Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28
WINNING HIS STAR
OR THE ADVENTURES OF PAUL
TRAVERS.
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY SAM T,
CLOVER.
CHAPTER XVI.

me saturday night market is one of the
institutions of Sydney. Ii is held in an in
| closed square at the lower end of Pitt
street and by paying Il small entrance fee
| the petty merchant is entitled ID exhibit
| and sell his wares. 1t is the poor mans
| paradise, where anything in the household
line may be purchased, ana where the g05i
wife may do her weeks marketing az
minimum cost. 1t IS also popular resort
for the colonial AIRY AM his Lest girl. WHO
lock there in great numbers to patr1nl4e
the side-sl.ows rognl-apouts, AGnt SaIlys
! qUacN doctors. lem ma le peldlers. oystar
| stands, and. oiocn.c- try -yyj!c-nerve-n3
| chimes. This Kaleidoscope scene is thrJg.l
| into high relief by mems of numerous Oh
lamps. hose odJr Is not Of thew pieasantest,
| but which, to tae HEo:tual pltroa, is On. Of
| the CHARMS Of tie nlaraet
| Arrived 1t tie SAFE the entrance fee Oh
| 'thruppence,' or SIX cents. WAS obtained 10y
| Gulcs SAL cuts,de to a wiling victim who
| WAS easily captured by JIrA artistic eN-
| G.DIti0n Of the Possibilities Of q birf v-hIs-
| tie. An empty box hal been picked up Oh
| the way, ana Cnce inside the grounds =
| good site was soon selected in 5he Elc.n.ty
| Of a popular quack dyc:Cr. Here Jim rncyac-
| u the box and by his beautiful define .-
| tons quickly attracted crowd WhUe ha
| wdrbiet Paul eXt-liea the whistles and ex~
| plainei what a delightful aacDrnp. is .uan-
| was within the reach Of anybody " no ha i
| n spare 'thruppenny-bit' 10 invest Each
! lid his part wei tndt in an hour tn
| stock was exhausted, and after Givid!ny the
| receipts the partners found tn4y could in
| dulSc in two meals = day, at least, for the
| crsuin" week.
1t seemed good to crawl into a sure
| enough bed once More. ana IT was not Until
| the bells We're Ginning for church Me-,
| morning that Paul Gwckc. \ day of con-
plete rest witAout the disturbing problem
Of meats TO worry hiia prepared the LAD for
| goad week : work. every day Of when
| WIS devoted 70 the new IN iustry Of mana
| featuring bird whistles. IL is hardly aeccs
| sSry II sag that the .kliiel labor WIS fur
| hishel by Jim. while Paul rustlet for ma
teriaL n which line ne was highly success
by the Saturday following TIE partners
had hntSned n7Grly q gross Of whistles,
| which they planned to uE!2ed on the coll
n!als. An ingenious circular written by
Paul and printed on sixteenth sheet.s Pr
| ported to explain sUccinc ~ how to mi
| tate the various bird-cal!s, and one Of these
Has wrapped around eVe-y whistle With
the opening of TIE gates the eSpectant pair
| marched in ana quickly GI ~ a gaping
| crowd. Paul had rehearSed . very effective
| lecture explanatory Of the various cahs
| ~ iatsd, the psuses beng filed in by Jirn.
| 80 demonstrated the correctness of Ete
partners statement in an entirely salts
| factory manner. 1t was during th.sa rests,
so to speak, that Paul drove a hIisk tralc
| the lecture and triIins being repeated as
often as the crowd changed or business
wane1.
BY closing time every whistle WIS scIf
Intoxicated with their success ana Icadel
| with small silver the yorns mg-cha1ts re
paired - their lodgings. where th- 'ec,i ot>
OF the evening Wee promptly counted and
divided. It was a hard @rirI to work the
second week 1t whistle aking. Each had
| too much money in his possession 70 he
very IN iustriouS, 50 that IL The next mar
ket ui-ht the stOck CA hand was rather
limited. TO this day PAM is not certain
"neJnsf' by me most 'i@Slfuous pr2cu"a,
amy one could learn n blow The whistles
they made trUe. JIM H.i~ an expert which
was an arsument i'm their favor hgt theu
Jim did many things which TO one els
could success Sfully copy.
