Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-24
WOMAN IN THE SADDLE.

sOh, yes, there was good sport and
|znty of it in Australia in the early
lies, and hard lines for impecunious
;anger sons like myself, shipped off
Ith neither trade, craft nor CONNER
4 knowledge. I think I was born
Ia a deep-rooted aversion to any
me that resemb1ed work. / had
Sslth and strength and light heart,
"a I rubbed along for years, but
s fer did myself any good, until one
" I took girl to wooden church
"a married her She is my wife to-
=, thank God. On that suspicious
|Srning touched the very mint it
&. L was poorer than pauper, for
Had nothing, neither had she or her
er-though he put on all the side
ID millionaire lowering his daughter
a son-in-law with fortune
Jim Layman,' he said, you've
5rried untold wealth to-day; you've
3 my Carrie away from me, the
1artest girl of my bunch. She's
birth her weight in gold ingots; she'll
|Ill you through; she'll make a man
F you, she will.
File was right. Carries father was
kht. She wasn't 20, but she had the
lad for business of Chancellor of
|e Exchequer, and a perseverance and
that were just amazing.
less than no time we had q place
fat developed into general store, a
bod trade and money in hand. 1 could
an again the door-post, smoke cigar
ld feel big, while Carrie bossed the
t. We were up Doctors Creek. [
1T the digging severely alone, pre-
rring to rely on Carrie, who sold
Illow soap and shirts at startling
loft. There never was such an am
tious girl as Carrie. She was Aus
Alian born; and it made me laugh to
pr the way she talked about the visit
were to pay to Europe, and what a
Bib we would cut in London when
had secured our pile.
'One day a roguish sort of old fell
" turned up at our saloon asking
3 accommodation He had with him
thoroughbred chestnut horse, hood
and muzzled, and ragged black
as groom and jockey. The horse
as fine type of the highest class
er as ever stepped on Newmarket
bath, and how old Charlie Cover
hold of him is a mystery to this
/. Nightjar-that was his name
the most savage brute I ever saw
heard of. He would strike with his
elegs, like puglist and he could
hipulate his heels with such pre-
ION that he was credited with the
of kicking the eye of gnat. He
bid rush at any stranger open
hthed, like wild beast; he was
Vigorous man eater, and Cover own
to his having killed at least two
a. You can imagine no one cared
30 near MIN, let alone attempt to
Int him. With the lad only he
as quiet as sheep and as playful
b kitten. He would snuffled in the
81 Is woolly hair, rub his nose up and
IN his back, and purr like cat.
ftin Thomas was Nightjar's one alb
te and only master, and a clever.
hstaking rider at eight stone.
Covers idea in visiting Doctors
PIX was to utilize our spacious turf
as training ground, with view
capturing the Tookooboola Cup
miles, value $4,000, the greaest
hg event in our district.
Eightjar was in at 8 stone 8 pounds,
he became The idol of Doctors
k. We had some bits of blood
hg us that had the gift of going,
they were jumped in one after the
p, to persuade the mighty Night
to gallop his best over our two
$. With Martin Thomas in the
lie he was docile and always did his
but would allow no other man or
an to touch him at the peril of
lives. Carrie, of course, manag-
verything The boys got up q
sweep, first prize III, 1000, and it
ot surprise me in the least that
drew Nlghtlar.
s the eventfnl day approached.
erturbation became painful in its
sity, and the jewellers on Doctors
decided to suspend their oper-
entirely over the race week. It
four days journey to Tookoo-
Every hale and hearty man
Il out.