FROM SEELECTION TO CITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 121, 22 May 1909, Page 15

FROM SEELECTION TO CITY.

B y STEELE RUDE.

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XI. TOE FIBST MONEY. ' ... nn ,i of He shearing. And hoi IfiS Dare °I-rcdolced *»« * •*-"" 'jj, wt,and tie click, dick, o •»•* ""and the erica or "Wool away, X Kfr-MttW ceased. The rush to. P"*" in[the ordering ther(!! tt 1 "'"'olio through shed »d ?«« .id clipping *' tmellsome wool I "* fSrtt was i" * ur IDIB ' ,B bot th •« ' were.to receive and carry borne ***" they would bring there how tber were waltln: *\JS Sf. «*"«»'« rt,,d **""*■ £ IS thc7r%.Wh*rn.,.«, «d "V.«P oat the chill, left thel <ffZ «S to the hut to roll thel. Hj. „ re run in from this paddock Sail surrounded by men wltt hi their arms peering through, to ici . vl > there." J or to later nnd the station loekei „. tircos breaklug camp. too arc, Steele," the Boss said, „J« tie first «b*qu« I had enmedI *«d ever Men. In fact-'.li "*• This with a smile nl * *0L little that stood on the counter. andtrept away with a wildly Great Jumping kangaroo*! JTI/Sm* trembled, at touch of the "JL. I was perplexed to know It home fafelyr-on what part * "[foe balled up and robbed took pel- *!« „ c . it ttafle mc downhearted. £ ttter Si" It ter mc," Davo sold, JL.ttm. aown doe* in his trouper S?," drawing bis belt over the aper. LT 'ni rirry th' two." TiJir, doubted If D.™j«« be ... miMitoiT for so much wcsltti. '"TCl"** added, "It ver ain't tUrt T«£d pocket. I hadn't any jjribit was mother's ides, And she Ehmi mft (» *» out into the world and X Ibem full of money. Mother MiirirM woman. iulte It ter mc again before wo get pK," l lojwfred. tttfUtt," from Care. : ttrike jer breast," from mc. .«,««» n «» "' *" m ' t ,Mr ' HMtH like » bank manager. "Ain't I got T' »»«''• And he slapped bis trouMttt Urd with Ha hand, while his. istakM like diamonds In a window. I ..• satiated, and allowed Dave to hem, ■} frill escort. Ho folded my cheque ZIL. nd slapped his trouser pocket again "•■ttH It IKlco this time. Tbou what a. i?ft were In to pock our bits or things ssHaiirtl It m't want thnt no more, «ny. hi." Oits Mid, tosslug the grass and Ms* sutr out of tbo bed-ticks, on to tart! lie old but, and roualng tbo » "»u thuck that hit o" soap in," stisM eoteleMSly. '1 don't know whose Urea*' dse." I lirw He seta* el aosp in. ■■■'"■• "OsiaV* M * , ' t * ,, " fluil " IV * dls ' smulsslr tret » ceJKrilon Of discarded MHri tail I M collected at the shed as t sHTMIr, it 4 irn fondly nursing, "01, mf irortl" I Mid, "they're oil jtsi." "Will, ire loer aewl" and Dare ttarcd Ist i Mstbroktr. J , • I. ' ; "*n« stta utrtl" IW ItSlll. •», »r Mivnolo' OKh!" Davo said, tvk lata la." Irtxtri Ultra in. Then Care rolled I ntp, lid strapped them to the s*lH,'eid sway we went. M «> rolet thloklng of nothing but -s*aMl Ws hadn't seen It for sli "a MiH up l* epen a station gate, and *M » Dare, with a sudden feeling of Urtiniiii'M>«nrntib' cheonesl" taian: out of the corner of his •tall bis left arm. burled elbow J"* " a* trouicr pocket, where his "•»♦ In <]obo itoaeh with the * If »rrr*ben»lons ware allayed. ;"" MHr "l DaTe was n careful cue pais, *'*"•* «n again, Straining all the '*'" • tllmpje of tbo familiar moun- *»* it wo crotted paddock after ""*»• tss wblte-skuincd, newly-shorn, "•tM oat of the long gross by the "* ud hem from us. kyi**" l " !>"« said, "we had a good »* »lta moss beggars, I bet" *r»«ril" i gupeii, flghtlng the wind !L Wt ' " "'* ,attl6d al °ng. Then WW "Hool «m," after the affrighted *< nn rounding the edge of a plain "•BBbtr oo our right, and lagoons on *«, Men Dare, who was In front, *?** acUiilr;— „*****' A »ster dorg! A. dingo!" And *♦ *«t, Sfll-ftr-lMtbcr, In pursuit. ikZ P " m '- ef Dllv<! - Jhcte wns tt ■•enttlfa oa that dingo's head, or "'for t sOTerelgn Dave would have' f^V", ror l week without food. The q / Wn t see us, or know we were about "rojped down on him like a Tb*n »-<; iiia . t Bee t]]e 6i0l!O anr ti m^' ttlj M,r » long, straight streak > ««d dead leaTes reaching to the **."" D»*e followed-followed till ~ JT*' * *"" Mt In Lls noree - Wocn »p Dare looked tbo colour ot a . *«h« ,, v l !'* r l 6 ga«re«, and felt and , **Zv* poel " s( *' " I,vo '"t ib- ib *'"Nl n, 4 . lUmi ' tt,t wa » ln hl « ' Ib i««t?' , *' !,9w od another lump) did * W5 mw '' '""ned himself. -Then ] i.™ * ''" , ch " ls - »nd reflecting. ?"•<■ '>hl, T 1 " 8 " ,h(m Mt '" D 6 """■• '' S»! wT.h ' Urtwl aft * r th ' <"ngo. ' '"he hodn-t seen him! Blast ' *J X i^"*^ 0 " «• wood, and destl- * tit ' ? •*»* il """ M4|)l ™' ,Url,, X "P°n » 1 * IM..*"" * lle,!c '' wi "e our i # UWB w «"=ome we t , f orward to at home, and ** ««r .Lr o**0 ** »•« Planned to do t *t* ""nags. , w , wtr# >MBMI . „

