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« H » Pt *« 9 r ^ ttWic , ~« aaiBg'fee'SocouHri >^ those-proceediBgs , feMievedthe genenilhad < a « ae-o *< fta . '« teAl . ^ Bait'lbe A * &ba looked-at itfrom « b © coittrary point of ^ riew . They * w » irfyia 4 » iaBiata < m dftbe-Freaeb . general , 1 * e set < sf a-servant , like that ^ wiien ^ a ^ iJ ^ > B «« l » ar © aaa l » € Kl' « ie' 8 tincup » ' < Jf- 'f *» Pope . "It was half-past < six -when the cenv « S 9 ati < m-c « me to * a < l © a 8-: the cgm- < was biaden behind clouds . Abd-el-Eader , * wilh « Bt lo « kmg ^» eki vaulted-on'M ? Imr 3 e , * n 3 dogaMQfH * l at full speed -np the hill ; ajJ 9 * la « id » ed-afla ; fi % -cKeftam 3 JfeHOTre ( i ham . TTbft 'army , -which untilnowr had rte-¦ snaiadd -mdjaoiAess , < att « rc * d a ' 4 eng protracted -yell , vfriash . ' = began - -at the foot of the * no « stains , aBd ~ i « f 8 ed-tipw * nas like tbe 4 arge *> f She ¦ ¦ tide . A sudden- dap of thunder , s « -e « 8 H >^ b ^ - the * H !« mittii ^ 'he ^ fc }^ 6 f-tfce < effect . ifourtiea'ieTS , frcnn "this specimen , desire to know more t > f- the scenes ? wWeh eraw Qut . of the . narrative df the . Conquest of Algeria , yre must now ^ & . & ^ &MXJ 3 i& ? mi £ P 9 di > -lkej £ &g&s ofJDoctor Wftgner and Mr . "PuIsi ; ky .
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XIGJKCS ^ NI > SHADOWS AtTSTRaXI&IT XIFE . JLigbts , Mhd . SteijJtmfr . qf-ito&toaHanLife . , By . Mrs . Oharles- Clacy . Hurst and Elaokett . « Books about Australia « re always i-vcelcomfi— -if it n&ce only as a relief tironfctheavialaiwSbes of literature about , tlxe seat of £ war , the variety tvouH ? be . * greeabl « . Btrfc ^ sheEe fa soaaethin ^ -more than that in real downright . iAatsfcralian -adventure -from an ^ ye-swifcness . It has been said that if any 'man , even : in . the tjlfl . world ,-srnrr 3 l y wrote the story oThis life , there would ¦ 'ije soinething-wcofth knowing related . But Australia is just . now the land . ^ F |» AetiqaTr >} w ^^ , ^ havingmoYing ; ineijl « eats . tojtell . The j golji - ^ l ffg ttiga-li av e had-all sorts of anecdotists , and a ^ ear . atgo "AiL&dyls ^ isit' \ to / 3 « eae regions Jwas likely enough to . be accepted j » s » tnayelty , veveii hefbte ; it was read . ; -when read its . intrinsic . merits at ¦ nonce stamped 4 tflvitk ; puMe . apprphation , ; imd Mrs . Glacy < Hmsthaye been jAssiwedttaat ifiirkber i <» nirihttikms from her motes of-experiences . would be swortebity acknowledged . A « c » rdingly she makes a second appearance in tf she has that
Jtyk& ( md ^ amw iEhe ^ form chosen is of i « hoart .: storie » or nopv ^ lefies—^ a ^ defectiye > forn [ i in "dealing with sTlch matefialsr—¦ % ut interwoven ^ with : fiction is a "vast variety of'Tealities which constitute ^ aphM > pictures of Australian life , still , and . active . They are touched mth " ; A sxafuT and , aotwith ^ tananigjtsybeujg qj % "Mrs . Ciacy ' s second essay , a i » leJADly . practised ^ hana . . WeJiuJa ^ t . su ^^ allows : -A . yayfarer . in the bush £ &as ; 3 ^^ dvfrQ ^ — jgteavsmsai , nipo » : thc ^ rouQd and . lk <« ifihfc . » ver -his situation—little need ¦ to say- it was an maeaviabjevone . JEle ascBled . the storieSiEflihad latelyJieard ^ -of ( the . bnshrangersr—what if he should encounter them ^ "TandiwlulatlusJJiQ ^ ghts were thttsjjccnpied he wasstartled by a yesouad aj ? parentjyjaot , £ » r distant . . t VIf » ot . aja a ^^^ , " -ssidhe . tohijnselJ ' , "it . is . a . hymaTi being from . whom those sounds ; 3 ) roceed , 'Ijnnstsell my life as . dearly as ! lean , ; for none bat desperate people would inhabit ithjs wild and dreary forest . " .
