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"I want to get into Mulgatown to-night, and I want to get some shirts and things before I go in. I ain't got a decent rag to me back. I don't suppose there's ten bob amongst the lot of us." 'There was a general store back on the creek, near the drovers' camp. "Oh, go to the store and get what you want," said Poisonous, taking a sovereign from the till and tossing it on to the counter.
'He rode with us into Mulgatown, got mad drunk, an' started out along the road with a tomahawk after the long sandy feller and the slim dark feller; but two mounted police went after him an' fetched him back. He said he only wanted justice; he said he only wanted to stun them two fellers till he could give 'em in charge. 'They fined him ten bob. The Ghostly Door. Told by one of Dave's mates.
'He stood starin' for a minute; then he started shoutin', "Hi! hi there!" after us, but we took no notice, an' rode on. When we looked back last he was runnin' into the scrub with a bridle in his hand. 'We jogged along easily till we got within a mile of Mulgatown, when we heard somebody gallopin' after us, an' lookin' back we saw it was Poisonous.
They had brought the cattle down from the north and were going no farther with them; their boss had ridden on into Mulgatown to get the cheques to pay them off, and they were waiting for him. "And Poisonous Jimmy is waiting for us," said one of them. 'Poisonous Jimmy kept a shanty a piece along the road from their camp towards Mulgatown.
At last he went on a howling spree at Mulgatown, about a hundred and fifty miles north of the border, and, what was worse, he got in tow with a flash barmaid there one of those girls who are engaged, by the publicans up country, as baits for chequemen. He went mad over that girl.
'We rode round through the mulga behind the shanty and came out on the road again on the Mulgatown side: we only stayed at Mulgatown to buy some tucker and tobacco, then we pushed on and camped for the night about seven miles on the safe side of the town. II. Told by One of the Other Drovers. 'Talkin' o' Poisonous Jimmy, I can tell you a yarn about him.
'Don't you mind, said Miss Standish, 'she'll be all right presently, and she handed us the 'Illustrated Sydney Journal'. This was a great relief, we bumped our heads over the pictures. Mrs Baker made Andy go on again, and he told her how the Boss broke down near Mulgatown. Mrs Baker was opposite him and Miss Standish opposite me.
Here's the shearers comin'." And if a chequeman wouldn't drink he'd try to get him into his bar and shout for him till he was too drunk to keep his hands out of his pockets. "But he won't get us," said another of the drovers. "I'm going to ride straight into Mulgatown and send my money home by the post as soon as I get it." "You've always said that, Jack," said the first drover.
I saw him go in to Mulgatown this morning." "No, he ain't back," I said; "I wish he was. We're getting tired of waiting for him. We'll give him another hour, and then some of us will have to ride in to see whether he's got on the boose, and get hold of him if he has." "I suppose you're waiting for your cheques?" he said, turning to fix some bottles on the shelf.
We all knew Jimmy's little games the beer was a bait to get us on the drunk at his place; but we drunk the beer, and reckoned to have a lark with him afterwards. When the boss come back, an' the station hands to take the bullocks, we started into Mulgatown. We stopped outside Poisonous's place an' handed the can to the girl that was grinnin' on the verandah.
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