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The Record Newspaper 06 May 1899

Page 1

STORY.

How

of

neither

us

ARMY

AND

GRAIN

was

Has

Hanged. AN

"FARMERS'

THE

five November day, been the hospital having on ac horseback, up, I was companying a train :of convalescents, We en route for Harper's Ferry. not out from were five miles Win a couple of troopers, in chester when the' uniform of our escort, calvary from behind, rode to me up quickly to and asked me excitedly go with

On weeks broken

them

at

boys

who

skulker

attend

to

once

had

been

of

one

shot

OR

FURTHER

RICH

TERMS.

The

& Co..

STREET,

Life

Equitable

ana

of

way

the

Society

old,

Assets Surplus

States.

and secluded where seemed less,

to

was

a

spirited not

far

off,

be

camp

for

the

a

to

The to

the

wait morrow."

we'll

So, for

me

of the

get the

till

-

£10,508,995

-

valuation

than

larger

Best Test of Strength Future Bonuses.

conducted

the

on

Forrest, G.

Esq., H.

F.R.G.S,

Johnston,

BRANCH

Plan

Mutual

;

that

of

any

even.

However,

colonel

comes

an

innocent

noose

Manager.

Special

A.

and

man,

107

J.

all

Surplus

T.

Edward

Representative,

Hoolet, S. J.

spite

.

where, guarded by a to on await my doom They did not take the relieve me of my medicine-

Perth.

Barrack-st.,

PRIZE

all,

though

Bank

Reference,

was

at

of New

they

CLARKE

South

life

.

.

of of that

in .the T recognised my late,orderly corporal did .not He

as

!

Petheringtbn and in however,

a

moment

;

AND

8 Royal

July 8th. 15th. July

was

National Library of Australia

gone.

a

Turning from

vial

a

had

one pocket of medicine-case my back to the

iri

tablets

of

jug

also

I

cup. my

in

case

my

morphine

of

produced

to

flask.

my I.

said

night,"

:

I've

drink

Wales.

Sight-Testing

a

Yank,

me.

I

there

was

put

do

you

there

was

arm

?" no sign ; in stretched in the dark

Carefully, the into hand; cup and the cup returned a gulp, the

The

empty. drop

me

mind

an

furtively,

ness, to

don't

moment

a

then, toward

for

you

with

For

here, whiskey having a

got

some

.

Johnny;

had

victim

drank

!

every

I went the dumb through then a drink myself, taking man for sat my eagerly watching the drug. the of of working signs

KNAPP,

SPECTACLEMAKERS,

seem to Never did time drag so the head began to but at last slowly then nod and itself jerk up again ;

Perth.

Arcade,

the

stealthy

DRAKE &

.

& and

Ironmongers BUILDERS'

GENERAL

REQUISITES',

thrill

me,

and

of

Cold

"

351

Importers, IRONMONGERY,

and

BTUBBS, Hay

BRASS

Perth.

Street, &

FITTINGS

.V ;

Agents

for

Merryweather

Jdhn &

GALYANISED

OLLEpVsTEEL :Danks Sons',;

TUBES

GIRDERS

(All

&

PLUMBERS

FITTINGS,

Alston's

Windmill.

Telephone

foe.

the

to

sought

fight

then, narcotic

Softly,

powerful

I

off

his

crept up, declared

mastery,

it of despoiled laid it comfortably

Sizes),

& Melbourne; Ltd., Son, Fire London. Brigade Appliances.

as

soldier

I the fall deftly caught arid gently the ing carbine supported head and swaying body. drooping into Then I dragged the limp figure the dark chamber of the prison-pen its

but

John

was

whiskey

took

I

a

A grunt was the only Pour reply. ing but some whisky into the drugged I offered the potion to the sentry, cup, as as I could, saying nonchalantly while my heart beat fast

as

person see

of

had

I

Quickly of

&

OPTICIANS

arid

the

;

show

of despair settled upon me, stupor in the till, the hours passed. unheeded roused I was by the tramp afternoon, of an approaching1 body of men, whicn to be the relief I rightly guessed sentries.. its rounds, on .changing guard As

flask

"

,

out glanced of the guard advanced corporal to the turned keenest my stupor

water,

:

means

I

myself

chicken-house

and

tatiously

LIST

Free

and revolver.

