Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-03-24
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A HEROINE AT THE D1eoIyos.-The Dnbln
Commerciai Journal publishes letter of ouite a
romantic Character lately received NV a Id 81
Dublin from young female friend, and formerlv
schoollellOw of hers, now at the Australian do
gings 1t appears from her narrative that she and
her brother suddenly left orphans with f3OO
for their necessities and all the fancies and
nicetes which life and prosperous eircumstaneesis
wont to include. "He had passed through col
lege with credit, and could write poetry and ride
up to the hounds well as any huntsman who
ever. hunted the Golden Vale, while l. on my
part could play polkas, sing ballads speak French
and little German, was a capital horsewoman
(only l had nc horse,) and once in nv life had
composed waltz, and written l6 chapters of a
novel, which broke down from my not knowing
now to get my heroine out Of terrible serape.--
But alas! my dear friend all these things might
have done well enough once upon time but
the real battle of life was now to be fought bv two
utterly inexperienced raw recruits and the oues-
ton was, how our time and means were to be pro-
perly rather than pleasantlyspent. Fortunately,
we were both young, strong, active, and hearty,
and never did any Sebastian and Viola of them all
love each other with stronger and more endur-
ing affection than did Frank and I-sole remnants
as We were of much prosperity and so little pro-
dence After much nervous consultation over
the E300, they determined to emigrate TO Ans
tralia. On reaching Melbourne they found
that they could not encounter worse inconveni-
ences at the diggings, and there they now are
under singularly interesting Circumstances.
Ihey young lady says:-I resolved to ac-
company my brother and his friends to the Dig
gings and l felt to do so in my own proper cos
tune and character would be to run unnecessary
hazard Hence my change. ! cut my hair into
a very masculine fashion; purchase a broad felt
hat, sort OF tunic or smoke of coarse blue CLOTH
trousers to conform, boots of MINER and thus
parting with my sex for season Il hoped bet
ter one behold me accomplished candidate for
mining operations and all the perils and incon-
veniences they might be supposed to bring. All
this transmutatiOn look place with Frank and
Ms sanction; indeed it was he who first sug-
gested the change, which grasped at and improT-
ed OH it. | could not bear to be separated from
Frank and we all felt that I should be safer in
any male attire than if l exposed myself to the
dangers of the route and residence in NV proper
guise.
We have now been nine weeks absent from
Melbourne, and have tried three localities, al the
latter of which we have been most fortunate -
We are near water, Ga first rate article) and our
tent is pitched on the side of as pretty valley az
you could wish to visit have for myself SORT
of supplementary canvass chamber, . in which
| sleep, cook wash clothes-that is, nv own
and Frank Sand keep watch and ward over
heaps of gold dust and "nuggeis, . the sight and
touch Of which lnspirs me when grow dull.
which seldom do for have constant shoppers
in and to own the truth, even in my palniiesi
days never was treated with greater courtesy
or respect. Of course, my sex is generally known.
| am called Mr.. ''Harry,' Gan abbreviution Of
Harilet,) but no one intrudes the more on that
account. In flct have become "necessity -
as am always ready TO do good turn, the
great secret, after all, Of social success: and I
never refuse 10 obligea 'neighbor' be the trouble
what it may. The consequences are pleasant
enough. Many nugget" is thrust on me
whether will oFHo, in return for cooking pud-
ding or darnlng shirt, and il all the cooks and
seamstresses in the world were as splenddlv
paid as am, the "Song the Shirt would new
er have been written, at all events Nv own
hoard amounts now to about 10 lbs. ($2 400
WORTHY OF gold, and if go on accommodating, even
the richest heiress in my family in former days,
will be left UNNECESSARILY behind. Sometimes,
when have a few idle hours, | accompany
Frank and his comrades TO the diggngs, and it is
rare thing to watch the avidity with which eve.
ry bucket is raised, washed, examined, and COM
meuted upon. Wild the life is, certainly, but
full of excitement and hope; and, strange as it is,
almost fear to tell you. that do not wish it TO
end! You can hardly conceive what merry
company gather together in our tent every even
ing, or-how pleasantly the hours pass. Tea and
coffee we have in plenty, for every one brings
hoard, and milk we manage to obtain, for among
us we have imported two cows, which cost us
about ESQ each, but that is mere trihe. Cake
OF various kinds | manufacture, thanks TO old
Betsey D for teaching me ;and as for liquor
we sometimes have little VINE, brandy, or ar
rack, and sometimes not And then we dance to
the music of a German flute, played by a real
German, or we sing glees and quartetts, or talk
of Moore, Byron, Burns, Goethe, ''Shakspeare
and the musical glasses &C., until midnight,
and sometimes long after it. AS to suitors, | have
them in plenty, and not despicable ones either,
assure you