apparition in In Bad Company
Here they come, straight for our tree, seven or eight of all sizes, from the innocent 'joey' to the grim ancient, 'the old man,' in the irreverent vernacular of the colonists. Now is our time. We step bravely from behind our tree and bang into the patriarch's head and shoulders, as for one moment h…
- Record ID
- 2,563
- Year
- 1,901
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2563
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- In Bad Company, and other stories; Rolf Boldrewood
- Published
- 1901; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- apparition
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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Here they come, straight for our tree, seven or eight of all sizes, from the innocent 'joey' to the grim ancient, 'the old man,' in the irreverent vernacular of the colonists. Now is our time. We step bravely from behind our tree and bang into the patriarch's head and shoulders, as for one moment he arrests his mad career in wild astonishment at our sudden apparition. He staggers, but does not fall. _Habet_, doubtless; but the half-instinctive muscular system enables him to carry off the balance of a cartridge of double B. As the affrighted flock dashes by, we wheel and accommodate the next largest with a broadside. It is more.
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