Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-07
THUNDERBOLT.
-g S.ory Of Queensland and New
South Wales.


.,s GOOD cid timesn-Ay which I
m, DAVIS when We were young two
.--.sofus. young bushmen, were stay
.. w,slls. the head station Of neigh
The marches Of Queensland and
Smith Wales. and thoroughly enjoy
,,. bospiality Of our kindest Of host
r,5r WHO commanded tie allegi- /
e'7'' .rs-r Young fellow for fifty mules /
-- rsiies were few snd 'av between /
,-h-.b i1 those days, and Ms. Kaye /
.- r.-rlu t.Oop OF dsshing hght /
--- r.- rliehhOrs aud hege vassals, |
'.'s ,,ve ridden fast and Tar at her /
hs1s- 4.-.q. b, aha uoood old /
49, D. and ils screech Of the locomsuIe
t. -s' never scared tho wild cattle IN /
-.s,,te r,nzss. nor bad the electric tel |
--,,r strilden over the great gray plains
.tr FL long sults, norplayed strange mu-
,,+o, its T'lian harp for the lonely saep-
Ls-7 p, wonder ot. A Journey 10 sydney
mas ,, flair of weeks haVd traVellnei
ana not 70 be undertken hsnty.
m this occasion a friend and chum oil
10 AMI / were riding down country TO-
Vetber on orr way 90 Maitland thence
-.esuirp 20 take 81 b0at for SydnsE' ana
We were haliiug our first night % haye
Wvena station. Half dozen OF Us Wele
sitting ia the wide veranda, al'er Tea
watching .he violet Light fade from me
,--e,t -snees cf mountains visible TO me
sssfss-d across the plain at cur feet, ana
= had announced my intention OF BUYING
boggy ana harness no sydney and driving
No. tbs Two horses which / was riding
5ow, country. when, as IN duty bound,
leaked Mrs. KAYE what commissions
corld 40 for her in Sydney, her lord and
master. from behind his big pipe, warned
me. W
may De- taken at your word and have more
on your hands than you might bargain
for
'.No fsarm quo.hI, loyalty.
"Wel, You are a COCA boy sala ms.
Wave. IL have @ commission. Inere -
something want very much. Bnt II "ill
be too much trouble; You VIII not care 70
do it for me.'
possiblv De TOO hot or too heavy for me to
bring Up country If by SO doing might
please my hostess.
swell then, bring me upa hcusema'd. p,
"Whstl young woman? How on earth
am TO get hold Of one
ooh, Won foolish fellow Why, 90 to
the immigration Depot, Of course, and hire
onsn
Evidently my host was right, and had
been lust little rash.
"But, Mrs Kaye. how am I to choose
one What DO I know about house
maids2'
sob. lust bring me up the prettiest girl
Won can see among them-a nice-lOOking
one. am sure you know what / mean. ~
s.Whv, she'll re married in @ month,
like the last one. Gays some one.
cob. no. The last one squinted. IL is
only plain women who marry the first man
who asks them, the pretty ones are much
more particular. they are used 20 heing
made love To-. III Mr. O. viii bring me mp
a pretiv gil. size viii turn up her nose at
ANYTHING short Of an oveue er; very likely
set her Gao at one of yea young gentlemen.
Besides an the men on the station viii be
counting her. and there % safety in num-
bers. I have tried ugly ones until / am
tired; they viii merry snyb. dy, and never
last me any time at all. ~
So, under promise Of reward, and having
70 endure chat from the mankind present,
j enQsged 90 hire snd bling up country a
servant maid for Mrs. Kaye Of Wyslla
We made an early start next morning, my
friend and i, each with q spare horse, max
ing lcng journeys over mountain and plain,
by Glen Innes 20 Tdmworth, and across
the great Liverpool Range % Mururrundi,
whence hv rail- Co Maitland. On the even
ing OF the flh day from Wyalla we were
sleamine between the towering black cliffs
which form the magnificent entrance to
Sydney Harbor on Fort MsCqusrrio we
passed q beautiful London ship just COM
iugto anchor We knew by the rows Of
heads which lined her bulwarks that she
was fun OF immigrants. and 7 was wildly
remiaded of Mrs. Eaye's commission.
Once housed 90 the club, we scarcely
knew what first 90 do, the excitement and
whirl OF sydney was so pleasant to uS
However. we bought some cut tobacco
and paid a visit 10 the 0uti,ters, who, Of
course. knew exactly what we wanted and
guaranteed 90 renew our responsibility OF
appearance in a miroculOusly short time
Seasons were good in the good old
tines tallow .'up,n and cattle, both fat
and store. I'M request, so Of course my
agents were delighted TO see me and forth
with asked rae TO dinner. At my friends
prettv house down at Rose BAY / sat at
dinner next To- q charming young matron,
who. az sydney ma.rung often were in the
'rood ola times 20 bachelor sQuatters
fresh from the bush, was very kind 70 me-
listened 20 my perpieXities about Mrs.
Raves commits laughed at her theory
about pretty handmaiiens and their mat
rimonial ambitions, and volunteered to 90
with me TO- 1.-THE depot and select "Mopsa''
who should fulfill the necessary conditions.
My friend was the wife Of a Govern
ment Official, and os such enjoyed certain
privileges not granted TO the General
SO mex, morning saw me at the
depot with my chaperon, where,
certain ceremonies having been
gone through ia the Cflice, we
were presented 20 the matron OF the newly
arriFed ship-a genial dame-On whose
shoulders The weight Of responsibility, IN
the shape of four OF Eve score young wo
men, sal, lightly, We were ushered into a
great bare hall, among a lot Of some sixty
girls Of an dascript oas-eX London siav-
eys, fresh-caught Irish maidens, with the
marx Of The dogs teeth yet in their heels,
tall daughters Of the plow,' and some
poor girls who might a few months before
have figured i'm picture Of Hoods Song
OF the Shirt %
All looked fat and healthy after four
months Of sea air, the usual condition Of
newiy-lsnded Immigrants; bRt the Sydney
mosquitoes had had notes of their arrival, /.
and had Toasted on fresh snd healthy
British blood Sothe poor giTls, for whom /
a patcruai Government does not provide /