The Governor and the Steward.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 2450, 22 May 1890, Page 2

The Governor and the Steward.

Some good stories e told anent tbt recent gubernatorial trip to Great Burner, but it would be a trifle unkind to repeat in print tho small talk which is current respecting the experiences of our popular vi -regal visitors. There is, however, one episode which hes been the standing joke on the O al for a w jk or two pa**t r and which will cei.ainly justify repetition. At all events the principal actor in the incident has gone from our shores, and ic free from the influence of tho pen that worries and tbe gossip of tbe tongue th*t never is at rest. Therefor 3, it w’ll do him no harm to relate the story of his mo*t serious di omfiture at Great Barrier. Tho Opal had anchored for the night in ono of the pleasant bays for which the Barrier is so famous. His Excellency insisted upon sleeping ashore, though tho officers of the Opal were anxious that he should remain on board, and eventual'y he was rowed to land with hi* aide de-camp, and quarters found for them in a settler’s outhouse. There they slop the sleep of the just till after daybreak, when their slumbers were rudsly diblurbed. An individual poked his head through the doorway, an- called, “ t ire, I want I ime butter r..id ef5 8.

There was no response to his peremptory demand, and with an annoyed look on hi» face he pushed the door open and shouted, “ Get up there and tell me if yonVe got any butter and eg 3 « " Still there was no movement on the part of the sleepers, and the intruder seizing the nearest recumbent form by the shoulder shook it vigorously, apostrophising thusly meanwhile, ‘ Gel up, you lazy devil. What do you mean by sleeping till this fuie of 100 day r Get up at once, and 6ud me some butler ar.d eggs. I’m tlie Bteward of the Opal. Then there was a movement in the other b«-d. The face of the aide-de camp appeared from its surroundings of blankets, and pointing to the sleeper, he lior.'Hed the intruder ly whispering, • t s his Excellency.” The stewa d’s tune back to the ship is said io have been fust enough to estab'ish a leeord. —Juchlana Star.