Ephraim Enterprise | 1919-11-01 | Page 3 | Takes on Account of Time

TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF TIME L Australian Sundowner a Carefree Wanderer Along the Dusty River Roads of Australia And there a lone pathetic figure on the river road of the Australian bush Is the the sundowner thus sundowner thus picturesquely named because of his hi habit of arriving at a homestead exactly exactly ex ex- as the sun goes down and so insuring In In- suring that he will be offered rations rations' and a place to camp should he desire It There he stumbles In the crossing crossing- wheel tracks Australia's tramp and wanderer with an Individuality of his hIli own which marks him out from all the wayfarers of the world The gray dust of the plains Is on his bis bronzed and be bearded face on on his I simple dress of Crimean shirt and I moleskin trousers on his his' rough un un-I blackened boots on his blanket bundle strapped across his shoulders on his his his' swinging billy can and dangling ra ration j i bags ba He carries no staff start or stick but i Instead a light t switch broken from aj a wilga tree or bush with which to brush n away way the myriad persistent files flies which follow him In a dancing Wincing cloud At his heels is a dog which may be the mongrel or may be a champion sheep dog of purest pedigree ee and worth anything up to His HIa Hilday's days day's march may be two miles or twenty ty ty according to the goal which he has hasset hasset hasset set himself to reach as the sun goes goe down Sometimes he will camp for a aday aday aday day or a week or a month In fn a bend of the river Time Is of no account to the sundowner on the river road f Will Will II H. H Ogilvie In the Kings King's High High- way