The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

slopes Of Asufmua
Wrote ftaftfay
You wondered hos I could have
threwn in nay lot with aueh uau
- saatna. Yoa MAJ wonder sin
for ! never yrt told Using soul I
pretended I had Joined hiu ~ mg
owu free viii That Nas net quite
The case The facts = rfr - follows
In ny teens ] 49, az sea. At "a
my voyages we're fer bets zen aud
an my awu account ] had g, en-
SAY "a ear hereditary passion for
smuggling knpt .YaHht tu
M0rwrawtse hay. and more Frsr 3
brandy than knew sha. @ 10 ailh
Ga ny cellars. 81 VAS exciting Tor
time. bnt the excitement ga nnt last
Ia lsst the SOLD frfer bfuAe cut ~
Australia / shipped 20 Melbourne
as third mate ard ! deserted fuf the
ttEztnEa in the usual course fiu' /
Nas never a surrrsafmf diNgrr /
suppose ! had rot to- temperament
far the work k.afir o. 1ssf I east
up Ia Mrluourns aKuin wtth she im
tsnti9n - shipping home. While
waiting for 4 ship my .itf,s stock ~
gold dust gave out became de-
tnufe frat-thrm desperate Tn
luckily FOR me. ths beginning - g
vas ths hsY-daY - Captain Melville
the notorious hf,shranEer. ] deter
mined n initiate bis exploits. Huf !
waa not born % 10 hushrnngsr
either. 7 failed At the very first at
temrs. I Vas uutwittnd by my fret
victim. a thin old gentleman riding
q cob - might on the Gr~luuE road
e why rob me- said he 7 have
only fe pounds tn my pocket ard the
punishment wtii b. the same ae
though o. we're 80 ean
+ want your cob. aHii 7 I'ur =
rta r. ing Jack. ard ns can't rst
shin I'm EoinR IS take the bush.
"rfs ahruErsd his shoulders
% To siarvH there said ne NJ
friend, Il = a poor sport. this hush
ranging You not Only dc IKE
soE. but you lfva like one. too Il Is
not worth while No crime r. worth
while under i've Figures my friend
\ starving Jack shT Instead ~ rob
bling me ~ 70 pounds. why not foin
fns nud take 30 300 ~ your share ~
ctr first robbery 4 sailor f. the
verY uan ! wauti'
= told him that what I wanted
wna his cob. and thnf ~ eas no nee
his trying 20 hnodNink me by pre-
tending he was one ~ my sort at
which he shrugged again and slovlY
dfamountpd and I wns cooily mount
Ing. with my pistols IN my belt
when suddenly | heard one cooked
behind me
stop sali he. It's my turnf
stop. or 7 shoot you daadi' The
tables were turned and he had mo at
his mercy. I mad. up my mind 20
being marched 90 the nearest police
station. But nothing Of the kind
had miHludHed my man. He took
me 10 his house On the outskirts ~
Melbourne. And there hn seriously
repeated the proposal he had made
90 % the hulks for attempting 20
rob him ~ pounds or would I stay
and help him commit n robbery. Of
which my share alone would be
10 900 or ts.0ao7 You know which !
chose You know who this man
was. I said 7 would Join him. And
then he told me what hls enterprise
was. there ~ no ned for me 70 toll
you: nor indeed had ii taken definite
shape a. this time.
~ was an extraordinary life that
We led IN the bungalow. the guest.
he the host. and Eva tho unsuHpect-
Ing hostess and innocent daughter
of the house Men % position and
Of Influence spent their evenings on
our veranda, among others the Mel
bouru agent Of tho Lady JArmyn.
the likelieHt vessel then lying In the
harbor. and tho ore 10 which the
first consignment ~ gold dust would