Lost Lenore: The Adventures of a Rolling Stone
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Reid Mayne. Lost Lenore: The Adventures of a Rolling Stone
Volume One – Chapter One. Family Affairs
Volume One – Chapter Two. A Sudden Change of Character
Volume One – Chapter Three. Stormy Jack
Volume One – Chapter Four. A Change of Calling
Volume One – Chapter Five. God Help Us!
Volume One – Chapter Six. Once More upon the Ocean!
Volume One – Chapter Seven. Choosing a Horse
Volume One – Chapter Eight. An Episode of Soldier-Life
Volume One – Chapter Nine. A Fruitless Search
Volume One – Chapter Ten. A Chilling Reception
Volume One – Chapter Eleven. On the Track of Mr Leary
Volume One – Chapter Twelve. An Encounter with a Coward
Volume One – Chapter Thirteen. A Reckoning Up
Volume One – Chapter Fourteen. Once More Friends
Volume One – Chapter Fifteen. Love and Poverty
Volume One – Chapter Sixteen. Atlantic Liners
Volume One – Chapter Seventeen. On Horseback Once More
Volume One – Chapter Eighteen. Old Johnson
Volume One – Chapter Nineteen. A “Prospecting Expedition.”
Volume One – Chapter Twenty. Richard Guinane
Volume One – Chapter Twenty One
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Two
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Three. A Curious Case of Self-Murder
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Four. An Impatient Man
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Five. A Bull and Bear Fight
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Six. Stormy’s Autobiography
Volume One – Chapter Twenty Seven. Ann
Volume Two – Chapter One. A Strange Summons from Stormy
Volume Two – Chapter Two. A Grizzly on Fire
Volume Two – Chapter Three. Lynch versus Leary
Volume Two – Chapter Four. The Orphan
Volume Two – Chapter Five. Stormy’s Last Spree
Volume Two – Chapter Six. Red Ned
Volume Two – Chapter Seven. My Comrade Avenged
Volume Two – Chapter Eight. Stormy Tranquil at Last
Volume Two – Chapter Nine. A Rough Ride
Volume Two – Chapter Ten. The Partner of the Impatient Man
Volume Two – Chapter Eleven. A Difference among Diggers
Volume Two – Chapter Twelve. Government Agreed Upon
Volume Two – Chapter Thirteen. A Hungry Passage
Volume Two – Chapter Fourteen. The Guardians of the Orphan
Volume Two – Chapter Fifteen. A Meeting with a Long-Lost Mother
Volume Two – Chapter Sixteen. Mystified by Martha
Volume Two – Chapter Seventeen. My Mother Mad!
Volume Two – Chapter Eighteen. A Melancholy End
Volume Two – Chapter Nineteen. News from Lenore
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty. The Victoria Diggings
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty One. The Stolen Nugget
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Two. A Fearful Fright
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Three. The Callao Gold Fever
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Four. The Yarra-Yarra
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Five. Jessie
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Six. Australian Amusements
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Seven “Love but One!”
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Eight. Unsuitable Associates
Volume Two – Chapter Twenty Nine. Farrell’s Story Continued
Volume Two – Chapter Thirty. Odd Fashions in the Gold Fields
Volume Two – Chapter Thirty One. A Disagreeable Partnership
Volume Two – Chapter Thirty Two. A Sudden Dissolution of Partnership
Volume Two – Chapter Thirty Three. A Frightful Nugget
Volume Three – Chapter One. An Adventure with a “Black fellow.”
Volume Three – Chapter Two. Farrell and His Wife, Once More
Volume Three – Chapter Three. The Rush to Avoca
Volume Three – Chapter Four. The “Sweet Vale of Avoca.”
Volume Three – Chapter Five. A Convict’s Story
Volume Three – Chapter Six. Squatters’ Justice
Volume Three – Chapter Seven. Raffling Away a Wife
Volume Three – Chapter Eight. Caught in his Own Trap
Volume Three – Chapter Nine. A Lark with the “Licence-Hunters.”
Volume Three – Chapter Ten. Digger-Hunting
Volume Three – Chapter Eleven. A Genius in the Diggings
Volume Three – Chapter Twelve. The Eureka Rout
Volume Three – Chapter Thirteen. Buried Alive
Volume Three – Chapter Fourteen. The “Elephant” and His Mate
Volume Three – Chapter Fifteen. A Dinner-Party of Diggers
Volume Three – Chapter Sixteen. The “Elephant’s” Autobiography
Volume Three – Chapter Seventeen. Sailor Bill’s Life Yarn
Volume Three – Chapter Eighteen. My Brother William
Volume Three – Chapter Nineteen. A Milliner’s Yarn
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty. My Sister still Obstinate
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty One. My Sister’s Sweetheart
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Two. At Sea
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Three. Life in London
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Four. Old Acquaintances
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Five. Jessie’s Suitor
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Six. Mrs Nagger
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Seven. London Concert Singers
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Eight. A “Blessed Baby.”
Volume Three – Chapter Twenty Nine. Brown of Birmingham
Volume Three – Chapter Thirty. In Search of Lenore
Volume Three – Chapter Thirty One. A Child of Nature
Volume Three – Chapter Thirty Two. Mrs Nagger
Volume Three – Chapter Thirty Three. A Letter of Sad Significance
Volume Three – Chapter Thirty Four. The Rolling Stone at Rest
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Never have I witnessed a change so great and sudden as came over Mr Leary, after his marriage with my mother.
He was no longer the humble journeyman – with the deportment of a respectable young fellow striving to retain a situation, and gain friends by good conduct. The very day after the wedding, his behaviour was that of a vain selfish overbearing plebeian, suddenly raised from poverty to wealth. He no longer spoke to me in his former feigned tone of kindness, but with threats, in a commanding voice, and in accents far more authoritative, than my father had ever used to me.
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The next day I was allowed to take him his dinner, and found him well pleased with his situation. I was expecting to see him in great grief over his misfortune – which to me appeared very serious – and was agreeably surprised to find him in better spirits than I had ever seen him before.
“It’s all right, Rowley, my boy,” said he. “If they can afford to keep me in idleness, and pay me wages for doing nothing, I’m not the one to complain. I’m glad this has happened, for I never liked the first breezer, nor yet Chips, and now I’ve got an opportunity for letting them know it. I’m going to leave the ship, and when I’ve done so, I’ll teach them manners.”
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