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The Boss 11 Myall Blocks
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By Morley Roberts
N THINKING it over, I am inclined 1
to believe that, of all men I ever
knew in 'New South Wales—or, for the
matter of that in Australia—the worst
was Mat Gregory, the manager of the
Myall Blocks station. J ust as all the
humorous yarns are attributed to Jacky
Dow, late of Toganzmain, so all the
brutalities and insults are given to
Gregory—that is to say, the honors are
even between him and Tyson, who is
really not so bad a sort as the sundown-
ing fraternity are aptto make out.
For certainly Mat Gregory, or “Sav-
age Ginger,” as some called him from
his red hair and redder beard, was a.
hard man, if he was a good manager.
And as Simpson, who owned Myall
Blocks, made at least $30,000 out of that
station alone in a good year, it was not
without justice that he was esteemed
a good man fro-m the empl’oyers and
capitalists’ point of view. But he knew
sheep, horses and cattle a little better
than he knew men, and consequently
he had a bad name among those who
worked for him. He could drive a man.
to death just as anyone. can ride a horse
to dent-,h but he wanted the knack of
getting men to lay themselves out for
his service. There was no one who
loved him or even liked him, and pride
in the station itself was anonexis-tent
quality.
I knew this because I worked for him
myself, and when I was boundary-rid-
i11g,on an outstation on the line of
fence between us and the next station
east, I found it a little annoying to be
pitied by the other boundary rider
whenever we met.
“How’s Old Ginger?" he used to ask,
“and are you pickled by now?”
But, fortunately, I saw very little of
him, and he left before I did. It hap-
pened this way, according to what Iwas
told: ‘
Mat Gregory went up to the Northern
Blocks, and stayed there savaging the
superintendent for about three days,
and making everyone wish he were
de-.ad For, of course, nothlng was right.
He was the kind of boss who will go
into matters with a storekeeper, and,
finding half an ounce of tea short, dock
the responsible man. And if it was half
an ounce over he would slate him for
robbing the hands. And yet he was a
regular daylight robber himself.
However, at the end of three days he
went off south again, and before he had
ridden ten miles he came up with a lit—
tle rough old chap, riding a beast of a
broken-down crock not worth a panni-
kin of flour. His clothes had never been
good, but now they were rugged and
sunburned and his very hat was full of
holes. ~But Mat ranged up alongside
him and said “Good day” very civilly
for him. He was, maybe, please-d with
the jar he had given the North Block
lot. Anyhow, he slung the traveler
' “Good day,” and made as if he would
chum in with him for the length of one
of the big paddocks.
“Day to you,” said the traveler, who
was a strong, wiry old boy, with griz-
zled eyebrows that hung over his eyes.
“Are you traveling down to) My all
Blocks station?" queried Matt.
“I am so, ” answered the old man,
coldly, “and farther, too—very likely.”
“It’s a. very fine station, this. 9" said
Mat.
“Not so bad, ” answered the traveler.
“Do you know how many sheep run on
it?"
“Two hundred thousand and two hun-
dred and five, by the last count,” said
Mat, feeling quite good and proud of
the job. ~
“What? No more?” asked the old
man.
“And how many more do youwant ?”
asked Mat, quite surprised and not alito
tle snake-headed. “Ain’t that enough
for a rusty old sundowner that never 5
owned more of a sheep than a lump of g
mutton—and mebbe stolen at that?” i
said Mat.
“Be civil." said the old man. “How
many sheep do you own, or are you a
boundary rider?”
And Mai‘s horse gave a mighty jump,
for Mat dug the spurs into him in his
rage. And before Ginger could pull
him up he was a hundred yards away.
But Ginger turned him and came gal-
loping back.
“You rusty old Whaler!” he roared.
“So . l’m to be civil to you, am I? A
boundary rider, indeed! I‘m the man-
ager of this run. I' 111 Matthew Greg-
01y, that’s known from Adelaide to Syd-
may, and from—” '
“You might be rich by the way you
brag about yourself,” sax d the old boy.
with a sneer. "So you re only man-
agel'?”
“And what are you?”aasked Mat,
foaming with rage. “You might be old
Jim Gleeson, I should think. Only you
ain’t."
