The Phantom Stockman in The Crime of the Under Seas
n hearing that I did not feel tired, her husband had invited me to bring my pipe and grog into the verandah, where we could chat about old times without disturbing anybody. I had only arrived that afternoon from Mel bourne, and, as we had not met for more than three years, it may be easily imagined…
- Record ID
- 2,208
- Year
- 1,905
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 2208
- Source
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- Publication
- The Crime of the Under Seas; Guy Boothby
- Published
- 1905
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- The Phantom Stockman
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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n hearing that I did not feel tired, her husband had invited me to bring my pipe and grog into the verandah, where we could chat about old times without disturbing anybody. I had only arrived that afternoon from Mel bourne, and, as we had not met for more than three years, it may be easily imagined that we had much to say to each other. Years before 153 154 THE PHANTOM STOCKMAN we had been on a station together in Queens land, had done two overlanding trips in the same party, and had more than once tried our luck upon the gold-fields in partnership. Then he had taken a billet as manager of a big station in the Far West, and I had.
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