A HAT CHASE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 7 May 1908, Page 37

A HAT CHASE

A man, whose word is generally to be relied on except on his return from an angling expedition, states that he ' witnessed an amusing little incident in Wellington the other day. One windy afternoon, which is not an unusual occurrence in, the Empire City, a neatly dressed youn£ man was walking along Lambtoni Quay. He seemed to know that he .was worth looking at, for he kept glancing at himself- in the shop windows and pulling down his cuffs. At the corner, one of those sudden 1 s^ust® of wind wMch seem 1 to come from' nowhere blew off his hat.

Away it went, careering along the street, thrtough! every bit of mud and dirt visible.. Of course, he hur-" ried after U. But the hat had a long start.. Once ha