The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-18
Rachel Lindsay.
A South Australian Story.

Towards the end of November, about
two years ago, received the following
curt note from my brother Donald, who
like myself is sheep farmer in South
Australia
my DEAR JERsY Lizzie sends her love, and
hopes 10 you when your shearing is over as
usual. If you'll say what day, I'll fetch you from
bailarat. Yours atiectionately;
IN. B-Just begun to wash the wool Lizzie's
SISTER says she has seen my apparatus at Conolly's,
Out doh think it. Ask Connolly"
Connolly was 2 neighbor of mine. and
he CHANGED to have brought me Don's
letter, and to be lighting his pipe at my
elbow while read it.
Connolly" said |, " do you know anv
of Mrs. Gardeners sisters? She has an
unlimited number, | believe, for | have
met fresh one-sometimes two fresh
ones-every Christmas for about half
dozen years, and here is another. never
heard OF. She appears to be acquainted
with you and this neighborhood-"
go yes! that is Cinderella" interrupt
ed Connolly, as he distracted a bundle of
newspapers from our joint post bag and
began TO rip the wrapping from them.
Have you not seen Cinderella? She
was never out of Tasmania, | suppose,
until last spring, when she was staying
up here with the Macdonalds. The Mac
donald girls called her Cinderella be-
cause she had always been the one to
stay at home and keep house while the
others went about. Her proper name is
Rachel. Q Jerry, Jerry" he broke out
suddenly, laughing in what seemed to
me very offensive manner (my proper
name l may mention being Gerald),
your sister in-law Lizzie will be too
many for you. She won't let you escape
this time. She has kept Rachel as her
last card"
Ii ever marry a woman with such
name as that, | hope | shall be hen
pecked husband for the rest of nv lifel
| retorted angrily, seizing paper knife
and beginning to tear away at the .4us-
trG(dSidH, so as to drown further CONVEX
satlon upon what was a very sore sub
ject.
My brother Donald's wife Lizzie was
as good and kind little woman AS ever
breathed, but like many young wives in
happy circumstances, she was match
maker And being impulsive, ELUSIVE,
and not quite-what shall | call it? |
don't like to say she was not quite a lady,
but that would suggest my meaning
she did not pursue her calling with that
tact and judgment which its delicate
nature required. | need not say more.
except that she had a number of spinster
sisters, and one only bachelor relative.
who lived all by himself in single bless
edness on his own fine and thriving prop-
erty, and that | was that male victim.
| beg pardon of all the Misses Lindsay
tor using such term; | was not a vic
tim rs far as they were concerned. But
did feel it hard that | should be laughed
wherever | was as the captive knight
Nalf-a-dozen fair ones, when | had
" the choosing of one of them.
nen received the above letter had
then the last wool-bale packed on
slo$ bullock-dray and started on its
afteFney to Melbourne; and the day
He wi out on my yearly visit to Don.
sheariS fortunate in respect of sheep
tionallyan |, for living in an excep-
tionallyl district, where an excep-
everythinand wintry spring had kept
his trcublehindland, he had still all
as l buttofome. | thought of that
which | was mysef into nv ulster,
though Chrisa of tat cold morning,
and reaectedN was My month off;
unemploved ,aaN | shuld be the only
household until I the disposal Of the
and foresaw Cas shealng was over,
quences 7 made "I hought the eonse,
that would defy : h ny min, however,
in more systematic ies me- hinations !
ao Ss5srm May be for s:n hs.s
II was midnight befo T !
baliarat, where Don usua,, naehed
but upon this occasion / f meeme;
gram stating that he was Nu lie
leave the farm, and would sen ousy o
next day 50 had one game loi IL
the club and went to bed; an Rooi a.
morning enjoyed an hour or Nv, next
newly arrived English papers ando'er
odlcals, and solitary lunch: and fl-
the familiar old ramshackle old bnosn
and the beautiful horses Don was famss
Tor made their appearance, and 7 set .
on the last stage of my journey. Wbe,
arrived at my destination it was do =
anu raining heavily; and the groom VIII,
opened the stable-gate told me that m,
brother bad not long c. ne up from ~.
mas "a and was interviewing shearer
m q. tue nut. | was wet and muddy. so
W s'Iagnt to my room without ever
nsnthS Tor my sister-in-law, who wa.
usa'ailg IA hsr nursery at that hour and
for J;nnar - make myself respectable
ISr dinner. PreSeqtly heard Don a bon.
the passages tthe house was swaa a9ou'
board and the parst;ons weather.
thin asking the servank' wbo ea'Temeiy
and then his head and a hss et 80 ! was;
appeared IN the narrow srerta.a b eu neck neck
my door and the door post. oe'"eeh
Glad to see you, old boy; but PM
zie?"