Part 25 (1/2)
”But you belong to Fraser Island a that place”
”Why you no stop? That very good place”
”Nahr! No blurry good”
”You get plenty tucker--plenty everything that place!”
This provoked a trailing exclaust ”N-a-hr!
Blenty ask it--no get 'e fella Boss (with an upward jerk of the head) gib it daily-bread Dinner-tia tea tell it that big fella Boss gib it daily-bread”
”Well, you get plenty”
”N-a-hr! No get 'em Get 'em corn (with a spit) all asa dish at that station
HUMAN NATURE
Aentleman, well up in years, known as Michael Edward He had been everywhere and had seen everything, and was full of e call worldly wisdom His conceit in himself led him to eat abundantly, drink all he could and at anybody's expense, sh apparently with lavish expenditure of industry, dress flashi+ly and talk big In pursuit of these things he behaved as should a cute student of human nature Sent by Mrs Jenkins, his thenpastry was taken from the oven He eyed it all with such riotous admiration, that an invitation to taste a tart was felt compulsory Michael Edward assented with a ”Yus, please, Missis”
The tart was but a trifle light as air in his capacious e lips Then, with a lively sense of the continuance of such favour, he said--”My word, Missis you istrate had a blackfellow in his eht before His Worshi+p charged as a ”drunk and disorderly” The istrate lectured him severely, but paid his fine on condition that he would never drink again A istrate, as rather in love with his own eloquence, proceeded to read the offender a severe lecture and to threaten him with awful punishment At the most impressive point the black broke in with--”Go on, Croker! Shut up and pay 'em money Me want finish 'e between a stea boat steered by a smart black boy fa place The stea run down ”Why didn't you keep out of the road,” yelled the captain, ”Why do you let the nigger steer?” Toot blurry steaot 'em!”
MISSIS'S TROUSERS
Lady Constance Mackenzie is not the only bold fe costume On sohters have adopted divided skirts, and black gins employed as stockriders wear shi+rts and trousers, which are returned to the store when not in active service One bleak evening--and it can be bleak on the North-Western Downs--the tender heart of a new jackeroo storekeeper was touched by the sight of two black boys quaking with the cold, the attire of each being lied down to its extreot 'eive you fella some,” and the storeman produced two pairs orn, which were thankfully accepted
Half an hour later one of the boys returned, bursting with indignant language ”What for, you blurry fool You bin gib it my missis's trousers?”
DULL-WITTED
At a western station the ht to satisfy the blacks by leaving a loose coil of wire here and there for spear heads But instead of taking that generous hint, the natives invariably cut out from the fence what they wanted On another station in the same district, when a fence was under construction small coils of loose ere left every few hundred yards as a tribute or free will offering; but in this case they again overlooked the loose stuff and cut what they wanted from the strained wire
STRATEGY
Incomprehensibly dull as blacks frequently are they occasionally exhibit shrewdness which is all the more remarkable because of its unexpectedness As the station hands were busy erecting buildings in newly opened up country, the blacks sent an envoy to engage their attention while others of the tribe cut off the iron bracing froates ith to ate before they were disturbed
LITERAL TRUTH