II Woull seem that the colOnials VIII,
whIe patroni1!ng the young Americans Ind
reached The conclusion that the bird calls.
Were rank frauds and that they had been
DaS-t$ imposed upon. At least this is what
the partners Supposed when they stopped
running and could safely sum UP the silua-
tion.
Tney had been ANONYMOUSLY driven or.
of Eden Paul lad scarcely startct hi
fascinating lecture when dozen sturdy
youths rushed for their stand. knocking
it over and Iummeiing the Ln,.Cky
vendors in shameful manner II was ~
time Ia show fight: the odds were toe
great, and, quickly realizing that cisc-e-
ton was better than vale. both lads made
a bee line for the nearest fence, with the
bowling colonals in hot pursuit. it was a
pretty piece OF sprintinE, hut the pursued
reached the boards first and over the top
of rage arose from the threats OF the diSal-
pointed Britshe-s, who loudly demanded
theiT ''thrupDences' back because thu
"beGStly things wouldn't blow. We know.
Flow remarked Jim. later on. when
they discussed this extraordinary proceed
ure, "of course they wouldn't. It's =
trick of the tongue just as You explained
to EN-. But that's the ins.atitUde Of the
world. Try to teach EN- something new
and the people turn and snail at a fellow
All, well, this snap couldn last forever
"a II nh c..r.Naf ,.-l
Jim puffel out the light of the tallyw dir
and plunged into bed.
Three days after this experience the re-
ports Of rev gold digsings up country"
inocuiatet the pair with the mining favr-
and IN half an hour tho two hal decided 10
pool their capital. buy an outfit. and set cut
at once for The goa fields OF which all sgd
ney was talking.
Their 'prcspectoI's kit' WAS not YER,
elaborate, FOR provisions had to be incluG-
ed aEl Jim insisted on reserving a srnsl:
fund of ready cash Tor possible emergencies
Journey 10y stage Coach VAS NOT to hc
considered on account CT the extartionata
fare demanded 81 :hey determined 10 fol-
,ow the trail afeot. As bo:h lads were i.
prime condition, physically. this was no;
very arduous undertaking, AMI until thsy
req ched the glrrng, sandy stretches If
country 100 miles north Of sydney each
thoroughly en- loved the novel experience of
tra'c!inS through thc bush With one
third the dist1nre covered in less than =
week they fei:citdted themselves OH t!e,i
progress, when an unforeseen disaster o.
currel which upset al their plans
JIM was stricken VITA the sand blight
For two days f0iiow;n:: their advent into
the sandy desert the older lad had com
planned of pain in mis- eyes succee led B,
puhing up Of the jnhaInel cuticle which
gradually increased un;iI Two snaf sli,s
were all that remained to mark the l,aa
ton of his eyes. The itching was intolerl-
Die. and with a SCant va ter Supply the 200,
follow endured great torture BY the thirj
day Jims Suncr!ngs were So severe thar
faui became seriously alarmed With his
comrade totally blind ami little hope of
immediate recovery. ii WAS useless to think
Of continuing the journey: to get back t.
Sydney and put Jim in the hospital r,r
treatment was clearly the only wise course
ana this RAUL determined To- pursue.
lie was iacky enough 70 sell their Eit n .
great sacrifice, to an outgoing party thai
cainpei near by, and the sum thus Oh
tdtnef, added IL their own reserve fund
procured two seats in the stage coach -
sydney the return fare being nnuca NOR.
reasonable Poor Jim suffered agon.es d,,r
lES ihe two days and half consumed n,
making the trip. All that Paul could do
to alleviate the pain IN any degree was r.
Apply cold cloths, but the wate- he carr;el in
a bottle soon became tepd which destroy
II the efficacy of the bandages s, desn;te
constant applications Jim experienced uttI.
relief. All