For Jim Gleeson was the richest man
between Wilcannia and the Bogan, and
a deal further than that. 5»
And Mat galloped 03 in a, fury. He
found a wire broken near the second
fence from the home station, and, rid- ,_
ing in, discharged the boundary rider
who was responsible. '
Just about sundown the old chap
with whom he had had the quarrel
came riding past. So Mat went out and
shouted over to the storekeeper: 4 ' ,
“Don’t give that old rufiian any flour. ‘
And, Jack,"—this was to a roustabout L
cutting firewoocl-—“y ou go 11p to the 3
cook double quick and tell him not to f
' give the scrapings of a fry 111g pan to
him."
But the old chap stopped Jack as he
ms going up to the men ’s but on his er-
rand.
“Nice boss. that of yours!" be ex- ‘
claimed.
, “Ain’t he just?” said Jack.
“Do you like him ?"
“Do'we?” asked Jack, angrily. But
he did what he 'was told. all the same“
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And then, to get even with Ginger, he
took the best part of a leg of mutton
and half a hatful of tea and went out
With it. He dodged round the back of
the stables and came on theold boy rid-
ing along easy.
“I say!” said Jack, and the other
pulled up._ _
“What is it? What’ s the matter?”
“I got this stufi from the cook, ” said
Jack. “And three miles down the road,
on the left, beyond the little clump
down the fence, there’s good water and,
a good bite of grass.” 3
“You’re a fine young fellorw, you
ar e, ” said the old man. “It’s a pity you
are not a manager. Would you like a.
better job?”
“Rather; but good jobsare searce.’
“Not so scarce as good men, ” nodded
the traveler. “Will you be here in a
fortnight? I’m coming back, maybe,
and I might hear of something.”
“I shall be. here,” said the boy; “that '
is, if I don’t get shot out.”
“You stay,” grunted the old man.
And he ambled off slowly and awk-
wardly.
Two days afterward the junior part—
her of Davies, Davies & Curwin, of Mel-
bourne, whose name was Grey, went
into his senior partner’s room with a
long telegram. '
“This is a queer start,” he said.
“What?”
."A telegram from Mr. Gleeson,” said.
Grey, “and arum one at the .” ‘
“Read it.”
And Grey read it out:
“Hunt up Simpson, of North My-all,
and see if the station is in the market.
If it is, close without delay and send '3
the agreement to sell, etc., up to me at
once. If not for sale,_offer him any-
thing at all in reason. Don’t stop at
£10, 000 above the market price. And
find out if there is any agreement be-
tween him and his manager. —James
Gleeson. Hay.”
And Grey went ofii. He- did not come
back till four. But he was triumphant,
for he had struck S son at the ripe
time, and North Myall‘belonged to Jim
Gleeson.
“You can get me a two-horse buggy
to go up to ‘l\ orth Myall in the morn.-
ing,” said a ragged“ old man,‘ sitting in
the bar of the Colonial at Hay. “And
let it be a good turnout,” he chuckled,
amiably.
0n the fourth day,.afterr a long drive
through the gray plains dotted very
sparsely with dwarf box and bourree,
he came to the south gate of N0rth
Myall.
He went through a long plain of a
paddock, ten miles square, and he met
a man on horseback at the next gate.
“Which way are you traveling?”
asked the cheerful old man.
“South,” answered the man. “I’ve
just got my discharge from liyall
Blocks.” '
“Do you want a job ?” asked the man
in the buggy. “If you do, I’ll hire you.”
And five miles further-he met Jack,
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“I DISCHARGE YOU!"
the boy who had given him a meal, com-
ing along. The old chap pulled up.
“ thought I told you to wait a week
or two before you left.” 1
“I couldn’t do it,” said Jack, grin-
ning. “That bully of a Gregory—”
“Never mind Gregory,” said his
friend; “sling your blankets in behind
and jump up and drive me. I hire you
-:right now.’
And Jack climbed' 1n.
And so they came up to Myall. Al—
mostthe first man they met was Greg-
ory, who had come in with his black
horse foaming. He saw the boundary
rider first.
“What are you doing here?’; he
shouted. “You got your money. 0113
with you!”
