fairies in Children of the Bush
d Mitchell, “you ought to wear a three-bushel bag and ashes for three months, and drink water; but since the police would send you to an asylum if you did that, I think the best thing we can do is to go out and have a drink.” Lord Douglas married an Australian girl somewhere, somehow, and brought h…
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- 2,188
- Year
- 1,902
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- Project Gutenberg
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- Record ID
- 2188
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- Children of the Bush; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1902
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- fairies
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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- Public Domain Public Web
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d Mitchell, “you ought to wear a three-bushel bag and ashes for three months, and drink water; but since the police would send you to an asylum if you did that, I think the best thing we can do is to go out and have a drink.” Lord Douglas married an Australian girl somewhere, somehow, and brought her to Bourke, and there were two little girls—regular little fairies. She was a gentle, kind-hearted little woman, but she didn’t seem to improve him much, save that he was very good to her. “It’s mostly that way,” commented Mitchell. “When a boss gets married and has children he thinks he’s got a greater right to grind his fellowmen and.
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