The Lust of Hate

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Guy Boothby. The Lust of Hate

The Lust of Hate

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INTRODUCTION. MY CHANCE IN LIFE

I. — ENGLAND ONCE MORE

II. — A GRUESOME TALE

III. — THE LUST OF HATE

IV. — A STRANGE COINCIDENCE

V. — THE WRECK OF THE "FIJI PRINCESS"

VI. — THE SALVAGES

VII. — A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT

VIII. — WE ARE SAVED!

IX. — SOUTH AFRICA

X. — I TELL MY STORY

XI. — A TERRIBLE SURPRISE

XII. — THE END

THE END

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Guy Boothby

Published by Good Press, 2022

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"Well, I went down there and worked like a galley slave for three months, only to come off the field a poorer man than I went on to it. It was never any good, and the whole rush was a fraud. Having found this out I set off by myself from Kalaman Township into the west, thinking I would prospect round a bit before I tackled another place. Leaving the Darling behind me I struck out for the Boolga Ranges, always having had a sort of notion that there was gold in that part of the country if only folk could get at it."

He panted, and for a few moments I thought he would be unable to finish his story. Large beads of perspiration stood upon his forehead, and he gasped for breath, as a fish does when first taken from the water. Then he pulled himself together and continued:

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