In Bad Company and other stories
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Rolf Boldrewood. In Bad Company and other stories
IN BAD COMPANY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
MORGAN THE BUSHRANGER
Morgan's Death, told by the Manager
HOW I BECAME A BUTCHER
A VISION OF GOLD
MOONLIGHTING ON THE MACQUARIE
AN AUSTRALIAN ROUGHRIDING CONTEST
THE MAILMAN'S YARN. AN OWER TRUE TALE
DEAR DERMOT
THE STORY OF AN OLD LOG-BOOK
A KANGAROO SHOOT
FIVE MEN'S LIVES FOR ONE HORSE
REEDY LAKE STATION
A FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY
THE HORSE YOU DON'T SEE NOW
HOW I BEGAN TO WRITE
A MOUNTAIN FOREST
THE FREE SELECTOR. A Comedietta
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
BUSH HOSPITALITY
LAPSED GENTLEFOLK
SHEARING IN RIVERINA, NEW SOUTH WALES
ANCIENT SYDNEY
AFTER LONG YEARS
IN THE DROVING DAYS
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE-BORN TYPE
MY SCHOOL DAYS
SYDNEY FIFTY YEARS AGO
OLD TIME THOROUGHBREDS
THE FIRST PORT FAIRY HUNT
BENDEMEER
SPORT IN AUSTRALIA
OLD STOCK-RIDERS
MOUNT MACEDON
WALKS ABROAD
FROM TUMUT TO TUMBERUMBA
IN THE THROES OF A DROUGHT
A SPRING SKETCH
NEW YEAR'S DAY 1886
A DRY TIME
AUSTRALIAN COLLIES
IN THE BLOOM OF THE YEAR
FALLEN AMONG THIEVES
A TRANSFORMATION SCENE
IN BUSHRANGING DAYS
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Bill Hardwick was as fine a specimen of an Australian as you could find in a day's march. Active as a cat and strong withal, he was mostly described as 'a real good all-round chap, that you couldn't put wrong at any kind of work that a man could be asked to do.'
He could plough and reap, dig and mow, put up fences and huts, break in horses and drive bullocks; he could milk cows and help in the dairy as handily as a woman. These and other accomplishments he was known to possess, and being a steady, sensible fellow, was always welcome when work was needed and a good man valued. Besides all this he was the fastest and the best shearer in the district of Tumut, New South Wales, where he was born, as had been his father and mother before him. So that he was a true Australian in every sense of the word.
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'Call Janus Stoate, witness for the Crown.'
As his name was mentioned, Bill turned his head towards the door where the witnesses came in, with a look of murderous hate, such as no man had ever seen before on his good-natured countenance.
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