Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02

head, Just as Mccall came up with !
the lever there was n Clatter OF hoots,
and looked up to see five mounted |
men ride into camp. They We're in
the uniform of the patrol, and the
of the horses and men
showed that they had along ride OF
it,
''Wen, Capt. White, what is it?'
asked Mccall. who seemed to know
every one OF the five.
Been after Ballarat Sam again"
replied the captain as he dismount-
ed.
AND lost him?"
"Yee; curse the luck! We struck
him near Dobaey's yesterday morn
ing, and he led us a chase of fifty
miles during the day We killed
his horse about dark Inst night
and had him surrounded in the
scrub. He got out, however,
and We did not get his track
until about noon to-day. We fol-
flowed it tothecreek, two miles above,
and there lost it. Haven't seen him
here. OF course?"
Il only wish we had. There's re-
ward of $500 on his head, | hear"
1T has been increased to twice
that. Show me his body and I'll
make rich man of you"
The patrol turned their horses loose
and had supper with us, furnishing Il
part from their own rations. Then
there was general talk and story tell
ing until about 10 o'clock, ana then
all but one man turned in for sleep.
/ had been introduced all around but
had taken very little part or interest
in the conversation, being sure, from
the first words spoken by the Cap
tain, that had met Ballarat Sam
and aided him to make fresh start.
/ thought at first OF telling the whole
story TO the patrol, but they were
serious, sober-looking chaps, and
had u fear that they would give rue
an awful raking down, even if they
did not lug me OFF and seek to have
me punished a. aiding and abetting.
remembered, too. that had solemn
ly promised Sam not to betray him,
and so decided to Keep il still tongue
and let the case work out asst would
The patrol left Us at daylight, but
their work for the next three days
was thrown away. They could get
no trace of Sam. We continued on
up the country and finally arrived
at the ranch, and for the next six
months was hard ut work as a
sheep herder and neither saw nor
heard oil the outside world. Then
( one day | was called in off my range,
/ which was about five miles from
\ Davidson's house. Each OF his herd
\ ers had from 500 to 800 sheep un-
I der his care on a range by himself,
and each lived alone with his dog in
n hut. Once a week the "relief," as
we called him, made the rounds and
lett provisions and heard our re-
ports. Several of the natives had
visited me-harInless fellows. who
wanted matches or tobacco, but no
white man excepting the relief had
come near me Tor three months be-
fore got the call to report at head
quarters. | went in to find couple
OF visitors there-twoge gentlemen who
had lately arrived from England.
One of them, a MIR. Cullen, was from
my own town OF Shrewsbury, and
the other, a Mr.. Williams, was from
Manchester They had come out to
Australia to take up range and 20
into sheep as an Investment, neither
of them intending to remain, but to
do the business through an agent.
They had purchased 1000 sheep OF
Mr.. Davidson as a starter, and had
taken d range above US on the
Darling River. NV flock was to 20,
as also that of the herder, to the
south OF me, and we had been called
in to receive instructions. Both oil
us herders were to enter into the en-
ploy of the new arrivals, who had al
ready secured their land and built
the house and stables for the over
seer. This man had come up from
Adelaide with them, and was a Scotch
man named Mcfarland. The other,
who was an Irish lad of 20, was
O'Hara.
When we made ready to start, the
two gentlemen were mounted on
horses. The overseer drove the bull.
lock wagon, assisted by black, and
OHara and myself were on foot.
Some OF our neighbors had been
troubled with bushrangers, but we
had seen nothing Of them, and as
the police patrol in the district had
lately been increased we felt no fear
that the rangers would NEEDLE with
us on our journey. The weather was
now pretty cold, but as the country
was bad we had to let the sheep pick
their way and go slow. In the first
three d Iys we made only about TWEEN.
ty-seyen miles, but this was thought
to be good progress under the cir.
cumstances. On the third night,
when at least ten miles from any set.
tiers, and more than that from any
regular highway, we found a natural
valley in which the sheep could be
herded, and our own camp was
made in q grove of ironwood,
near a waterhole. We had fin.
ished supper end we're grouped