Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-28
THE GOLD-THlEF.


"Wel' he answered, "rve had so many
adventures, small and great that its hard to
pick out one, but suppose tell you the first
that happened to me-~ill that satisfy your
We all declared we should be delighted to
hear II ; so, giving the fire poke and all Of
us drawing nearer TO the blaze he began the
following:
"You know, when frat went TO Australia,
there was great excitement about the gold
that wa, being found in several places; and,
like great number Of people, ! was seized
with the gold mania and went to the diggings
Y,u know, also, that was very fortunate
thrra-but Of that have nothing to say now,
ne | am goirg TO tell you what betell me one
night about fortnight after my arrival al
the diggiugs.
"Your Uncle Tom, who was with me, WAS
up the country for a couple Of days with an
old schoo. fellow whom he had found in that
remote region, so found myself on this par
tiCular night the sole occupant Gf our hut. !
hsd retired to my hammock rather early that
night, hut ! could not go to sleep, but Kept
tossing about for a long time. At last
opened my eyes wide with the conviction tha,
sleep was not within my grasp for that night,
and began looking round the hut at such
objects as the remains OF the fire made clear
enough to be seen
"As looked round dark object in one
corner arrested my attention; it was in cor.
ner not lighted by the fire, so that took
some moments to make out what il was; but
there was some one else in the hut beside.
myself.
"Now this was particularly incouveuient
| thing, TO say the least of it, Tor knew no.
body personally that lived about us; but
hal "a rt,Ia bav
were Il low, coarse lot of rutiians, great
many OF them convicts and men who had to
| fly from their countries tor various reasons
l best known to themselves, so you may per
| haps form slight idea of my feelings
knew it was not my brother, tor he would
not be back tor two days; besides, why
should he come in so silently and stand
| here so mystrrOusly? Bat what puzzled
me most was how any one could get
there, for had most carefully fast
ened the door before retiring to rest. |
thought my eyes III ght be deceived, but on
looking more intently at the dark object |
distinctly saw the outline OF pair OF shout
| ders and one arm, but il was impossible 10 see
| the head OF face, as he shade was so heavy
| in the corner.
"NOw, in this very corner we had chest,
| IN which we b ought various clothes and
| other neces aries, and Ia which we meant to
| put any gold We might fnd-l say meant,
because we had not got any up to the present
| time-sO |, Of course concluded that my yis-
! itor was examining this chest with view to
| robbery, and thought the best thing could
| do would ba to remain quiet for the present (;
| but | spoiled my plan by turning on my side
so as TO watch the robber better, and in dong
so | made what seemed to be great deal Of
81 ,ow ,ho,ch, ,bor. -, T.,
oo.I,an, sn sn0ss", Si ,ne'e was no use 10 con
vays te,', ma ior ,,r ,a,s ,,o',ta, "u''n az
| out. .Cnms c,rwa,d ~, ","o i ns"St .aIien
.slt or ri nl,,, yon- brat,s ''''
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i,,, ,ba - as u"'tu III oo'N-
wsi,,bt. hn, ,he osn,IsO,s, '' w. ''a'"' tnole
seemed IN t,ka M ,atics tor -" So,"et
ner'.ctIy o,,is, wa. ,,,Iooi5,I .a'1sI =,
| I'm the Ibnna,bt .,rnrk ,ba r'tI'a A' W w,
| a, that r,,,,',,, ~. ,,e5i,s,;a "
| from vbara be vuo, and ,h,s ,JIs ~,
INV JJood run coIJ Gov ,Ln. VI H'ap' .pe
| ,ri-rds and reIa,iv.0 La5 i.n u ".
| y, ,b. s,,,a ,.ar ,.,rJ .. "o"e' n"H
heard had been shot in Ans,rslis ao ,nai. an,
called ont. .Uboer., var a,a T,,i ea'u
| hpt ono cha,ca. IN ,o,,, ""
| that word vup don't c,,ro ,o,r,rl T,IT g.. ~
81 told Won copId M, 400 ,ha' ,,,,. Lo,i
40 | aimed AT where ,bon,h, !, a,,,.h, ~,
and counted sl,wIv. ..One ,ua 80,
"A, the word .hree, I 6rad ran,
! ouick succ.ss,or ,o, ,ta,,,h, 'o'i '"D'' ~
most total d.rLr mr oi,,
yery good hut ,h.v seemed 70 har1 ..to 1U ~ ~
fect. for when the smoke cI.sra5 anarTI'
ed In vain for INV miap;ab, v;si,ar
81 could not snmno, cou,aaa 20 -,
and look for his b,1v. no, tba7 ms evao,Ir ~
| sf aid but had a bn,,,hls teoI;,r -, -!
shed human beings blood wb;ob :
never done he,o,e an5 e,' H',
wonld almost r,,ha, hsvs haa"
robber than have tn. f.sr,,I ,,,. I. y! s"e
mind that had kill.d n,m ''''s"' 0n my
Never did I suend such q drs.5cI ,i,h,
could not yet ria of the ooa ,nnmob, -,
bsying d.rrIvsd V"e uoueh' o'
lite, especislIv Will. he v.s in ,Ls VI
bling. ard prsbsns iptsndi,o 'I " 'oo
more horrible ,han oil ra. e., ~. o'
might possibly have h.sr rho No. " 'nAS
inc him 70 a issr'rI ,tarr,i,- 'A'"H' VI sehu-
rIn vain I tried to ,a,a,,.i. ..,. :,
wss IN save ms, co., riC. - ~" 'nh' |!
seemed tn he a no, eycrsa '0"' ~ 'n''
"6owevsr a. I,., al
sleen which ras,s5 IN ,; ,N a!s oe'
ment I awoLs tho a,aaii,J J' lug ou' 'ne mo
INV mind aT,bnr,,h 81, I'm occurred u
ibongbt bod bad L.itI ,'o'e '"''n
an ersrnin;ra, uo''''i u'eani' put
chsmbars disehar '''''' 'ouhd 'ou'
| rose ard IaaLsJ .h. Al.
vain sought ,hs h,dv ot -. W. % ION ort @ ~