The Ghosts of Many Christmases in Children of the Bush
k, and the light was on Peter’s face. Mitchell stood looking at him reverently, as a grown son might who sees his father asleep for the first time. Then Mitchell quietly got some boughs and stuck them in the ground at a little distance from Peter’s head, to shade his face from the bright moonlight;…
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- 2,173
- Year
- 1,902
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- Record ID
- 2173
- Source
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- Publication
- Children of the Bush; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1902
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- The Ghosts of Many Christmases
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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k, and the light was on Peter’s face. Mitchell stood looking at him reverently, as a grown son might who sees his father asleep for the first time. Then Mitchell quietly got some boughs and stuck them in the ground at a little distance from Peter’s head, to shade his face from the bright moonlight; and then he turned in again to sleep till the sun woke him. THE GHOSTS OF MANY CHRISTMASES Did you ever trace back your Christmas days?—right back to the days when you were innocent and Santa Claus was real. At times you thought you were very wicked, but you never realize how innocent you were until you’ve grown up and knocked about the.
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