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Dave in On the Track

mind; and evidently not succeeding--for the last two panels were out of line. He was ramming a post--Andy rammed honestly, from the bottom of the hole, not the last few shovelfuls below the surface, as some do. He was ramming the last layer of clay when a cloud of white dust came along the road, pa…

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2,169
Year
1,900
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Record ID
2169
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
On the Track; Henry Lawson
Published
1900
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Dave
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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mind; and evidently not succeeding--for the last two panels were out of line. He was ramming a post--Andy rammed honestly, from the bottom of the hole, not the last few shovelfuls below the surface, as some do. He was ramming the last layer of clay when a cloud of white dust came along the road, paused, and drifted or poured off into the scrub, leaving long Dave Bentley, the horse-breaker, on his last victim. “'Ello, Andy! Graftin'?” “I want to speak to you, Dave,” said Andy, in a strange voice. “All--all right!” said Dave, rather puzzled. He got down, wondering what was up, and hung his horse to the last post but one. Dave was.

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