' % The aounds . « appw ) acfh « dir » earer ; George gazed 'intently ircto-the"bush , and ' then-perceived < the"figBrej of a man advancing towat'dsihim . '• He- 'was unarmed ,-and came forward- 'with -some flight uefiitaiioB , « s ifihimself uncertain as 'towhom he might have ) to encounter ; butthis , . ia-Jbfi .-fixeiteiBfiat « £ thenaoment f * scaped > Georg& ' s . observation . He remarked only that the r-Btcangeiviwas ra-. taU , . powerful wan , ; and ,. buti for . thfi superiority of his possessing . -firearms , itGeQrige'WoulJiijoliJbiave ^ felt overconfident as . to theiresult of ¦» close conflict with him . How ¦ many comrades he itt ^ t , have . iikaaubush . was a , consideration of a rather disagreeable . nature . .= > As this rapidly passed through his mind , he thought jfc advisable to stop the nearer approach of the atranger—at least till he bad learned something respecting him ; therefore , assuming as well ajs possible . the manner of one accustomed to the bush and to deal -with » baahri » ngers , he cried out :- — - ^ Wbo-areyotf ?" _ The jaanie man you robbed and pretty-nearly murdered three days « go , and I've been this forest since h it
• living m ever , thoug ' s a precious sight more like dying . 'You'll get nothing moro out , qf ; m . e , ! so ,, ifryQnijn « an ; to ; 6 hoot rne . igetit . over at once . " " WhothedttYiljdo / you take me frr ? " . cried outQeome , who had been so astonished at ; tho first portion ofi ( the speech that , h «; remaiaed silent until . it was . concluded . "Abuslnaflger . to Beware ; , thon ^ h J jniust confess yqu'reliather a moro respectable-400 King one than usual . " "'If you weet with -no worse people than myse 3 f , yotfll not hurt , " replied George , laughing : -and'he then related his mishap in losing his way . A very few minutes suffice to make peoplo friends in the bush—no standing upon eti-. qnelste or-reqairiog to-be ; introduced tliere ; and George eoon learned the misfortunes of his . new acquaintance , which completely throw his own into the shade . He was stock-keeper to an JUawai « a » etUer ,, aad bad been to Campbeltown to receive some xnoney for . hisanwter . Onhje wayJUonaeiheJiad been beaetby a party of four bushrangersrobbed , knocked ubout , and probably would have been murdered , had not something diverted tlioir attention and made them hurry away , leaving him upon the groundXas they most likely iBitMUM iuiu
. ¦ wwuiiniiuvw ) uu { jiwiiy uijutcu uy . ijieu : D 10 WS . Left alono'Jn . the b « sh , plundered ot every ' article that could have been of service to him ; starvfltionnppeared-inovltiible ; . arid such would poasibly liavo been his miserable fate , had imothe stumbled on his clasp-knife , which providentially had dropped from him in the scuffle dindremainea-unnoticed on the ground By m «« ns of this he , with some difficulty killed * . an opossum , winch , although bad eating , was bottor than -nothing ; « nd this , ifith the treoigrubs , omn «« gota ,. and » tfow anakes , had bwn ,, all on-which he had Bnbsisted for tho last rfatr «« uAys . «? But , thank God , " ho added , " I'll have some kangayoo steak before sunset : " audiotitliis rciompnta , lar « o , ono , canie springing through tli « brnslnvoo < 3 , And bounded on before . them . ^ hercw . wbooraalvl--somethipE : like « Jiangaroo , that ;" and whilatsayincthia hoenatched Sfcho gun frowi . tbftlwndpf Goorge-rbvejied- ^ fired ; and t | io aniuw l ,, thQugh mortally wounded , ^ etill flpranc on tlurongh the foroot—the . two pvursulng it ) . e J 7 tno
uraauau > - - Dountta became . Blower and more weak , 4 indat length , -with ona convul--jsivo spnmfc . it fell dead u | wn the gwunfl , b ' "vWlmt n noble ftllwvr said the atranger , m . panting with the chaso , they reached Xho spot where » t had-ftUen ; ^ yi jy , hfe a ^ gular ¦« old man kangaroo / and must have . etooil protty n > gh awe-feet . And now let ' s canryhim to where we met , and cook our-.-selves a good breakfast . " ' The kangaroo convoyed to George ' s camping-place , ho , . with truo buali freemasonry , rtoolt possession of Goorgo's knife , and , cutting some Btoaks from tlio leca—tbo titbit oi . the animal—tproparcd to cook them . . ' Gcorgo busidr . himsdf in JdnUine » firo , and , . the wood being dry . it soon becamo « Hieap ot red-hot embora , upon which the steaks were placed } thin , with water from tb « stream , qualified by a lutfe of the brandy , formed , rto them , a most delicious nepaat . , Ar » Attack by Uwsbrangers is a . . natural Ausjtralum ovont : —
