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ghosts in Old Tales of a Young Country

make a final effort. Alone in the wilderness, Howe seems to have lived for some time the victim of a despairing conscience. His nature was never without a touch of rude romance, and the recollection of his crimes went far to turn his brain. In his solitary wanderings among the mountains he saw visi…

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1,865
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1,871
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1865
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Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
Old Tales of a Young Country; Marcus Clarke
Published
1871
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
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ghosts
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
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Australia (Australia): B
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make a final effort. Alone in the wilderness, Howe seems to have lived for some time the victim of a despairing conscience. His nature was never without a touch of rude romance, and the recollection of his crimes went far to turn his brain. In his solitary wanderings among the mountains he saw visions. Spirits appeared to him and promised him happiness. The ghosts of his victims arose, and threatened despair. He kept a journal of his dreams--a journal written with blood, on kangaroo skin. It is possible that, in a land of fruits and game, he might have lived a hermit, and died a penitent. But the barren beauty of the bush afforded.

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