The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-10-10
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G0LlD-HUNTING. i + -. : ;.
IN TWO PARTS: PART THE SECOND
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If ever there was, = desolate place on
earth, it was that tent that night; il
ever grief.prostrated being, ii wa.
poor George. Through those long
dark hours he sat, and the whole ;wprld
seemed dark With him.. < Till thsti mo.
ment be never seemed TO- haze -kaowl
all the goodness and. plsasaptness, ei
h,s fricnd-uever> to have. valued. hin
Alright. That ohesrfsL hopeful, soul
that generous. uaselash nets.e-.h,l
mind 50 full Of ;kaoyledge;4 aqd spnn,
thoughts, and, cordial. genial humoE.
From the sight of tho future be shEuuk
back; from tho dark solitary road that
he must teavel anopgst; rude ;stzspgera
alone. --: .: = s..E:,' ys3:t-. 81 81 500
But time stops for neither the happy
nor the miserable. .Morniag eame, and
with it the doctor and tho ~aies. In. Z
kindly but energetic tone, he, told
George that be must rouse, himself !;
that the funeral must take place that
very day. and covering the body With
= sheet, he bsde George 60 and attend
to the horse while he went and, gave
the necessary orders.} When he re.
turned, be forced George away With
him to bis own tent, and kept him
there. - -.s-'
We must not dwell on this nel.a.
oholy part of onr story. In. few day.
the remains of Alan Swinburne SLEPT
iu the already populousF cemetery ol
Forest Creek. George, exerting him:
self under the kindly irAuense IF the
doctor, Lad sold, tho tent aud 9e6ects,
the doctor Wishing to purchase the
horse, and for which, spite Of Georgsi
remonstrances, he paid very hand.
some price, thong b his medical attend.
ance had, Of course, been er.taitous t.
bis brother practitioner. The money
George had transferred to the Bank oI
Australasia, in Melbourne, with the ex.
ception of small reserve for his owl
necessities, and as q loan, and sent d
order to pay it over to their bank il
London, for Adams mother, to whom
he wrote the melancholy news 3,of he'
sons decease. -.,.~<;
For himself, the prospect Of seden
tary life in Melbourne, even with th<
hope Of achieving brilliant fortune
had at present no charms. AT hi,
heart there lay a heavy oheerles'
weight. He seemed to need action
constant, restless action-the air Of tn.
hills, the free freshness of the forest
bard travel, hard labor, to drive th
deadly torpor from his spirit, to Civ
him sleep at night. There was d feve
in bis blood that seemed to urge hin
on and on. So, in the rude phrase o
the digger, he once more bumped BIZ
swas, that is, threw the 'rolled.up blap
ket on his back, with piok, shovel, M
tin dish, aud set out tor fresh scenes
We need not follow him too minute
y. He travelled from ono gold.fel
to another, dog '.ooriously, and Wit
varied success. But he was always,
solitary digger; he never felt n if b
could take a stranger into the pIaee q
Adam the inimitable. Autumn fouo
him At the Ovsas, much improved j
his funds, bat still restless aud melau
choly. Besidoa tho death Of Ad.r
Svinburne, he had other sgriefs who
lay heavy upon him. Since no x
foot on Australian ground he had new
or received = single line from any on
at home, nor could he learn from 10
new arrival that his letters home war
had been more fortunate. Every on
attributed tho fact, which was by q
meaps I solitary one-there were thou
sands Of like oases-to the inef6oiep
condition Of the Melbourne post Office
which, from . false economy Of the col
onial government, Was not half manned
and was become au unfathomable limb
of letters and newspapers.
! But this theory did not remove tb
fact that George had had 10 eomnuni
cation With biz home friends, and i
thousand uueisJ aud gloomily shspis
4 fanoies klunted his mind. He'd, hs nt
: acted : foolish part T. 4ight'sot ;EHe
]: Mo@bs.y have egradQllyA lyAssus,ts,sto,
!: slider him in,the long period for sssitl
reflection, ass iiokle, impstuousj %
not very s.g.oieus oharsetsrl sTh
only person who could give him a.
news from home was. sailor, Who ha
originally sbeen:a Wark worth 6shsrma
then had sailed 10 ! Hull merchant
man, and run of to the digging. Fro.
him George heard thst his'own fsm,l
va. well; !; but that M: Mo~brsy NJ
dead. WhAn thu man annke of MI