"I Jiiuno." D.TVL- moaned, lontioc at.the bub, "p-r'aps no had better try and tun V Our tracks back '<> tthere- we started- tli" dog I* - * ml S nt a ° a them."Alia slowly we rode back, Btralalnc o«* oyc-ucn'ca all the time Iα useless- effort t6 convert every particle of leather? C"ti into the lost cleaves, and never cpeiklnf a word. Away In the distance shearers were iiv crossing the plain, making homeward, an( be at sight of them our spirits tool: another ot drop. Hemorea net In. '," "Foolel" fools! fools! that we were]" ail Dave* croancd. ai I shed tears. But, ju«t when vre reached m> tho joint woero we had left the read, a* Dovo uttered a shout of Joy. di "Hero they are. Mowed If they ain't!" >'' he shouted, juiuiiiiiK from hie home and 1,1 falling on the treasure. ".Crlpcs:" ha Mid, B * lifting tho chcTJcs, "waen't Out a, stroke *• Of luctS" ' ■ TTe both «»I!oe. IVo acdrly w«at off our '* heads, tho re-actlon wns to great. "" vfrivo too mine," I said, hysterically, j "I'll c«rrj It riw." I hnd lost faith la ° v Dare ae.a e»to deposit, "Glvo It tcr nit," ' I eriefl. j' . Diva raited no objection. Ho eecnied ',: pleased to he lellevcjl of tUo roapouslbiutf. ti "I've lind cnoagli of It," he said, hand- , Ing mc tJjc cheque. ,'il I spelt it through to main sure It was >o nil iherc. It was quite Intact, I placed It carefully in tuo lining ot my bat, and ■a dragged the old felt tight over my bead, ana wllii odd hand clung to the leif to 1, keep It in position. Then on' v.-o raced — agnln. And hew we rode to mik& up ii lout time I tve never stopped till wo wer« ii; near hdaie. And what feellnjrs of pride it and joy flllnd our heart as we entered the tflpraiis and approached tho liouse, T We felt wo had all the wealth, of tb» world upon us, and were about to do away >' with want and care and mates every oat 19 bnppy. " -Moihcr ,mi] Kate, and Sarah, ami Joo ' l and Bill ran out to, meet old greet us. a Hoir Hells-fated they were! They surroundu eit u>, and shook our bands, and said how pleased they were wo bad come back. ' And they carried our ewaga Int6 the bouEd '. r far us. Wβ could hardly say anything. We Jiint handed our cbciues orer In silence to mother. "Gee wlz!" Joe sold eicltedly. "hoir j much!" And Kato murmured, "Oil, mj," in a kind encouraging way. And the others r nil salit Botnethlns that wns jODd to bear, a and eroTvdort round mother. H Mother looked at the cheques tlrnigbtfulf Iγ, and (or a. moment played with -them Iα her lap. Then her laree, sort eyes rented t kindly upon Dave and mc, anfl ffltstened, and fllled with inn till they teemed to «wlm. She jpcak. But we understood, c (Cnndnued -irectlyj 1 ,