ghost in While the Billy Boils
arings of his pot with the other. The Irishman has lost his match-box, and feels for it all over the table without success. He stoops down with his hands on his knees, gets the table-top on a level with the flicker of firelight, and “moons” the object, as it were. Time to turn in. It is very dark i…
- Record ID
- 2,529
- Year
- 1,896
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2529
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- While the Billy Boils; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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arings of his pot with the other. The Irishman has lost his match-box, and feels for it all over the table without success. He stoops down with his hands on his knees, gets the table-top on a level with the flicker of firelight, and “moons” the object, as it were. Time to turn in. It is very dark inside and bright moonlight without; every crack seems like a ghost peering in. Some of the men will roll up their swags on the morrow and depart; some will take another day's spell. It is all according to the tucker. THE UNION BURIES ITS DEAD While out boating one Sunday afternoon on a billabong across the river, we saw a young man on.
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