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ghost in Robbery under Arms

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1888
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ghost in Robbery under Arms

hat couldn't hold the reins--and him walking down as steady as an old mountain bull or a wallaroo on the side of a creek bank. I hadn't much time to look him over. I was too much taken up with the rider, who was lying forward on his chest across a coat rolled round and strapped in front of the sadd…

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2,619
Year
1,888
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2619
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Robbery under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1888; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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hat couldn't hold the reins--and him walking down as steady as an old mountain bull or a wallaroo on the side of a creek bank. I hadn't much time to look him over. I was too much taken up with the rider, who was lying forward on his chest across a coat rolled round and strapped in front of the saddle, and his arms round the horse's neck. He was as pale as a ghost. His eyes--great dark ones they were, too--were staring out of his head. I thought he was dead, and called out to father and Jim that he was. They ran up, and we lifted him off after undoing some straps and a rope. He was tied on (that was what the half-caste was waiting.

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