, 1873-09-28

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At tho worry time that our country was COM
plotting its third decade,
JOHN FOWLER
sailod from England, In the good ship Jenny
Stewart, for Australia. Hero he arrived In
good timo. after tho long and tedious /
voyage OF that day. No golden droama
had suggested his expatriation; for at that time,
as tho reader remembers, the auriferous deposits,
which since attracted 30 many thousands to that
distant land, had not yet been brought to Light,
Fabulous accounts, however, Of the succoss
which followed shcep-farming bud Induced
many to invost thoir all in tliB pursuit.
Fowler having brought with him fair amount
Of money, Immediately on his arrival purchased
from the Government largo tracts Of land in The
vicinity OF Melbourne, then an inconsderablo
village. These lands he stocked with the bost
broods; he was fortunate in tho choice Of tho
servants assigned him by tho convict-aushorities
and everything that he touched soemod to
prosper in his hands. Ho was coon IN Q
condition to build convenient and
comparatively y-hnndHomo house; and, having
soma taste for landscape-gardening, ho boauti-
dod its grounds. -.
Ho began now to breed and deal in horses,
and money flowed moro and more freely into his
coifers. He became, In word, tho
RasMosT FLouR1su1Na AND WEALTHY SETTLER
III tho whole district. And yet 80 reserved and
retiring was this mans disposition that, In all
the years Of Ills residence III what grow to bo
populous neighborhood, he associated with mono.
lie was strictly correct In all his doallngs punc-
tual III all his engagements, and Ind even been
known, on moro than ono occasion, to help All
unfortunate noighbor out Of some untoward
dilemma but lis doors Wero noyor opon to
other than himself, except on business, and he
sought no other door than his OWL.
THIS was, briefly, the condition Of affairs
when ono
III q distant point Of the continent (for aa sucl.
the vaBt island is now describod), and lad
thrivon, paid y visit to Molbourne (by this time
House and farm Of Fowler caught Lis oyo.
It had boon limited. boBidee, that Fowler con
templatod returning to Ills native country.
Lopez called on Fowler, and. after short inter-
chaso Of his lands. A lawyer OF eminenco in
Melbourne WAS employed to prepare the neceH-
aary instruments; md. after an appointed day.
tho transfer was completed at Fowlor's house by
tho execution Of tho deeds, in prosence Of
the wtncssos who had boon rot together for tho
exproas purpose. Before tho separation Of all
parties concerned III the transaction, Lopez had
been hoard to invite Fowler to
REMAIN IN THE HoUBE,
Notwithstanding the eale, nnd to consider It
still hin homo until ho should DO quite prepared
to embark for England, and this invitation Fow-
It MAS but natural that tho sale Of 80 large
throughout that part Of the country, nnd
Fowlor's intontion Of returning homo was
svory announcement & tic news. But, to TIC TIC
surprise Of Ill the neiehborhood, Fowler not
only made no overt preparations tor going away,
but kept himself SO closely concealed, after the
had
EVEN LAID EYES urox HIN.
Though lia retiring habits were well known,
nothing absolutely unklnd in his charactar had
somowhat hurt ut his continued reseryo, OF, II he
had actually sailed that he should hayo left tho
neghbors Of go many years without o leave-taking.
But 80 it WAS; and, az Lopez volunteered no in-
made, and the nine days. wondor expired with its
term.
In Australia, that land OF anoma1ies whore
swans arc black and quadrupeds wear ducks
rivers low from tho sea to the interior, and aro
full Of water only in the rainy season. When
the cloud-springs have passed away, and the
sums rays resume their evaporating power, these
rivera
Dw1Hp1E INTO MERE wArxR-Bo1Es,
left here and thore in the dospor bottoms Of
what wore 30 lately tho rivor-bods.
About aix weoks aftor tho sale Of Fowlor's
1ittlo farthor from Melbourne thRn Fowler's, Was
returning homo On horseback, after having boon
to tho town on ao1no ordinary business. II WAS
. moonlight-night. Martin had boon enjoying
the society Of some OF lis friends, after the
transaction OF his business, and was riding
slowly, smoking his pipo, and anticipating an-
other merry meeting. when he should next go to
the "eity, ~ 1t lad now begun to bo called,
As ho was passing Lopez'a house, he saw figure
on the fence on tho opposite slide Of the road.
Az he approached more nearer, ho recognized,
with unfeigned amazomeut,
THE WELL-KNoWN FOWLER,
{t ktzto r4,f fuk IL
costu1ne), pointing with one hand to water
hole hard-by. An exclamation OF surprise ut
soong him atill in tho noIghborhood after 40 long
aeclusion, invo]untarily escaped Martin, and lo
before lia Dyes His astonishmont now gave
way to fear, and he made tho best Of bis way
homoward, and Immediately told hla wife what
attributed his vision to tho effects Of brandy |
and-Wator, which he did not deny having taken.
though moderately, while with bis trionda, III
town. And so the appsritioR was not further
Throe dnya later, another visit to town beoaue
necessary Said Martin to himself, ~ will
carefully abstain from anything in tho loaas do
greo Intoxicating this time, snd, Il tue figure
thon have to say" He kept his resolution; and
on his return In the moonlight,
THERE SAT FOWLER,
drossod aa before, eyory foaturo plainly rocog-
before occupied, still pointing, though with In
oroased enorgy Of gesture, to tho water-holo.
An attompt 70 Address tho figure vas followed
by ita disappearance, as before. Haatoniug to
hs wife, ho rolatod what had again occurred,
and hho was Obliged to admit his porfcot sobrety,
Tho noxt morning thore was d eceret consnlta-
tton among the acttlora in the Immediate vicin-
aye, aud the wator-hoto was dragged,
DuT WITH NO AEsuLT.
As they were returning ~ somo perplo1isy,
from their fruitlosa search, they met purity OF
nhtiyos, to whom thoy oonndontially oomual,ni-
cated the object Of thoir quest. Now, tho
trail has become proyerhlal; but the native
Australian has fur moro rosolrcos at command.
Accordingly, ono Of tho natives ran to tho edge
Of tho pool aud lying down, placed tho sIdo of
tho surface OF tho water, which Lo scanned with
The uInutast acrutipY. In q fQM mQmauth hQ