Short Story: The Lady Bushranger

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Captain Darklight was a notorious bushranger, operating in the 1840s, around Maryborough, in Victoria, Australia. When he was shot dead, during a daring bank robbery attempt, on the Ballarat bank, his wife, Susie took over his role as a bushranger. She was smarter than her late husband, and did not attempt to rob any banks, but she used to rustle sheep from the sheep farmers, in her area. She was arrested once, but the man who she had stolen the sheep from told the police that he had given her a few sheep, as he was sorry for her, after she had lost her husband, and so she was acquitted of this crime. And so, Susie continued in her thieving, and she got away with it, as she never took too many sheep, just enough to give her some money to live on, in the old shack, that her late husband had left her. She died still a free woman, as none of the farmers stolen from, ever testified against her. She died one night in her sleep, and she was found by a neighbouring farmer, a few days after. She was 48. A note was found, on the old rickety wooden table in her kitchen, that said. "I meant no harm, to anyone, but what else was there for a poor woman like me to do?" She must have known that she was sick and dying too. And, she thought that there was nothing that she could do about that either. She had accepted her fate, and died. Should we accept our fate, and our lot, or should we fight against our soul's wishes, for our life? Perhaps, her soul allowed her to experience dishonesty, to learn more about honesty. It does not interfere in the free living of our lives. But, her life was tempered, by her conscience too. She only stole what she needed, and which was surplus for the farmers, as she always picked the most sickly looking sheep to steal, and to cut up for her meals, and to sell the rest of the meat to her friends, and neighbours, for a very reasonable price, far cheaper than the going price of such meat, at the time. Nobody commits any sins from the other side of life, as all is spiritual there, but on the other hand, they do watch, our side sinning, and try to show us the error of our ways. Our soul does not lead us into sin, nor does the devil, as we are always choosing sin ourselves, with our mind, because of our lack of wisdom gained yet, in our living from the love in our heart, exclusively so. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Australia was famous for its bushrangers. There were women ones too.