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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 274, 18 November 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)

A funny incident occurred the . other clay in one of the big" West Highland hotels. A big, big gfdflp'bt'''.'■ Cook's pilgrims arrived,and in tK^'.v evening a trio of Swiss entertainer's ' arranged to give ?. concert -in the ' drawing-room. Among those present1 ■' was a very superior person—an ting- _; lishftian, by the way—and as■, is the:'^ manner of many superibr persons he' x .made himself conspicuous by fussing round, and congratulating this one:_ and that one oh the success of-the-evening. To one gentleman he Cofl-r:; eluded his utterances with the -re-"-^ mark—"l am told there is a Cn-'k's"-, tourist party in the hotel; surely they ' will never have the audacity to come .-i into the drawing-room!" "Well* I " am afraid they have had the audit- .! city," was ihc'reply he got. "With- | the exception of one or two .UitlnTici- ' :< ■ ers all who are here nre of Cook s ■ party, and _ am one of them myself.' Then the snob wilted, arid slid from the room. Next clay he was observed on board the steamer, sitting far; far forward in the steerage division, where he was granted the dignifiS" , seclusion his soul coVeted, go far as the audacious pilgrims were concei'tH i-ecJ. -••; ' ... \. -JZ.