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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1916)
The day I arrived In Adelaide, Aus- iralia, I was twenty years old and my pocket contained a dollar for every year I had lived. I had exactly £4 to lie-in life on In this colony, luit was a healthy youngster, with no fear of the future. Luck was with me from the start. On the second day after landing from the steamer I hired out to a sheep raiser, who had a ranch on the Murray river, near its junction with the Darling, and on the third we started off up the country. One evening 1 was building a lire to cook supper hy. w hile McCall, the over seer. went to secure a lever with which to raise a wagon off its wheels. 1 was thus ulonv for a few momenta. Suddenly a man burst out of the thick et and came running up to me. “ For Clod's sake, young feller, give me a bite to eat!" he said as he stood before me. "Don't be afraid of me. I'm a sheep herder who has been lost in the busli for three days and a half." I stepped to the wagon and handed him a piece of bacon, some hard »•rackers and a handful o f ten, anti a ter he hud placed them in his pock ets lie continued: "Young feller, do me a greater fa vor still. Lend me your pistol and knife until tomorrow, when you will pass my station, and. furtherin' re, do not mention to any one that 1 was here. Do this and you will never re- gnu it-.” Then he hurried away. Just as McCall came back with thp lever there was a clutter o f hoofs, and 1 looked up to sis* five mounted men ride into camp. They were in the uni form of the patrol, and the appearance o f tin* men and horses showed that they had had a long ride o f it. “ Well. Captain White, what is It?" asked McCall, who seemed to know every one o f th<> fire. "Been after Mallir'at Sam again." was the reply ns the captain »lis inoui. ted. “ And lost him. eh?" "Yes. curse t’ :»> lin k! Wo struck his trail near Dabney's yesterday morning, and he led us a chase o f fifty miles during the »lay. We killed his horse about dusk 'nst night and had him sur rounded in the scrub. I!»* got out, how ever, and we did not rot Ids track tin til about noon today. We followed to the creek two miles above and there lost If." We continued on up.the country and finally arrived at the ranch, and for the next sl\ months 1 was hard at work as a sheep herder and neither saw nor heard much o f the outside world. Then one day I was called to report at hoadtpuirters and upon my arrival found a < »mple o f visitors there two gentlemen who had lately arriv- e»l from I'nglaud They had comp out to \ustralia to go Into the sheep busl ness, but would leave It In »'are of an agent. They hired me and a numlier o f others, and we began work with them. On»» evening we had finished supper ami were grouped about tin* «•amptin* when on»* of th»* dogs burked and \v»> took»*») up to find ourselves covert*»1 b\ live rilb's. "I In mis up or you are dead men!" shouted a \ olee, ami every »'tie *>f us quickly ob»>\ »'«1 the command. Tin* five advanced, eni h . keeping his rltle levehsl, mul when I could se«> tin* man who had spoken I at once blent it,« ,1 him ns Ballarat Sum. the man whom I had befriended months before. lie recognized me al most as ijuiekiy and. taking a step for ward, he said: “ Well, boy. you did me a good turn that day and I ’ll not forget it. Move over to the left. Now. then, gents. who are you?” All our arms were in the wagon, and we were helpless to offer any resist ance. The first thing they did was to despoil tlielr «•aptIves. A fter they had robbed the two gentlemen o f every thing they had of value and helped themselves liberally to our stores in the wagons Ballarat Sam shook hands with me and said: "So yon didn't inform the police you had seen me that day?” \ “ No. sir." “ Well, you were mighty kind to me. and 1 am going to return the favor. | Take this hundred pound note and | save it for a rainy day, and here's the | finest pistol anti knife in Australia, t Probably some day you will sec me hanged, but whatever Is said o f uie you can vouch for the fact that Ballarat i Sara never forgot a favor or failed to j get even with an enemy.” Columns o f matter were printed in ! tin* Australian newspapers concerning Ballarat Sam ami his crew o f outlaws during tiie next year, and bis picture ! was posted everywhere and a large re- | ward offered for his capture dead or ! alive. The authorities were bound to get him. but lie seemed to bear a eharmed life for awhile**and, although arrested several times, he always man aged to escape by some ruse or other. Finally he was surrounded by a patrol numbering forty policemen and tnken prisoner, and when brought handcuffed to Adelaide the entire population of the town turned out to view the fa mous bushranger. I happened to be In the city at the time and witnessed the hanging, and probably 1 was the only one in the vast crowd that felt a pang ! t f regret. II»* went to bis doom with a smile, ami after It was over the timid ones in Australia breathed a sigh of ■ relief. Ballarat Sam was a bad man, blit he had played fair with me. ! Highest cash price paid for hides. Bring them or send them in. I will pay j the cartage. Check mailed to vou same dav hh hides are received. R. D. VVerschkul, Cloverdale. Phone 13 8-0. 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