Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-07-14

"Jdck," l cried are ,re 10 90 on acith
Mr.. .Nocl,ea-jcf''
southwest through the bush this morn
ing for my new country up the Robin
son river. Are you coming with usY''
Jack. l cri ed. turning to my mate
who at that moment came up, '.are we
TO 90 on with Mr. Mackenzie TO his new
country"
YES and Thinks for the offer sir. -
answered Jack, addressing the squatter.
I'D 90 to another planet and not take
a return ticket either. If l could get
tho chance.
'lellof' exclaimed the squatter be-
trayed into an exhibition of surprise by
something in the tone of Jack s speech.
.'fou re too yo Jung to say such things.
Don't you ever think of your father -
'Ies, do. y interrupted Jack grim
~, with that oii hard look coming into
his face which ! knew was the outcome
of some hidden trouble
The squatter saw it and FASTENED to
say: "Oh. l beg your pardon l didn't
mean to- However, I'm very glad you
are coming Ldts get ready.
Then Jack and |, putting the pack
saddles on our horses, drove them over
into MackenZie1 Is mob and rode on not
wishing to force our company upon the
others more than WAS absolutely neces-
sary.
1t was now good and pleasant travel
ing Occasionally we had 10 20 little
out of the line we had adopted to keep
clear Of thick ti-tree scrub or clump
of waffle, but Generally it was a grassy
open or lightly ( mbered country. Some
times, for many miles at stretch. we
could imagine ourselves in "a ne ebleman'
park in some beautiful old country
county. There was the turf beneath
our feet-not, however, so green and
velyety. There were the great ancestral
trees standing ia stately isolation and
the long dim glhdes in the background
The wagon could pursue straight
course in such places. Only at times
that we were u OF in the old country
was brought fcrcibly home when. for
instance, some emns on Il clearing
would crane the1r neck5 at our approach
and scuttle off into the scrub or band
of gray kangaro ps came bounding right
into the open in the foreground then.
On observing uA. sat up on their hind
quarters To get n tetter view before
hopping off again. beating labore1
tattoo on the pluund with their great
tails Once We halted and watched
pair Of native cpnpanions--large gray
birds somewhat resembling gigantic
b.anes going through that remarka bic
dance which thhy indulge in occasion
ally Ii was inh deed an extraordinary
sight.
~ wonder no ss what the niggers call
those festive CREATURES Jack remark
ed absently
1.-The .barral "a. she replied. rolling
her r .. don I you notice the resem-
blance of the name to ihs~cry Of the
bird r.
/ could not help thinking Of Max
O'Rells statement when talking Of
Friend Macdonh hld-.. show me people
who roll their II r. and IN show you
people with backbone After all. Aorah
Me- l:enzie was highland Scotch by de-
eeent
i, impressed me no. little 10 see the
thoughtful expression in the girls
eyes when unly that which amused
would have been visible 10 nine wornrn
ont Of ten | had net given her credit
for seeing beneath the surface Of things
And she was evidently one of thoas
who have dlsh ke t. ~ -14en sef4sua
Is. for a. her father and Jack rode CT
abreast. leading the way. she checked
her horse until il was alongside mine
and asloi me with the spirit 81 mis-
chief stu lufl.iIEg IN her eyes. how
had lied the q Ocolate drop she gave
me that morning.
turned and lpoee1 at her steadily
81 can say II tasted quite - sweet
afte- the alter native yUn proposed
You i I,las ssith'ire mil some day VOC
get burned ] answered.
For now / wan conscious IT n strange
feeling of resentment toward her. II
was not pleasa nt 10 think that she
should hold me so lightly and treat M
as she might child mad till tina
morning almost regarded her az one,
bnt there had BEEN dangerous glamour
f In those soft ey - when my arms had
gone ont 10 her A. II by an Irresistible
impulse Then II had ceased tn look
uron her as child and began to regard
her as sometniEk Z infinitely mere dan