Settling Day
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Gould Nat. Settling Day
CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE CHAP
CHAPTER II. BLACK SAL
CHAPTER III. POTTER'S SHANTY
CHAPTER IV. JIM'S TROUBLE
CHAPTER V. A REGULAR SAVAGE
CHAPTER VI. RODNEY SHAW
CHAPTER VII. OUTWITTED
CHAPTER VIII. AT CUDGEGONG STATION
CHAPTER IX. THE SORT OF MAN DR TOM IS
CHAPTER X. A FRIGHTENED SCOUNDREL
CHAPTER XI 'TRY WILLIE'
CHAPTER XII. MAINLY CONCERNING A DOG
CHAPTER XIII. SPECULATION
CHAPTER XIV. THE HALF-CASTE'S WARNING
CHAPTER XV. A COWARDLY ASSAULT
CHAPTER XVI. THE MORNING OF THE RACE
CHAPTER XVII. AT THE POST
CHAPTER XVIII. HIS FIRST RACE
CHAPTER XIX. SAL AT WORK
CHAPTER XX. DANGER AT HAND
CHAPTER XXI. A CLEVER ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXII. DETERMINED MEN
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ATTACK ON BARKER'S CREEK
CHAPTER XXIV. A FIERCE FIGHT
CHAPTER XXV. A STRICKEN WOMAN
CHAPTER XXVI. SETTLING DAY
CHAPTER XXVII. NEPTUNE'S SON
CHAPTER XXVIII. GREY BIRD IS ADMIRED
CHAPTER XXIX. A GLORIOUS VICTORY
CHAPTER XXX. IN THE DAYS OF PROSPERITY
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Jim Dennis's homestead was anything but an enticing place. He had built the bulk of it himself, and said it was good enough. The boards were fairly weather-beaten and the galvanised iron roof was torn at the ends by wind and rain. A small verandah in front was reached by five rickety steps, and some of the piles on which the house was built afforded a fine refuge for white ants. These insects were so industrious that one stump was a crumbling mass, so laboriously had it been honeycombed.
Around the homestead was the stable yard, a dull, dreary-looking place, consisting of two or three sheds hurriedly run up, a heap of refuse, a dirty old dog kennel, home made, a sheep pen, and a few etceteras, that men who have known such places will imagine.
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'Certain. I'll leave all the necessary medicine and tell Sal what to do. She's like a mother to him.'
A dark cloud gathered on Jim Dennis's face, and Dr Tom saw it.
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