'I know now.

I think I heard long ago from one of the Crosbies of a place in the ranges down towards behind the Nulla Mountain, "Terrible Hollow".

He didn't know about it himself, but said an old stockman told him about it when he was drunk.

He said the Government men used to hide the cattle and horses there in old times, and that it was never found out.' 'Why wasn't it found out, Jim?
If the old fellow "split" about it some one else would get to know.' 'Well, old Dan said that they killed one man that talked of telling; the rest were too frightened after that, and they all swore a big oath never to tell any one except he was on the cross.' 'That's how dad come to know, I suppose,' said Jim.

'I wish he never had.