From Squire to Squatter: A Tale of the Old Land and the New
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Stables Gordon. From Squire to Squatter: A Tale of the Old Land and the New
Chapter One. Book I – At Burley Old Farm “Ten to-morrow, Archie.”
Chapter Two. A Chip of the Old Block
Chapter Three. A Day of Adventure
Chapter Four. In the Old Castle Tower
Chapter Five “Boys will be Boys.”
Chapter Six “Johnnie’s got the Grit in him.”
Chapter Seven “They’re up to some Black Work To-night.”
Chapter Eight. The Widow’s Lonely Hut
Chapter Nine. The Whole Yard was Ablaze and Burning Fiercely
Chapter Ten “After all, it doesn’t take much to make a Man Happy.”
Chapter Eleven. Book II – At the Golden Gates “Spoken Like His Father’s Son.”
Chapter Twelve “Keep on Your Cap. I was once a Poor Man Myself.”
Chapter Thirteen “Something in Soap.”
Chapter Fourteen. The King may come in the Cadger’s Way
Chapter Fifteen. Bob’s Story: Wild Life at the Diggings
Chapter Sixteen. A Miner’s Marriage
Chapter Seventeen. Mr Winslow in a Different Light
Chapter Eighteen. Book III – In the Wild Interior “In This New Land of Ours.”
Chapter Nineteen. Burley New Farm
Chapter Twenty. Runaway Stock – Bivouac in the Bush-Night Scene
Chapter Twenty One. A Wild Adventure – Archie’s Pride Receives a Fall
Chapter Twenty Two. Round the Log Fire – Hurricane Bill and the Tiger-Snake – Gentleman Craig’s Resolve
Chapter Twenty Three. At Findlayson’s Farm – The Great Kangaroo Hunt – A Dinner and Concert
Chapter Twenty Four. A New Arrival
Chapter Twenty Five. The Stream of Life Flows Quietly on
Chapter Twenty Six “I’ll Write a Letter Home.”
Chapter Twenty Seven. Rumours of War
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Massacre at Findlayson’s Farm
Chapter Twenty Nine. On The War Trail
Chapter Thirty. Chest to Chest with Savages – How it all Ended
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It was no part of Squire Broadbent’s plan to turn away old and faithful servants. He had to weed them though, and this meant thinning out to such an extent that not over many were left.
The young and healthy creatures of inutility had to shift; but the very old, the decrepit – those who had become stiff and grey in his uncle’s service – were pensioned off. They were to stay for the rest of their lives in the rural village adown the glen – bask in the sun in summer, sit by the fire of a winter, and talk of the times when “t’old Squire was aboot.”
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“Yes, Master Archie.”
“I don’t think Bob’s a fool; and I’m sure that, bad as he is, he loves his mother.”
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