I looked for possible Eagerly but none There of escape, appeared. no in the chicken-house was opening and although the except the doorway, effect door was place was gone its on a filled ually by a big sentry, sitting The the iambs. set-between barrel

Carelessly

excited

This done while yet daylight I waited with what patience remained, I could till be halfmuster it should when seven a time o'clock past I have fallen and when night would minutes before should yet have thirty That the coming of the relief guard. I took a favour hour having come, when the able moment hap sentry and osten me, pened to look toward

M.L.A.

Esq.,

my

found

ran

I

an make as heavily opiate stupefying them as would be safe, and dissolved water. in the cup by the aid of a little

belongs

Chenhall.

at 5, run CUP, i.0,000 Adelaide, May 10th, 1899. MAY Helena 1893. HANDICAP, 3,000 at 5, run Yale, May 13tli, BIRTHDAY CUP, 25,000 at 5, run Perth, 24th May. V.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL 10,000 at 5, run HURDLES, Flemington, NATIONAL Y.R.C. GRAND STEEPLE, 5,000 at 5, run Flemingtou, COOLGARDIE CUP, 10,000 at 5, run Coolgardie, August. KALGOORLIE CUP, 10,000 at 5, run Kalgoorlie, August. MENZIES CUP, 10,000 at 5, run Menzies, August. CAULFIELD October. CUP, 25,000 at 5, run Caulfield, MELBOURNE 7th CUP, 5,000 at 5, run November. Flemington, PERTH at CUP, 50,000 at -5, run Perth, January 1st, 1900.

farmyard,

the morrow. to trouble or search me case, belt took away my

re

scheme.

a

enough

CHARLES).

MONSTER

!

I

were

the

at

sentry,

TATTERSALL'S (C/o

store

in and in

guards

W.

to

was

thoughts,

when

my overcoat, in another.

:

Chairman;

M.L.A.,

the

'

The next only. would be at of relief, then, when it would already o'clock, rapidly

a

ADELAIDE

then,

sentry,

is

Society

in brought twelve and one,'

hours

four

In the

Policy-holders.

guard.

of my recog green sash, surgeon's warfare as nised in regular marking once and At the non-combatant a of unceremoniously sergeant burly an me to old, the guard marched within tumble-down chicken-house the

business

the of

of

just

been

between

Thus

1897.)

in

the

is

PERTH A.

-

laying

every

31st,

Surplus standard

Guarantee

looked dis charge to better find that nothing gusted doctor had been caught, than a poor " for and said to me, surlily, Sorry I have but reckon doc', you'll you, You-uns of to swing. strung up one us been the other day, and so we've officer

The

on

away

by a small

held

now

guerillas,

quickly

farmyard to

office

(December

£49,349,231

-

liabilities in the world.

ASLargeZSurplus

!

I

life

other

-

over

was

it

;

had

I

plainly in

mind POSITION

FINANCIAL

who

guerillas again, know better, caught by an was use old trick Resistance

Mosby's should

I,

that

watch

my

I As this itself, thought presented that also noticed above the trooper's beard was the of a toper red nose across and then there flashed my

But

the

and

time

at

sentry newly-posted the consciousness that with sudden about my size, and wore he was just cut to a full beard of similar my own. and stations ex Were the uniforms how in the then, easily changed, the could the one personate darkness other!

rear.

were we out of sight of hardly on each side road, when suddenly of my head a big calvary pistol while a its black muzzle, pointed determined voice hissed in my ear, doctor. or "Our Keep still, prisoner, man !" you're a dead

some

staring

Pr.ttTH.

Assurance

United

o'clock.

before.

never

be dark. APPLY

our

I

four

TO

PURSER

WlLUAM

as

looked

eight

PARTICULARS

I). 128

some

by

acceded, rode to a hollow a little the turnpike and to the

we away off from

FOR

by.

near

Unsuspectingly

.

CASH

dull

a

later,

work

lieved round

(Concluded.)

hope,

sure

felt

I

so

Australasia.

now

I

to

gives better any other drill

than

in

DRILL.

and

sale

largest satisfaction

STORY.

SURGEON'S

FAVOURITE"

FERTILISER

the

revived within me, that in any way that himself would not compromise John me as I had saved would help to save him. So now my wits set themselves But

for

.

OUR

pallet,

358. !

covered

as it

if

with

in

and cap down on natural my

own

overcoat

;

;

straw my and sleep, cap and coat.

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