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Title: An Australian Lassie

Author: Lilian Turner

Illustrator: A.J. Johnson

Release Date: January 28, 2008 [EBook #24443]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "Seated on a partly submerged post ... was John Brown."]

AN AUSTRALIAN
LASSIE

BY

LILIAN TURNER

AUTHOR OF "THE PERRY GIRLS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. JOHNSON

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE

TO
MY STEPFATHER
CHARLES COPE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I WYGATE SCHOOL 9

II THE PEARL SEEKERS 20

III "THE DAILY ROUND--THE COMMON TASK" 30

IV GHOSTS 41

V JOHN BROWN 59

VI MONDAY MORNING 68

VII "CAREW-BROWN" 79

VIII THE FIGHT 86

IX DOROTHEA'S FRIENDS 101

X RICHES OR RAGS 112

XI THE ARTIST BY THE WAYSIDE 123

XII BETTY IN THE LION'S DEN 134

XIII "IF I WERE ONLY YOU!" 147

XIV JOHN'S PLANS 162

XV ON THE ROAD 177

XVI THE NOTE ON THE PINCUSHION 189

XVII IN THE CITY 201

XVIII ALMA'S SHILLING 214

XIX THE BENT-SHOULDERED OLD GENTLEMAN 224

XX THE DAY AFTER SCHOOL 234

XXI "GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE" 245

CHAPTER I

WYGATE SCHOOL

"Emily Underwood, 19; Stanley Smith, 20; Cyril Bruce, 21; Nellie
Underwood, 22; Elizabeth Bruce, 23--bottom of the class!"

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