, ins majesty at once cast o,boiit for a .suitable female of his own tint to do the honours of the establishment at Whatiwhatihoo. Distinguished strangers from all parti of the world had of late been coming to pay their court, and it was but proper that there should be a lady of thn house to receive them. In his recent travels through his tenitory, and when sojourning lit Hukanui, his eyes lit upon a vugin of tenders years and winning graces. Tawhiao was accompanied on his mission by tho redoubtable piince Tv Tawhi.io, whoso assistance he invoked to carry off the lucky commoner, and the gallant youth, ever dutiful, readily assented. It was not until tho dignified foi m of hm Kerone highness w^s almost piostrate at the feet of his enchantress, working forth the arrows of hia afteetion, that he 1 ealised the awful hopelemne-<K of the situation. Tho son's assistance had not beon invoked in vain, but, unfortunately, had been employed on his own behalf, leaving the youthful hoioino of thu brief romanco to leveal to the lovo-hick ol I man that the child of his affections had :«lready anticipated him. Hii Majesty, wisely bottling up his wiath, had his hoises called out, and summoning his suite to follow on, lost no tune in hurrying over to Whatiwhatihoe to keep his appointment with the Queen of Karotonga. Ills intention, we helievo, was to try his luck m that q.iarter, and by this nieeo of diplomacy combiuo tho affairs of botli kingdoms under ono imprenio authority— himself. But ill fato Btill pur.sued him, for the Queen had already departed, and thus was thwarted a utroko of policy which might, if effected, have materially altered tho. destiny of these favoured isles. It is now on tho cauls that Tv Tawhiao, for hm unh'linl meddlesomeness, is to bo forbidden hm father's territory, and denied hih countenance), and that Pohaeie is to bo united to re hub her i'd position m the royal hnu«P l '<>l '.

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