Jist Show
Us Where, And You Shan't Be Touched At All, Nor That Little Wretch
Yonder, What Keeps Screeching So; But If You Don't - " And Here His
Natural Ferocity Mastered Him, And He Wound Up With A Volley Of Curses,
In The Midst Of Which Our Rescuers Rushed Upon Them.
When we came to talk the whole matter over calmly and quietly, no doubt
was left upon our minds, as to the premeditation of the whole affair.
But for the watch kept, the attack would most probably have been made
during the night.
Our timely friends were a party of successful diggers returning, from
work. They too had passed the night in the Black Forest - providently
not very far from us. They accepted our thanks in an off-hand sort of
way, only replying - which was certainly true - "that we would have
done the same for them." It was in endeavouring to assist assumed
sufferers that our party fell into the ambuscade laid for them.
They waited whilst we got the dray and horses ready, and we all
journeyed on together, till the Black Forest was far behind us. We saw
no more of the bushrangers, and encamped that night a few miles beyond
the "Bush Inn." At this inn we parted with our gallant friends. They
were of the jovial sort, and having plenty of gold, were determined on
a spree. We never met them again.
On Saturday we travelled as far as the "Deep Creek Inn." Some distance
before reaching that place, we passed two rival coffee-shops on the
road.
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