The sun., 1889-12-08
oop STORIES OF the PRESENT DAT.



-, journeying toward the new town OF MUIR
c,tv. on the Murray River. and We we're
RI ~, two miles from post station, whore a
,Ard NJ mounted police had their headauar-
~. uben the driver of the stage or wagon
..ddsnlv brought his horses to dead stop.
mi. was in the days OF thirty years ago, before
nart OF Australia was half civilized By the
S.,iIsb. and before the big island had beon
- than half surveyed. There were plenty
- hushrapRers haunting every highway. and
.r,rv stage was usually accompanied by
..d In our case flve OF MS had put together
III hIred private conveyance 1t was one OF
-. r.ual staRes, but making special trip for
Wv ~, hons0t. or the Ave three were English
Sssr going up to the valley OF the Murray to
,.s.,s land. the fourth was an American who
80 been In the country two years. and had
,,rded in Melbourne only the week before. MY
.ounatriot was named Davis, q widower. and
hsbad his only child along-a bright little girl
.Iqht years old. He was going up to sheep
,sncb in partnership with friend already set
tad, and he could not Dear 70 leave nis enho
behInd him In the town.
nj. Ave NJ us were we'll armed. and every
.nrr aimee leaving Melbourne We had been
s..dv 10 defend ourselves. AS We had met
N,,h nothing TO alarm US thus far, and as We
.aow va were close upon station. no one was
s.anared for what happened The stage had
a .ooner stopped than two men came up on
.,ds covered us with rovolvers, and grun
voice announced:
"Now. thon, the first move and OF goes yer
hsadsl Step out here one By one"
vas the frst one out 1t was Just et sun
down. and on portion OF the road between
two ridges. The two men on that side wero
roueb unkempt desrerate-l looking fellows.
lair samples Of the other twoMana "a tne @
when W1HT We we're ali out ihey ordered the driver
=, inrp into blind road TO the right and We
SNSS after Ss eS 1eRss K. esder q The gang
'H'Si "'No foolishness; nowl The four Of us have
Alter going thirty rods We were S ss well nna hia tsn
%s and ,srs STSrshs %SEs i've TO to " mas
Wonder that we. did not mako break. The
first man who had moved 70 pnn vIe ms 5eVSvef5 nfd
wSubtI have Rsts BEEN Counted on snyhoy
iety Tor his child took all the fight out OF him.
The dTe not in leaGTe Tte Wba thS rSSSGers S9 WRs
armed, he look matters s,Asoolly that we saw
he was was out Of the serape. The iive Of us were
Ras0T Rind Us n tho S fourth disSEmed us and went
crowd ThH $50 tsy yvSa GEs psSs TSR
money TO a stage unRuarded. The whole
amount did not pan out over $50. and the bush
fS9SWSb "Wby. You bloody bloke" shouted the
leader you alone ought to have at least 1zoo
WI "po eyS you think I'm carrying my money about
the country 70, such as your" pr0'e'teo 'n'
n9'insaaeH Fm s.8isSing sling you hadn't got 9 blasted
D.9F{.a idss 9SIId You'll all be hung for thi'"
Davis and and i had nothing to say; We didn't
zee that the case coplS Re hsiPS1 oy proxestSd a.
Knocked about unmercifully for the next aye
minutes. Then the leader, speaking to the
You are not Enxlish'"
II thought so. Whore ye bound iorf'
small as II Is, and 50 delay your tourney; @ bnt
Snd Ss sGa aiH soiSs Hsf sSS
While We were held under guard one OF the
t9rned Ua bis S team % about @ and dssppsSred P the
%
Ing up the TSHs Not word d, had I'd been sn ad a.
pisssion. She realized what. was going on, but
Ss sGrub Ss thep Srsd Sss
shoulder. We travelled for six or seven miles
ssoIs With G Ses besde
He was rudely awakened. and then saw that
he had his right arm IN a sling bsyinG been bee
Of brush to sleep under. The Ave Of US were
70 s s
ankles and guard took seat before rs. Th en-
the FIRE was replenished. ana the bushrangers
Which consist cd solely Of roast mutton and q
-four cake baked in the ashes. When We had
ees9 beor o. us
Now. gents. business is business the world
It to convert % these e. ere re- natives from the error
Of their ways and It will take heap TO do It.
You fret gent ShE was Seu SO reSS with
It's none O. yer blasted business. you scoun-
dreI, you" was the hearty reply.
stricken. III put you down for only $500. Now.
II could raise 9Ioo Il in Melbourne;" ~
"I'Il see you honged for this days work. I"
"MeS5e 5egS You will. but not until after sees
TnnrtH You also go down for 1SOo NOV"
You've got my last dollar" replied. II
landed in Melbourne only a. week ago"
. Ihars had for all q @ rs: but guess you tell
the rqh mkht NqS pcssypy yHp% itn raiss Is up at tho
ranch" replied Davis. but that would bO all
am poor and Just making start"
Us that your little gal r
""S6sTs's Sd.G the mo'heF"
SRooi That's too bad. What's the gals
name?"
Eva"
Mighty sweet Say. gal. como and kiss me. !"
She went over TO him and kissed his bronzed
and bearded cheek without the slightest hest:
tation, and he hold her for moment and
looked her over and said: .
B. Sweet as honeyl wouldn't hurt you for all
tbs, gold In the hlg world"
:. She was allowed to return to her father. and
the leader then said
We snail hold you three peppery gents until
you raise $500 for u.s. and as these Americans
might give the alarm We shall be Obliged to
hold them as WELL Sorry to do II, but business
Is business and 4 wadon't look out for our
selves no one will"
Each one OF tho Englshmen swore ny all that
was good and great that he'd mover pay cent,
but the bushranRers only laughed at their
words. At a late hour We were ordered TO go to
sleep. and the last thing saw before my eyes
closed was the guard sitting on q rock at my
feet Tho night passed quietly, and as soon as
we had breakfasted In the morning the leader
took pen. ink. and paper from box and said
Now, then, here's the chance to write 10
your friends to raise the rocks. and Ill SEQ
that the letters reach thom."
Lach one OF the three refused poiAt blank to
make any attempt to raise money. although II