“You go to blazes!” said the man.
And before Gregory caught his breath
he saw Jack, and then his eyes lighted
on the face of the ragged, sardonic old
Chap who had told him to be civil. ‘
“You—-—, ” said Gregory; but before he
could get any furtherG leeson nudgeu
Jack, who whipped up the horses and
drove them at a gallop right down to
the house. And Gleesoh got out to find
Gregory running after him. But Glee-
son was on the steps first.
“I own thisstation, Mr. Gregory,” he
said. “I bought it last Wednesday.
Make up your accounts and get your
horse. I'dischar‘ge you.”
“You’re mad,” shouted Ginger,“ who
had suddenly turned pallid. “Who are
‘ you ?”
“I’m Jim Gleeson, that’s who I am,”
said the old man. “And for once I’m
very glad to be a millionaire. There’s
not much pleasure in it, but 1f I never .
thing in long rows, so that the culti—
get any other pleasure from it than
this, it’s worth it. Put up the horses.
Jack, and, come here again ‘7 to look
through Mr. Gregory’s accounts. I-
can’t read.” For he knewhow to sav—
age afman himself, when he wanted to.
And turning to the boundary rider, he
said: '
.“Just- see that things go an as usual,
my man. ,The new manager will be
here to-morrow. And the next one
shall be Jack, if he's any good.”
But that last sentence was to himself.
o—From “Strong Men and True, ” a 001-.
lection of Short Stories by Morley Rob-
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When Applied to Vegetable Gnu-deh-
ing? It Is Almost Certain to 3
. Prove Profitable.
A method of intensive culture which
has made- some money'for me isto plow
a plot of ground in the fall, and manure
it heavily during the winter, then
barrow it in the spring, as soon as I
can work the ground, and with a one:
horse-corn planter plant the earliest
varieties of peas in rows 21/2 feet apart.
I cultivate the peas with a horse and
cultivator until some time in May, when
I plant early corn- with the corn planter
between each alternate row=of peas,
leaving alternate rows vacant from
which to pick the peas. The peas are
marketed the last of June, when the
vines are, removed from the ground.
By this time the corn will have made
quite a large growth, and the space
between the rows can be cultivated and
set to celery, cabbages', turnips or pot-
ted strawberry plants; or Hubbard
squash can be planted in the corn rotvs
the last of May, and the vines will oc-
cupy the ground between the. rows of
corn after the peas have been removed.
Another profitable combination of
crops is to grow early bunch onions
from sets, and follow them with a sec-
ond crop of celery, cabbages or cauli?
'fiower.
What to plant and how to plant de—
pend on one’s soil and maake't. I
realize that if I describe methods of
culture which are a success under cer-
tain conditions, others will try them
where the conditions are not the same
and fail v'to get good results.
The amiateur in gardening should be
satisfied to go slow, and not plant ex-
tensively until he has gained experi-
once by planting small plats. In mar-
ket gardening, as in other occupations,
it is the trained workman who is a
“hustler” that “gets there‘.”—W. H. J en-
kins, in Vick-’s. '
MEASURING A TREE.
A ‘S1mp1e But Reliable Rule for Es-
timating the Height of Stand-
ing- Timber.
There are various-methods employed
in determining the height of a standing
tree; of these the geometrical method
may be recommended for its simplicity
and sufficient accuracy. At some dis-
tance from the tree, where both top
and base are readily visible, place a
pole from four to five feet long (SF)
perpendicularly in the ground; put in
the ground another and longer pole
(DE) at some. distance from the first
one, and so that the poles and tree are
situated in the same vertical planes
Sight from the top of the smaller pole
the base and the top of the tree and note
the points where your line-sof vision in—
tersect the longer pole; measure the
HOW TO MEASURE A TREE. 1 1, '1
distance between them; measure also:
the horizontal distance between the: ,
small pole and the tree and that be_-;
tween the two poles. Multiply the first:
distance by the second and divide by‘
the third, the result being the height of
the tree.
For example, let the distance between ..
the points where the lines of vision
intersect be six feet, the distance be-
tween the pole and tree 30 feet,
the distance between the poles two
fet; then the height of the trees equals
.6 multiplied by 30 divided by 2,
giving 90 feet—Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
ORCHXRD AND GARDEN.