•• ' Suppose wo divide arms a little , in case of an ottAok . How « ro wo . off" for powder P " Flusk full , -. and flhot-hag , ditto , " « wid Gecrge ^ twijgrntulaUng himeqlf on having fillod dthom . botor . « lcawig . lb « , bulloclt . drivots ; ' «« ud « i to bullets , hero , aro jaineteon , and p lontT - « f porcussion-capa and wadding . " * J A diviaiortof arma , now took place ; and beicjg . thus , to a certain extent , protwrod for all lwz « rds , ther-twneath « ir'thouchta to getting out . of the forest . ' TnntonlmAl , '' «» M ftam y 'looking nt Uro liorao , " will bo mthor in thoway for ten to rone- ^ wo lwv »> to * 3 ( roe ft'um&thTough tbo nndoirwood . HowoTcr , ho maat carry the beat part ^ tftttift ^ ngBWOtju'laBgiaa ^ o coij ioepliimw-Uh vs . N < w , wliero ' a thowaun ? \ aco--wo
nrast strike off here " ( pointing to the right ) , " and take-some object in our eye , or \ re shall newrJceep a straight pat * . That . great . tree yonder , bigger than its mates , will just doaad when-we ' ve reached that , we'll take another observation , . as . the -sailors say . Now let ' s be off , in case Colney or his mates have seen our smoke . " ' " I see you ' re accustomed to the bush , " said George . "I ' ve had more than twenty years of it , and this last three days roaming by mvself so that I ought to know- something of it . "' J J ' ¦*' I am only surprised that you did-not get out-of the forest before you met me . " ¦ " ¦ Why , it ' s the difference of being starved or eating a hearty meal . My first thought after I recovered my senses , was to get food , and so I wandered about no oae knows whore '
Bpt it ' s an awful thing , to lie . lost , in the bush , alone , even if -you have plenty of provender withyou . " " I , know that , " said George ; " I felt it yesterday ; I . seemed in a sort of dreamy bewilderment—not-knowing where to turn , and apparently unable to " concentrate mv thoughts— " y " Husht" interrupted the other ; and he flung himself upon the ground -where his well T practise « i ear could : better distinguish between the boundlngs of an animal and the footsteps of man . - "It ' sgone ,-whatever it-was , " said he , as he regained his feet . "I can't help fancying tbosebttsnraBgers arehanging'abontr " " Theyseem to have given you a . terrible fright . " ** . True , " returned Tom , " I don't naiad owning it . lamia a mortal fear of them ; and so you'd be , if you . knew-thekileader . " " Who is he ?"
" Colney , to be sure ; and , as a specimen of liis character ,. I'll tell you his last kno ^ vn esploit before molesting me . He ' s a convict , you must know ; most , if not all , of these Imsbranging vagabonds are runaway convicts ; and , Colney was Government servant to a settler near . Well , he did something wrong ; what , is more than I ' ve heard ; and he was had up before the nearest magistrate , and sentenced to twenty-five lashes . That put his blood up 5 he swore he'd be revenged on his mistress , for she'd been the main Land in getting the master to punish him , and Nearly sh « paid for it in the end . He did'nfc make nauch ^ seeret of his revengeful ¦ wishes , so he was watched pretty close ; and they'd have returned htm-to Government , but wikwas heavy at the time ; ted hands few . Well , what doeshetdo-oiae . day but-watches his . ospportunity andmurders the poor naistress , and then , as '¦ be knew' he ^^ -waS' always well looked after when outside the house , lie -strips the poorwoman ' s dress ^ from fcer- ~ &ornMe , wasn ' t it~—puts it on somehow about himself , and her large sunbonnet and cloak , and walks out as cool as you can believe . Colney ' s a small thia manj 30 t . a , gr _ eafc fell a ^ r , as you'd imagine . him to be'r-and he actually passed by some other servants without somucli as their gaessing who it was , and , they sav , within two or three
hundredyards of the master himself . However , to cut my story short , he got clear off , and the clothes "were found afterwards where he'd pitched them away ; and there ' s a nice reward out for him , I guess . " 'How , al&iorigh Tom rather enjoyed telling the story—which he did in a mysterious undertone , and with constant interruptions for the sake of listening— -it was not a very inspiriting ons for George to hear ; -and he begaaito think that in the busli ^ " discretion was the better part of-valour , " particularly when such sanguinary mortals as Cohiey were likely to be « acounterefli " Still you may be mistaken , " said he , " as to his heading the party who attacked you . " " Mista&en ? - — -Not I ; Colnoy ' s easy to be known , and that helps to make him desperate , I believe . It ' s a wpnder and a , miracle that he didn't put an eud to me ; but they must have heard something , or bad other business in hand . " " Well , but how is lie known so readily ? " demanded George . "I ' m rather curious to have a personal description of this redoubtable monster . " " I ' m no band at your personal descriptions . Colney ' s easy to tell by a great red scar right across his foreliead ; exceptthat , he ' s , notso bad-looking when h «' s not in a rage , and : then—i-Oh . lord ! " andbe suddenly -stopped .
