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Crown 8vo. cloth. 6s.
THE KIDNAPPED SQUATTER
And Other Australian Tales
BY
ANDREW ROBERTSON
London and New York
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.
NUGGETS
IN THE
DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL
AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN TALES
NUGGETS
IN THE
DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL
And Other Australian Tales
BY
ANDREW ROBERTSON
AUTHOR OF "THE KIDNAPPED SQUATTER," ETC.
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET
MELBOURNE
MELVILLE, MULLEN, AND SLADE
1894
(All rights reserved)
PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| NUGGETS IN THE DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL | 1 |
| LANKY TIM | 59 |
| LOST IN THE BUSH | 103 |
| THUNDER-AND-LIGHTNING | 159 |
NUGGETS IN THE DEVIL'S
PUNCH BOWL
CHAPTER I
Bill Marlock had been shearing all the morning, with long slashing cutsbefore which the fleece fell, fold upon fold. He was the "ringer" of theshed, and his reputation was at stake, for Norman Campbell was runninghim close. To-day was Saturday, and it was known from the tally thatBill was only one sheep ahead, and that Norman was making every effortto finish the week "one better" than the record shearer of Yantalawoolshed. The two men were working side by side, and eyeing each otherfrom time to time with furtive glances. Norman suddenly straightenedhimself, and, quick as a frightened snake, thrust his long body acrossthe "board," with the sheep he had shorn in his sinewy hands, and shotit into the tally pen among the white, shivering sheep. Then he[Pg 4]