Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-08-08
A Romance Ofthc Australian Bush.

The Melbourne correspondent of the Lon
don Times tells the following story: "Rc-
turning to the township of Victorian wa
tering place ON Sunday evening, after a
long stroll in the country, heard coming
up behind me at Il trot about thirty head of
cattle. Iobseryed, as they approached, that
they were all milch cows, and that a sort of
gentleman in his shirt sleeves, and well
mounted, kept them together on the one
side and n woman, also on horseback, was
rounding them up on the other side. AS
size galloped after some crrant animal, her
habit gracefully flying behind her, and her
seat (as she jumped logs and little creeks
safe and assured from long practice, she
looked like Die Vernon turned useful and
any one would have pronounced her lady,
and an elegant lady too, had she not been
driving cattle, which, to my preiudiced eye
rather complicated her personal appearance
with touch of Smthfcd. The whole
group swept by, and in Il minute or so were
lost sight of in the bush.
Early on the next morning was walk
ing through the little township before break
tasts when saw milk cart with the most
modern style of shining tin pals in it stand
ing at a door, a man serving the milk, while
a woman sat in the cart handling the reins.
As they drove off had dim recollection
of having seen them before, but where or
under what circumstances | could not call
to mind | described to my old Scotch
landlord what have seen, as above describ-
ed, and at once he told me what he and all
his neighbors evidently regarded as one of
the most romantic little stories of which the
ncighborhood could boast. The pair of
equcstrians in the bush and-the pair in the
milk cart were, 1t seems, one and the same
pair. When young and poor they had mar
ried in England, despite the opposition of
friends. The gentleman had been in the
navy the lady had been delicately nurtur-
cd
Soon after marriage they resolved to be-
gin the world atrcsh. They arrived in Vic
tora very poor. Mr.. D., the husband,
nearly related to noble family in England,
nevertheless, with honorable strength of will
worked hard with his hands, and his deli
cate young wife was IA devoted and self-de-
nying partner in his hardships. lie put by
n little money, and bought "A few head of
stock. And now Mr.. ID. declares that he is
as happy as the day is long, and that he
would not exchange his position for the
command of the best ship in her Majesty S
navy. They have three children, pronounc-
ed to be wonders of pretty behavior and
good training; and hcSfathcr and mother
(say the gossps), after nine years of married
life, speak to each other more like lovers
than like man and wife. Together they
round up the cattle of an evening, and to-
gcther they serve the milk in the morning.
In the evening after the 'kye' are in, she So
laces herself and little circle with the piano,
and gives an hour or so to the education OF
her little ones. But it is said that she is not
altogether as contented as her lord. 'Whyl'
said |, deeply interested in this little ro-
nance of real life. After many questions
and many answer, here is the out come OF
the cross-cXamination of various witness
At the bottom of all the lady's rural felicity
is a something which poisons it somewhat
human pride. She is often addressed as a
common mikwoman, when she knows she
is not a common milkwoman, and she
shrinks from the vulgar but extremely ma
tural mistake"