George did the same ; and both could distinguish a rustling noise near them , and now and again the fall of a footstep , or even of more than one . To say . that his heait did not throb more violently than usual would be contrary to the truth ; but George was as brave as he "was adventurous , and , after the first moment of surprise , it was the excitement of danger , . not the fear of it , that occasioned its quickened pulsations . Nor was Tom deficient in courage ; less daring than his companion he certainly was , but he had genuine English blood in his veins , and needed only the stimulus of a comrade to make him-strong enough to engage two together . "Now , '' said George , * ' We ' d better get on , and not stand like targets to bo shot at . " ¦ ¦** TheyJve only oneguniamong them , and that Colney uses . " " Then letus move on—the nearer we can get to the edge of the forest the better ; " and for an hour or more they pursued their < way , occasionally pausing , as before , to listen sometiines ^ catching , they thought , the sound of footsteps ; sometimes hearing only the rustling of the len-ves or the movements of the birds .
" Here they arel" cried Tom , suddenly , as a gun was fixed , and the bullet came whistling close past his ear . " We must plant onr backs against something , and fire at them carefully when they appear . All we have-to dread is being overpowered by numbers if we get to close quarters ; but we ' re better arm « d ; " and as he said this , George cast his eye round for a suitable stand . He espied a largo rock , against which they : now planted themselves , Laving first tied the horse to a . treo close by . " I wish they'd come on at once . ' "No fear—they'll lie hero soon enough for mo ; and if that Colney only aims as he usually does , one of us might just as well have oaten no kangaroo—it was a great waste to kill the poor animal . " George , despite the danger in which ho stood , could not forbear a smile at the pathetic tone in which this was said ; but it soon gave place to a graver expression as two bafis eanio through 1 bo air , ono of which loft a vaoancy in the low crown of his broad-brimmed straw hat .
" iVentilation ; gratid—lucky . Fin only five feet ten , " said lie . looking as unconcerned ns possible , forJieflmvitlLat Tom was rather dispirited at the double discharge . "If , we-could but see the scoundrels , instead of only hearing tlieir bullets , and d—> it , feeling them too , " Tom added , as . another elicit told upon ii 3 left shoulder . " 1 hey , have moro thnn ono gun . that' 8 evident . " . " ' Killed some poor devil , I'll be bound . " "Ah , there ' s « n aim ! " and Gcorgo fired with such , good effeot that the advancing flguro'fol ) . Ifc wasColnoy himself ; and , his leg being wounded by tho ahot , ho , having managed to raise liimadf to hia feet , limped away to hia former lurking-pluco , and for a short time no further attack waaniade . " What can tho raBcnls bo up to now ? " inquired Gcorgo . " "ifou know their -ways bettor than I do ; should you fancy thoy have given us up aa a l > ad job ?" "Not tvith Colnoy at thoir hoad ; and I fancy that chap you hit was him . " ' The greater roa « on for their leaving us . " " Uttlo you know , Colney . —he ' s a vory do-vil for rovoiiga ; and you ' ro a marlcad man with him from this hour . " " Then . I suppose wo shall hoar or feel something of them in a minute . "
"'If that animal would carry ua now . wo might huv < a chance , '" said Tom , and ho Advanced towards tins horeo . * ' Why , bo ' e lamed . " It was true-: a elict Imd-atruolc ono of his lore logs . WhiUt oxaminine tho extent of tho injury , which , after all , was Imt slight , tho discharge of a gun uent Tom Puck . to tho rock . Several shots now whizzed past without taking any effect , for , aa thcro waa a slightly cleared epuco befbro tliom , tho buslirangoiH , in order to protect their own jftruone , remabicd among ; tho ticoa , and wcro too far off to tuko an osact aim . But another expedient proved more nucccsaful . Before the cohoos of tho last sliottj had died away , a slight noino nbovo him mails Georgo cafiti up hia oyes , and ono glanco rovonled the mischief thoy liad plunncd and executed duriug tho tiaio thoy bad lvft tli « m umnolojtcd .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 30, 1854, page 930, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2058/page/18/
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