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ghost in Australian Tales

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1896
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ghost in Australian Tales

and after emptying its pockets, had softly started it down stream again), and was waiting behind his rickety door, rubbing his withered hands gleefully. Young Bartram rode over to Quartzborough to get McCompass, the shire engineer, to look at his new dam. Then the coach stopped running, and then Fl…

Record ID
2,263
Year
1,896
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
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Record ID
2263
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
Australian Tales; Marcus Clarke
Published
1896
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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and after emptying its pockets, had softly started it down stream again), and was waiting behind his rickety door, rubbing his withered hands gleefully. Young Bartram rode over to Quartzborough to get McCompass, the shire engineer, to look at his new dam. Then the coach stopped running, and then Flash Harry, galloping through the township at night, like the ghost-rider in Brger's ghastly ballad, brought the terrible news:--THE FLOODS WERE UP, AND THE GLIMMERA BANK AND BANK AT THE OLD CROSSING-PLACE. "It will be here in less than an hour," he shouted, under Coppinger's red lamps; "make for the high ground if you love your lives;".

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