From Squire to Squatter
by Gordon Stables
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About this eBook
- Author
- Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910
- Title
- From Squire to Squatter: A Tale of the Old Land and the New
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Gentry -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38277
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38277
- Release Date
- December 11, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."A Tale of the Old Land and the New" — Chapter One. — Book I—At Burley Old Farm. — “Ten to-morrow, Archie.” — Chapter Two. — A Chip of the Old Block. — Chapter Three. — A Day of Adventure. — Chapter Four. — In the Old Castle Tower. — Chapter Five. — “Boys will be Boys.” — Chapter Six. — “Johnnie’s got the Grit in him.” — Chapter Seven. — “They’re up to some Black Work To-night.” — Chapter Eight. — The Widow’s Lonely Hut. — Chapter Nine. — The Whole Yard was Ablaze and Burning Fiercely. — Chapter Ten. — “After all, it doesn’t take much to make a Man Happy.” — Chapter Eleven. — Book II—At the Golden Gates. — “Spoken Like His Father’s Son.” — Chapter Twelve. — “Keep on Your Cap. I was once a Poor Man Myself.” — Chapter Thirteen. — “Something in Soap.” — Chapter Fourteen. — The King may come in the Cadger’s Way. — Chapter Fifteen. — Bob’s Story: Wild Life at the Diggings. — Chapter Sixteen. — A Miner’s Marriage. — Chapter Seventeen. — Mr Winslow in a Different Light. — Chapter Eighteen. — Book III—In the Wild Interior. — “In This New Land of Ours.” — Chapter Nineteen. — Burley New Farm. — Chapter Twenty. — Runaway Stock—Bivouac in the Bush-Night Scene. — Chapter Twenty One. — A Wild Adventure—Archie’s Pride Receives a Fall. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Round the Log Fire—Hurricane Bill and the Tiger-Snake—Gentleman Craig’s Resolve. — Chapter Twenty Three. — At Findlayson’s Farm—The Great Kangaroo Hunt—A Dinner and Concert. — Chapter Twenty Four. — A New Arrival. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Stream of Life Flows Quietly on. — Chapter Twenty Six. — “I’ll Write a Letter Home.” — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Rumours of War. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Massacre at Findlayson’s Farm. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — On The War Trail. — Chapter Thirty. — Chest to Chest with Savages—How it all Ended.
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