One Of These Thieves Paid Our Camp A Visit, But The Sight Of A Rifle,
Combined With A Smart Blow On The Shins With A Stick, Quite Satisfied Him
That He Had Come To The Wrong Place.
Returned to Lake Darlot, we impatiently awaited the arrival of those who
were to take over the mine from us.
At last they came, and it only
remained to pack up our traps, take the road to Coolgardie, and finish up
all business connected with the syndicate. There we parted, Conley and
Egan leaving with their shares; and with regret on both sides I think,
that our ways no longer lay together: for months of close companionship in
the bush, facing hardships and sometimes mutual dangers, make a close tie
of friendship between men, that is not easily broken.
Wishing to pay a visit to the old country, and yet not caring to part with
the camels which had been my property for some months past, and of which I
was very fond, we formed a syndicate, composed of Dave Wilson, Charles
Stansmore, and Alfred Morris, who found the money, and myself, who found
the camels, the profits of the venture, if any arose, to be divided in a
proportion agreed upon. I could depart, therefore, with the satisfactory
feeling of knowing that my faithful animal-friends would be well cared
for.
Shares were rising, the mine was sold, and the work done, and it was with
a light heart that I booked passage for London in October, 1895.
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