The plum and cherry require alittle
pruning.
Never allow insect’de-stroying birds
to be killed.
Never remove large limbs from trees
when it can be avoided. .
Unleached ashes make a. good fer?
tilizer for strawberry plants.
Even continuous cropping of fruit
will gradually exhaust the fertility.
Where'a branch is removed the cut-
ling should be close, leaving no stub.
‘ Apply plenty of well-rotted manure
in the garden during the winter. ' ‘
Cut back Slim wood before the buds
.start; better fruit will be secured.-
Save up the wood ashes to use as a.
top dressing when planting in the
spring
Pears budded on the quince are said
to be dwarfed; they never make large .
trees.
The apple, pear, quince and thorn
can. be grafted on one another with
varying success.
In the garden plant or sow every-
vator can be used. .
When it can be done it will be a good
plan to top—dress the strawberry plants
with wood ashes._
The chief value of dwarf pears con-
sists in their early bearing ’which is
due to defective sap circulation.
Pears seem to thrive best if grown
in close proximity to stone; they draw
both moisture ahd richness from stone.
It rarely pays to fill up an old orchard
with young trees; better select a new
loéation. The old trees have exhausted
the old site, mérc or less—St. Louis
Republic.
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Odd Motor P011 or Employed in the Office
of :1. “foster” Papex. '
_ A dog that 1 uns the entire maChinery
of a printing office is a novelty. Yet
there are many persons who can testi‘
fy that Plymouth, Wis" possesses such
an animal. Gypsy is the name of this
remarkable dog-engine, and he is tIu
property (if Messrs. Carroll & Boweis,
prbprietors of the Plymouth Review)
Gyp,’ as he is known to the children
of the town, is 'a gigantic, 2 year—old
English mast-Eff, weighing 140 pounds,
who has .bcen «“taught to furnish the
motive power for running the presses
of the Review ofiice. A large wooden
Wheel, eight feet in diameter, was
built expressly for Gyp’s accommoda- ,
tion. At the word of command the
intelligent canine enters the wheel
and begins his work. To the wheel
is attached a belt connecting with the
presses in the next room. In two
hours GLp has run offxan edition of
1,000 pap'ers on a Prout-y power press.
He also runs a Jones-Gorden half
medium job press, and in fact all the.
presses of the office except the small
card press, which goes by foot power.
Gyp runs off the weekly edition of the
leview regularly and the job" presses
daily. He seems to enjoy his work,
and never has to be driven to his sta-
tion, but on the contrary shows an un-
willingness to stop when ordered to
comeout of the big wheel—Chicago
Times Herald.
WIT AND HUMOR.
J ones—I wonder why “The Seasons"
are always represented as women?
Smith—Because you’re never satis-
fied with them, no matter what kind
you get, I suppose—Puck.
Club Secreta.1'y7What have you
against Mr. Snobson,-Jenkins—has he
been abusing you?
Club Waiter—It ain’t so much ’is
abuse, sir; it’s the-hungramatic way
in w’ich ’e done it.—Harpcr’s Bazar.
“Winter is full of sad memories to
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me
"Why so?”
“I once fed a girl on expensive ice
c1eam all ummer, and she broke ou1
engagement just as the chafiing-dish
season. set in.”——Brookl_vn Life.
“Do you know,” said the old col-
ored man, “dat: curses, .Iike chickens.
come home to roos’?” '
“I’s hyuhd it.” replied Mr. Erastus
Pinkley, “an’ I ’specks it’s so. But ter
tell de troof, I allus thought chickens
wus takin’ big risks ’bout getting
home in dis neighborhood.”-—Wash-
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FOR. NEW YORK-— Accommodation 7 = -
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6. 33,0. 41, 8. 11,10. 20p. :11. Express trains
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SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.0
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press 4. 55, 5. 459. 3.113
FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST-—
Accommodation trains at 6. 28, 7.42,
8. 46 and11.423.. m.,§12 2.42, (ton’t‘,)
4.18, 5.,27 6.,27 7.2 (to IB_’p t),
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5. 04 (Nauga‘tu’ck Express) 7. 05, 9 :05
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