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Rosa Campbell Praed. Outlaw and Lawmaker
Outlaw and Lawmaker
Table of Contents
Elsie
OUTLAW AND LAWMAKER
The legend of Baròlin
Lord and Lady Horace at home
Elsie's lover
A gauntlet to fate
The coming of the prince
"I follow my star"
The member for Luya
A bush house party
Jensen's ghost
On the race-course
Beelzebub's colours
"Hearts not in it"
"Are we enemies?"
A verandah reception
Trant's warning
In the ladies' gallery
"Ninon, Ninon, que jais tu de la vie"
The club ball
Lord Astar's attentions
"At government house"
A surprising announcement
"Good-bye, Elsie Valliant"
"The Colonial Secretary on the Luya"
"Copy" for Lady Waveryng
"The corroboree"
"I love you, Elsie"
"Lady Waveryng's diamonds"
"A bush picnic"
"Camping out"
"The rock of the human head"
Entrapped
The tragedy of the waterfall
The "crater" prison
"The world may end to-night!"
Broken off
"The last Baron Coola"
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Rosa Campbell Praed
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Mr. Slaney," repeated Elsie solemnly. "Ah, this is what concerns you. The member for Luya died early this morning."
"Tell me, Lady Horace, what made you think that she cared for me?"
