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

laugh, and although | gxzed right
ahead Of me | could tell that she was
fayoring me with one OF her inscrutahlo
glances. She was beginning to exercise
subtle influence over me- and perhaps
she OWNED it. for in another minute
her mood had changed Though she
spoke a. frankly as before. she did not
again venture upon such dangerous
ground.
As il by mutual consent we began
talking aboHt many things. Ii would
be difficult for me now 70 say how il
came about. but she had very soon
learned from me the history uf my
checAegca connection with tile law; hew
| had become duly qualified praetj
tioner in England and ceased to be one
when fortune came to Inc; how when
on losing my money | had come out 10
Sonth Australia and soon had qualified
to practice there. but how had fonni
IL impossible to take to the work again,
tor, The old noinadic spifit within me
asserting itself. was drawn into that
bush which had always exercised snch
powerful fascination for me Norah
Mackenzie listened as | thought. with
a pleased look on her face. but she made
no comment. We We're ROW abreast of
Jack The girl asked him if he also wero
a wanderer by choice and profession
.'Celtainly. was the prompt reply
81 N a rolling stone of the first water -
You seem proud of it. remarked
the girl
That's So " was the confident reply,
'eyor since a certain young lady told
me-coliidentialiy, OF course that she
preferred rolling stones to the other sort,
because if they didn't gather much
moss they gained lots of polish.
And what did you say to that1"
"Why. rewarded heron the spot, "
replied Jack. with the air of IL man " hc
had done his duty. ''You see, as she
was sort Of forty second cousin, and
rather good looking. one couldn't be
ans. rnt-iul.
That night we camped on the edge OF
pine forest, and 10 ME il was almost
as welcome Il sight as that Of the glori.
ous old ocean when ones eyes have
rested upon nothing for months. and
perhaps years. but the interminaolt
glaucous green of the eucalyptus ill
they have ached for change Change
means rest 10 the senses that have run
too long in one groove.
We had seen many tracks of blacks.
ard passed one or two deserted camps
where those children of the bush had
been within the last few weeks But w.
took the bells off our horses when WI
turned them ont and so were not trou
bled 10y any of these connoisseurs OF
horsetiesh; probably they did not ex
pect whites 50 far of the track Moral
Mackenzie produced her violin aftel
supper and accompanied Jack, who al
the request Of the squatter gave u,
"Ronnie Mary Of Argyle with grea,
feeling, and, op being pressed 10 sing
again. chose that quaint. sweet yet pas
sionate idyl The Deyout Lover" IL
which there is the real old world ring IN
10Th words and music. Then Jack ant
size sang together and, for the first time
perhaps, | was not n little enyious o
his accomplishments. 1t seemed 10 III,
her manner was much more friendly
toward him than it bad been.
Next day we passed through the pin'
country. and on crossing a little iron
stone ridge we saw ahead Of us
great grassy, lightly timbered valley
surrounded by blue range Of hill
whose sides exhibited an abrupt. pre-
options front. which was SCARED an(
broken into hundreds of little inlets ant
bold headlands Detached from the cliff
we could see great pillarl,ke roci1