"Tales of the Austral Tropics" by Ernest Favenc. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Ernest Favenc. Tales of the Austral Tropics
Tales of the Austral Tropics
Table of Contents
PREFACE (by Rolf Boldrewood)
A CUP OF COLD WATER
THE RUMFORD PLAINS TRAGEDY
A HAUNT OF THE JINKARRAS
(A Story of Central Australia)
TRANTER'S SHOT
SPIRIT-LED
THE MYSTERY OF BAINES' DOG
THE HUT-KEEPER AND THE CATTLE-STEALER
THE PARSON'S BLACKBOY
A LUCKY MEETING
THAT OTHER FELLOW
THE STOLEN COLOURS
BUNTHORP'S DECEASE
THE STORY OF A BIG PEARL
* THE LAST OF SIX
* THE SPELL OF THE MAS-HANTOO
* THE TRACK OF THE DEAD
* POMPEY
* MALCHOOK'S DOOM: A NICHOLSON RIVER STORY
* THE MISSING SUPER
THE END
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Ernest Favenc
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"No, Marten supposed that the two boys would go back to their country--never dreamt that I would come over here on a forlorn hope of finding my father and run across one of them. He said, too, that he found the good country after my father was lost, so that I had no share in the proceeds of the sale."
"Shall we bury him now?" said Tom at last, after a pause.
