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little difficulties they might be in through shortness of 

 cash. I have met James Tyson many times, both in 

 Sydney and different parts of Australia. He is always 

 the same in manner and dress, no matter where he is 

 met. I have seen him walking down George Street, 

 Sydney, from Eedfern Station, carrying his belongings 

 rolled up in true bush fashion, with a slouch hat and 

 the usual old-fashioned clothes on. He is a man con- 

 siderably over six feet in height, thin, but powerful 

 and wiry, and his face is a true indication of the iron 

 will he possesses. He is talked of as a mean man, but 

 I have heard of many unostentatious acts of charity he 

 has done. If questioned about wealth he always says 

 if it gives his relations as much pleasure to spend it as 

 it has given him to make it, he will be satisfied. He 

 lives in the plainest manner, a lonely life. He is 

 seldom seen in company, and is a confirmed bachelor. 

 His one object in life is to make money, and as he has 

 wealth at his command this is easy enough to him. 

 When travelling by boat he generally goes in the 

 steerage, and is the sort of man who would ride 

 fourth class on a railway if carriages were provided. 

 One day when a stock-driver had ridden several 

 miles after James Tyson to tell him where some 

 horses he was searching for were, Tyson thanked 

 him and said, " Will you have a drink ? ^' pulling a 

 bottle out of his pocket with a liquid in it the colour 

 of rum. 



