Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-22
/. CHAPTER Ill

South Australia, there Is a
tch OF country which. at the
Il stranger would imagine
vast plain. IL Is a beauu-
Hating country In reality,
Hills and wide-spreading val
and elumIs OF shea-oak and
large lagoons. which, when
be winter rains, are the re-
various wild-fowl With
country abounds.
the valleys contain vast
u dense scrub. whilst others
tempting pasture for the
langaroos. In some parts
Dis have been made 10 save
there are huis and sheep
far-away out-siations Where
en- dwell. tending the iocks
10 their care. seeing no liy-
FoT months together. and
see none. These matters"
h termed. frequently 90 raw
and the generality OF them
y. eraek-brained creatures
almost lost whatever hu-
ey once possessed.
these great plains. and nest
b the brow OF lofty bill on
er Ranges. Was a station con-
Il comfortable dwelling
)ilt from the boulders which
creek close by. a number OF
ITS. a wool-shed. sheep and
brds and paddocks-the last
out from the Range for sew
into the plains.
weary ''ssagsman." who had
e Range from the last station
twenty miles on a blazing
with his roll of blankets
|oss his shoulder and his "bil-
hsrid. the sigh, OF Redmouni
as a most welcome one In
hs tall blue gum trees which
lhe Irregular lire OF the creek
|ouched from the gully in the
h visible for great distance.
b. soro.foot.i traveller iolllng
ris them. Il seemed as II ,hey
Ter TO be reached. But. when
pc trees were gained. the
c Of the certain food and rc~,
sainod beneath them ehccred
ing spirits. and the hard days
- coon forgotten in the COM
e travellers hu, and the slim
rauEhts Of smoking tea
aries Hall vas the owner o.
n. and lord not only OF hun.
square miles OF country sur-
II. but Of the countless flocks
. which graxsd thereon. Here
with his wife and family. per
hppy and contcnted. and fai
I'm all excitement. political OF
,. their livs passed whole
lmong the rural pursuits ant
With which they were sur
VIVA, was IL TO them thsi
v a change OF government II
a fortune ios, or won upot
y. or new plo, axains, thu
THAT did they care about tn
= old world7 Less than moth
good lambing season. a hcav,
rise In wool. an oceasiona
D To Melbourne or Sydney
tiers OF far kecner interest q
IN all the sauabblcx or rejoic
lhe people OF the old country
Iwnar OF Redmount had lief
with his young wife. ncari,
ears previously. and. after tn
|ount OF struggling inseparabl
plonists life. had settled dow
spered. His family consiste
me grown lads and a girl. VIII
pidly becoming more and NOR
o him. The elder son. Jact
only Just nineteen, alread
his father quite in the plac
|verseer on the run" tn
George. was still at college /
ing had commenced and every
the station was hard at worl
II had been busy the whole da
Dking for the men. for they ha
FORTUNATE enough at this ses
all others. to lose their cool
u had been absent from HON
past two weeke. Business ha
him away to Melbourne, b,
hit he was expected home. TIL
= been exceedingly hot, thong
only the middle of Noyembe
~. Hall was so thoroughly tire
Oh her exertions that she wa
on a lounge chair in the vel
anxiously watching the trac
the for OF the Range in II
81 seeing her husband in tn
70. From where she sat Il
81 wss lovely indeed. From II
spacious garden full Of shrub
and lemon trees, and EnglIs
mingled with exotic
ed down the hillside to a hui
stream. Higher up the gull
gum trees waved their feather
In the evening air. and a graz
round Of precipitous hills form,
|ndid contrast to the plat,
which Mrs. Hail strained h,
b vain.
sun had Just gone down behir
Ills, and only the brows OF Il