Trotting Cob in The Moving Finger
OB "Hi--hey--hold up there, mare, will you? What did you say, mister? A light? Yes. That 's Trotting Cob, that is. The missus 'll give us a cup of tea, but that's about all. Devil fly away with the mare. What is it? Something white in the road? Water by ----. Thank the Lord, they Ve had plenty of r…
- Record ID
- 2,282
- Year
- 1,895
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2282
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- The Moving Finger; Mary Gaunt
- Published
- 1895
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- Trotting Cob
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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OB "Hi--hey--hold up there, mare, will you? What did you say, mister? A light? Yes. That 's Trotting Cob, that is. The missus 'll give us a cup of tea, but that's about all. Devil fly away with the mare. What is it? Something white in the road? Water by ----. Thank the Lord, they Ve had plenty of rain this year. But they do say there's a ghost hereabouts--a Trotting Cob, with a man in white on him? Lord, no, that's an old woman's tale. But the girl--she walks--she walks they say, and mighty good reason--too--if all tales be true. Hosses always shy here if they Ve at all skittish. Got that letter, Jack, and the tobacco? That's.
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