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Updated: June 2, 2025
A deserted gunya was found near a lonely, half-dry waterhole in the scrub, and there were rumours of a tribe of wild blacks having passed towards the outlying country in the Breeza Downs direction. No news came, however, of either racial or labour warfare. McKeith sent not a word of his doings, and Harry the Blower was not due yet on his postal, fortnightly round.
They're doing their shearing early at Breeza Downs with shearers Windeatt has imported from the south, and he wants police protection for them and himself. Lady Bridget laughed. 'Harris and his two constables will have enough to do if they are to protect the district. 'That's just what Windeatt has been clamouring about. Now the Government have sent up a military patrol, I believe.
It was empty, the bed had not been slept in, but there were signs that McKeith had got into his riding clothes and that he had packed a valise. Maule was waiting in the dining-room, and Maggie, the serving maid, gave a message from McKeith that he had had his breakfast at the Bachelors' Quarters with Mr Harris and that they were both going to start for Breeza Downs immediately.
Windeatt up at Breeza Downs is in a mortal funk, and sending word everywhere for a squad of Specials to protect his woolshed. 'It seems, said Lady Biddy to her husband, when the mailman had gone, 'that there might be some use after all for Luke Tallant's Maxims. 'It seems that Jim Steadbolt has been taking his revenge, he answered, 'and that I must be in the saddle in an hour's time.
'Fire my run spoil my cattle sales get hold of my stockmen....But I'm not so badly off as my "sheep" neighbours at Breeza Downs. They've got to have their shearing done.... Though I've had a lot of bother to-day, his face became gloomy, 'and I foresee more ahead. She asked what other sort of trouble. 'Why! there's been no rain at Moongarr since I left it five months ago.
'I'm quite content with a shake-down at the Quarters, though if I'd known I might have gone by the short cut with the Specials it's rather late, however, to push on to Breeza Downs, where though perhaps I say it as shouldn't I'm sure of a welcome from Mr and Mrs Windeatt, being, so to speak for law and order the representative of His Majesty in the Leura district.
Mr Ninnis, store-keeper and overseer in the owner's absence, abode there permanently, and just now, there were Zack Duppo, the horse-breaker, and a young man from Breeza Downs a combined cattle and sheep station about fifty miles distant who had come to help in the mustering and to collect any beasts strayed from the Breeza Downs' herd.
'I bought 'im out of the yard at Breeza Downs that's Windeatt's run about sixty miles from Moongarr, and I will say that though it's a sheep-run they've beat us in the breed of their 'osses.... Got 'im cheap because he'd bucked young Windeatt off and nearly kicked his brains out, and there wasn't a man along the Leura that he'd let stop on his back except me and Zack Duppo the horse-breaker who first put the tackling on 'im.
Her levity called forth an impatient ejaculation from McKeith. 'I'm afraid in my wars it's generally been what your husband would consider the wrong side, said Maule with a laugh. 'I've usually fought with the rebels. 'Then you'd better not go to Breeza Downs. You'd better stop and fight for me, exclaimed Bridget.
There was a boundary rider from Breeza Downs to-day caught us up with the tailing mob and fetched back their new chum and Zack Duppo, leaving us awful short-handed so that if Joe Casey doesn't fetch in the milkers so early to-morrow you'll know it's because I've had to send him out herding.
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