The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-05-29

hhaiiy urNeu NJ thV iahVn, anu ior 'hc
next six months | was hard at work as
sheep herder, ana neither saw nor heard
much OF the outside world. Then one
day was called IN OIL my range, which was
about five miles from Davidson's house.
Each OF his herders had from 500 to 1a00
sheep under his care on a range by him
self, and each lived alone with his dog IN
hut. Once week the "relief, as we
called him, made the rounds and left
provisions aud heard our reports. Sew
ersl Of the natives had visited me--harm-
less fellows, who wanted matches or to-
bacco, but no white man excepting the
relief had come near me for three months
before l got the call TO report at head
quarters, j went in TO find couple OF
visitors there-two gentlemen who had
lately arrived from England. One oi
them, Mr.. 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 q
range and go into sheep as an investment,
neither OF them intending 10 remain, but
to do the business through an agent
They had purchased 1000 sheep OF Mr..
Davidson as starter and had taken al
range above us ON the Darling River. My|
flock was to go, as also that oil the|
herder to the south oil me, ana we hau|
been called in to receive instructions.
Both OF us herders were TO enter INTO the
employ OF the new arrivals, VINO had already
secured Their land and built the house
and stables Tor the overseer' ms man
mao come up from Aoelaiue WIZ tnen,'
and was Scotchman named Mcfariaho,
The other, VINO was an irish iad OF
twenty was U nara
When we made ready TO START the Two
gentlemen were mounted on hofses' Inc
overseer drove the oullook wagon as
sisted by oiack' ana lara aho my
sell were on 1901. some OF our neiSh-
DORIS had been troubled WIN oush,aIg
ers, put we had seen ho'ninS Oh .ueai,
anu as the ponce patroi III 'ne district
.hat 49,, ,ho $500 ,ro,,d n,oddIo n;th nc ~
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o w. J Ia Int &c ,ho oountr, woe hod
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Ja ,s . .' o;.",ssl.. W ~ $40 a. a. I'LL
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we sooNsa "a W " T, an' u'e s. $50, go"
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hands
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oiu ,ns in, po!s e..
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heep,ns us sun .Ge'I ~, "nN 49,
wv" $3.50 ses sno h;. "n paua.si o o a.,
onoe le.nU'neL In a. 80, Sah' ,e
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nc se h:. sa.e nih 'n ma nalies
'1nu ao'u n a, s .lirii i'ts,less my "cie
p...'S u''iy ti's n'.n, :" .'''lo aoe'
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III d oil'l'' ne ne was a ny, s'ionS ieie
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ou'hi "isei' ineu'''inS "i.ii ns' eoui'
iio' uA''eis'"n' MS 4e"i o'''ii gam spohe
"s''ii'
better and better he SAID, rs
ilerce look came into his eyes. Boys,
mere that oyerseer who set the patrol on
our track down below, and who wasn't
satisfied with that but must turn out to
heip them | think we have made u
sood haul OF 1t.
All OF our arms were IN the wagon, and
we were helpless to offer any resistance.
Inc frst thing they did was to despoil
the two gentlemen and the overseer OF
everything OF value, and then each one
was lashed to tree. O'Hara was ordered
to sit down beside me, and the black
took matters so cooily that nothing was
SAID to him. The rangers signed to him
to turn to and get supper, and he cheer
fully obeyed' When they had eaten and
drunk and hghted their pipes Sam
turned to me With:
"And so you dldn tell the ponce that
yoh gave me 1000 ana pistois
mo, SIT.
- know you dldn I, lor l was that
urea out that iald mysel down for TWO
hours almost IN your camp. Even when
they tolu you VINO was ana that price
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