CHAPTER IV ~ GRAINGER AND JIMMY AH SAN TALK TOGETHER
CHAPTER V ~ THE RESURRECTION OF THE “EVER VICTORIOUS”
CHAPTER VI ~ “MAGNETIC VILLA”
CHAPTER VII ~ SHEILA CAROLAN
CHAPTER VIII ~ MYRA AND SHEILA
CHAPTER IX ~ DINNER WITH “THE REFINED FAMILY”
CHAPTER X ~ THE “CHAMPION” ISSUES A “SPECIAL”
CHAPTER XI ~ A CHANGE OF PLANS
CHAPTER XII ~ SHEILA BECOMES ONE OF A VERY “UNREFINED” CIRCLE
CHAPTER XIII ~ ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER XIV ~ “MISS CAROLINE” IS “ALL RIGHT” (VIDE DICK SCOTT )
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“Chinkie’s Flat,” In its decadence, was generally spoken of, by the passing traveller, as a “God-forsaken hole,” and it certainly did present a repellent appearance when seen for the first time, gasping under the torrid rays of a North Queensland sun, which had dried up every green thing except the silver-leaved ironbarks, and the long, sinuous line of she-oaks which denoted the course of Connolly’s Creek on which it stood.
“The township” was one of the usual Queensland mining type, a dozen or so of bark-roofed humpies, a public-house with the title of “The Digger’s Best,” a blacksmith’s forge, and a quartz-crushing battery.
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“That’s all right, then, boys,” said Grainger. “Now you go ahead and raise the stone, and as soon as I am a bit stronger I’ll start off for the Bay and buy what I want in the way of screens, grinding pans, quicksilver, and other gear. I’m almost convinced that with new, fine screens we shall get good results out of the stone, and if we are disappointed, then well tackle that heap of tailings. I’ve seen a lot of tailings treated without being roasted in Victoria, and understand the process right enough.”
“And I’ll do mine. As soon as I am fit some of you must lend me a couple of horses, and I’ll ride down to the Bay.1 I daresay I can get all that we want there in the way of machinery without my going or sending to Brisbane for it.”
