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Guy Boothby. The Lust of Hate
The Lust of Hate
Table of Contents
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:
