Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-28

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and provide him with . meal and q
w.s nos exacted that he should give any
Affirmation - ths police Had ksplny-
81 spy - veil - hosr shs buxhrangsss
woah have paf IA end to sheep raising
b. numbering all thu herdsrs.
On the ID. and d. run. which en-
brs,sd many square miles north a he
Murray river. Ne had over 20 herdsrs.
snd ths distance between some Of thsm
wss II miles. No two were nearer
than i've. Each bad rude hnt Of poles
and logs and turf aud was supplied
with provisions cnce q mopth. There
was 6replaee Ia each hat. and hunk
and bedding for any Traveller who might
come along. We had . storehonse eight
miles north Of the Murray. and once .
month two carts were sent out with
provisions for the stations As inspect
or for the company had 70 visit each
hsrsier &C Least once q week and report
On The condition Of his herd. Hhe was
ill. which was sometimes the case,
had 10 replace him with another man,
and II be had become homesick and
abandoned his station. which was not
. rars thing. bad to keep the saddle
tili substitute was found. There was
no friendship between the inspectors
and bu<hrangerx We Pot the police o.
Their tack Whenever Ne could. and
many an inspsctor wss tumbled from
his s.dffe b. . aho< fred from rock Or
thickeE There were times. however.
when hosfilifiss were suspended. When
the police were not ON rcdhot trail or
the bushrsnxsrs mailing . foray. there
was not much danger TO either side. On
one occasion. In riding through the
scrub. l came fall upon the camp Of Sin
buskrangers. There were sudden alarm
and rush for their guns. bat I called
out that 1 was only ranch inspector
Who bad lot his way aud was not frcd
upon.
On the occasion % which I write
bad made . rids Of 30 miles toreach
station H." which was at the bass Of
= chain Of hills. with . vast plain In
front Of H. A creek ran along The base
q the hills. and On the bank of this
stream was the hat. The provision cart
bad been thersa week before and found
everything oil right. reached the hot
sn hour before sundown one afternoon
% hnd the hsrasr on the point u leav-
ing. On the forenoon Of the prsvious
day he bad bssn VISITED by two bush-
rangers. one Of " hom recognised him as
witness who bad gwen testimony against
him Ia case az Sydney three years
before The fact that the nerder had
been an unwilling witness now saved
his life. though ne was ordered OF the
run and warned that ne would be killed
n be- returned To remain in defiance
Of the order meant death. lie must 90,
and while waiting for q herder 20 Be
ssnt cut 90 take his place must look
Gus tor his herd. gave him my hors<
and his instructions a. t0 where % re-
port. and he wss of before sundown
he aid that would probably have .
vi-it from the bushrangers before was
out 81 IL. but ] must take the chaboes
% that. Things were very quiet tust
tnen. and n they paid me q visit they
woRh not ~ Ia an angry mood
That you may understand more clear
" let ma explain thai while most Of
the buts bad only the earth for foot
this one wss elevated three feet from the
ground and Rad foor Of split poles.
The Iteration wss Gu account u the &C.
casiotsi overflow 81 the creek. and the
heriIer bsing stmething Of q carpurtef
bad pnt ia his spare hours fxinz np !
bad prepared ard sAtsn sapper and he'd
cheerful BLAZE On the hearth when The
twc dogs began 60 xrowI aud give other
signs that strangers we're hear. tboaGllf
., hsst % tske the buli BY the horns.
and after q sit ! threw the door wisls
open snd sscei there fair mark. whiis
! called cat % know II any ous wanted
fool ami shelter Almost instantly .
man sfvancsd IRON the darkness and
szlafsd ne virh god evening and
st~up-d part ne into the hat cl.ssed
tke dor anil turned sronnd % ani him
stsndinr h~fore tke fre. and instantly
recognised hiri - rotortons criminal
known a. ttsetng Bal. who had been
NHt1fAt4ia- ~ te"t - ~ HHt -
wsrds arlauutinu - Al, COO oH his bsssi.
In his hznd No h~d q Ioax ard heavy
rise. aud "a hls tsit two Pirtois snf =
knife. Re wss . man stout ~ Years
osd. seizh@d shout ieo puansis. sasi a
noesisd hnf q zisnes ~ tell zen that be
wss al mnsie Ae had . short nesFk.
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