A Scene in High Life.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 169, 11 September 1886, Page 3

A Scene in High Life.

A laughable incident in connection with " High-Life Below' Stairs," that would appear to be far-fetched in a rattling farce, was recently brought to the attention of a London magistrate. It appears that a lady of the nobility was entertaining some lady friends at an afternoon reception at her residence near Belgrave Square, when, to the intense alarm of the ladies, the portly liguve of an inebriated and indigent cook was seen to enter and take a Boat amid the bewildered guests. The leading lady' of the culinary department proceeded to deliver her ideas oh the general topics of ' the day with • somewhat disjointed fluency, s and the mistress of the house finding the order to retire disregarded she naturally summoned the butler to her assistance. This attack by the base' minion of the pantry on her own' special privib ges made the cook frantic with indignation. So the butler prudently beat a retreat and wont in search of a policeman. The fairy of the s spiti, was equal ,to the emergency, and' when' the butler proceeded down the, pquare in search o*f the' representative of the law, the cook pursued,* ehouting after him, •« Stop thief;'? .The result of this strategic mancevre was that the butler was taken into, custody ;by- a .constable who happened to be conveniently near at hand. The triumph, Bbwe'ver, 6f sih'e5 ih'e cook was of 'Short * duration, asilon <the irefcdrn of J 'the captured^butler^o^the^house thp, attitude, actions "and condition of the, head of the 'culinary' 'department' &tiowed the representative, of itb ; e law that he; had 1 arrested the wrong, individual. In her zeal she began to break tlia ; windows of. the houeefshe-'Katl 1 Jdtely f Bhbwh^determination to' ' 'protects* 'even- a'fcHb'e "Heft of - in •, ' criminating^ an; > inttocenfr maividiiai; 1 ' 1 atixi with difficulhy -was Hxnovedto'Nth'e f pblide 'station^v'-On her b'eirigi 'arraigned' the'.ne^t, /day,' the' cook -assumed an attitude' ofin-j jjHred innooetfce, b ! ut although'she ¥sser|e*d that every^ one was drunk» s but \hertelf,' *tße victim: fof'lmieplhced*ce6bfide^ce l was < fined: ..for ,heT* i amb i iti'oh'\t6 'chine in'' th'e^higher > circles' of- tsodietyi^j Despite' this unheard'of 'rigour, "it il"'a'ckn ! 6wledge'd''that; v atf every. > E nglislinian'B' horne 1 > is' hi| * castle; tß^i'bbbk* is^the chatel'aine*hov*f and^Jor all'tinieei

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