The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-03

suddenly out-"a beautiful young bush
 reared girl, oark rosy, and wei
 grown" He told her that he had wish.
 ed to ask his way. She looked at hin
 and without answering his question
 bade him come In and eat. He refused
 She then laid be tn hands upon his arm
 and with gentle compulsion drew him
 in, saying: You are hungry, come ir
 and eat" Being "well-nigh famished
 and supposing that she saw the truth
 in his face" he let himself do as she
 bid. She called to her sister to help to
 get some food ready, and in a few min
 utes he was sitting before a good break
 fast. He was not in all more than if
 teen minutes in the house, he never
 spoke to the girl again, but for twenty
 years he continued to visit the neigh
 borhood and inquire after her until he
 learned that she was married. Then he
 thought it was time to discontinue his
 visits. His shyness, he explained, in
 telling the story afterward, kept him
 from seeking to speak to her again, but,
 he added, "she was the only woman
 ever thought of marrying"
 He did not obtain his G5 but returned
 hungry again from Sir John Hays, not
 by way of the cottage but following the
 river and catching fish as he went. He
 spent his shilling on the ferry which
 took him back to his own side of the
 river, and having, notwithstanding his lack of funds, determined to accept the
 proposal of taking cattle on thirds he
 was driving his herd to his station when
 he met his brother, who told him that
 he had sold the station for G12. With
 this capital life had to be begun again.
 The two brothers drove the cattle Tar atield and on July 8, 1S46, Mr. Tyson being then nearly twenty-four years of age, they settled upon the Murrumbid- gee on land which MT. Tyson continued to hold for the rest of his life. Their cattle throve and the beginning was made of the fortune which has since accumulated in MT. Tyson's hands. It was in this way, by the adventure of individuals who simply passed on be- yond the borders of civilized occupa- tion, that the pastoral settlement of Australia was in the early days affect ed.
 About five years later-Mr. Tyson and his brother having apparent ly dissolved their partnership in the meantime gold was found in Victoria. The Bendigo dig gings were opened. and MT. Tyson be- gan to supply the gold fields with meats. The profits made were very large, but the general anticipation was that the market would not last Stock owners, intending to make hay while the sun shone. disposed of all their cat tie. selling but not buying. MT. Tyson, forming a more accurate forecast of the position, believed, on the contrary, that the market would last. He kept him. self informed of all stock being driven toward the field, and while he sold at Bendigo, he bought from the owners for ready money on the road They, glad enough to take a fair profit and save risk and travel. parted with their stock at a comparatively low price He ex- tended his operations first to the buying of cattle not only on the road, but as far north as Queensland, and then to the buying of stations as well as stock in all parts of Australia. On his sta lions he was active in sinking wells. putting up fences and introducing new stock. He came thus to be one of the richest and. finally. the largest land owner in the seven colonies. At the time of his death his freehold estate comprised no less than five hundred thousand acres, and his leaseholds ex- tended over many thousands of square miles.
 Having practically no use for money and spending none upon his personal requirements, his wealth accumulated to enormous proportiops, and few years before his death he was accred- ted with the possession of five million i pounds steriing.
 His simple habits gave rise to end ess anecdotes, many of which were founded on an erroneous conception that he was of a miserly disposition. o these the following may be quoted as one fairly both of his simplicity in re- gard to money matters and of the pe- culiarly secular attitude of mind which placed churches, theaters and public houses in the same category of places to be avoided. Near one of his | stations it was considered desirable in , he interest of the local population to erect little iron church. He was asked to pay for it. He replied that he lad no objection, but on one condition 1nly namely that the whole bill of | 'osts was to be made out and presented Or nayment in one sum and that he 'hould not be bothered by requests for uture contributions The condition vas accepted and he gave check without criticism for the full amount of he estimate presented. The following ear, on his return to the station the esponsible authorities approached him gain, rememheri~g g his condition and pologizing for breaking it, but saying hat most essential item had been for .otten They begged that he would, therefore, reconsider his determination, nd give them twenty pounds rore for
 lightning conductor. His reply was n emphatic negative. That will ot," he said q have given church to Almighty God, and if He cannot take are of it for Himself He does not de- erve to have it." Ag q matter of fact was fairly clear that he had little or o appreciation of the power of wealth. t was Suggested to him once that he hould give two wa ships to he nation, nd call one the Firebrand and the oth- r the Mower aS a memorial to his , anne and caIlinp The i1oa plpoco6