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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 541, 6 December 1890, Page 2

A good story used to be told in th. early days of the Ballarat diggings, about a pair of boot trees having saved the life ot a police officer. He was very ill witb an abscess on his liver aud the doo'ors had all given him up. A polios magistrate had shown him great attention both day and night during his illness, and when the dying man h d abandoned all hone of roonv.ry, he svd to his friend, ”My d.ar fo'l iw, you have been very good to me during my illness and I want to leave you something. I be« lieve I am the only person in oamp that has a pair ot boot trees, and when I die you may have them.” The P. M. was very grateful. Next day he came into the sink room, thinking his friend was dead or dying, Ho picked up the boot tress and was in th. act of taking them away, when the supposed defunct, who had been watching him, made a sudden start up, and nailed out, ” Come, come, Mr P. M„ you just leave those trees alone. L am not dead yet.” The sudden start bunt the abscess oa his liver, and he recovered. Year. »fterward, the boot tre.t used to be shown a. the * Ufoprcserven.'