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Title: The Tale of Timber Town

Author: Alfred Grace

Release Date: May 21, 2009 [EBook #28906]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF TIMBER TOWN.

THE TALE
OF TIMBER TOWN

BY
A. A. GRACE
(_Author of "Tales of a Dying Race,"
"Maoriland Stories," "Folk-Tales of the Maori,"
"Hone Tiki Dialogues," &c._)

GORDON & GOTCH
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Wellington,
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, N.Z.

1914

CONTENTS.

PAGE
PROEM 9
CHAPTER
I. The Master-Goldsmith 11
II. The Wreck of The Mersey Witch 15
III. The Pilot's Daughter 18
IV. Rachel Varnhagen 24
V. Bill the Prospector 30
VI. The Father of Timber Town 33
VII. Cut-Throat Euchre 35
VIII. The Yellow Flag 43
IX. What looked like Courting 48
X. Hocussed 51
XI. The Temptation of the Devil 57
XII. Rock Cod and Macaroni 62
XIII. What the Bush Robin Saw 65
XIV. The Robbery of the Mails 68
XV. Dealing Mostly with Money 73
XVI. The Wages of Sin 77
XVII. Rachel's Wiles 81
XVIII. Digging 83
XIX. A Den of Thieves