The Kidnapped Squatter
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Kidnapped Squatter: And Other Australian Tales William Balcke was a squatter, who had settled in Victoria about six years before our tale commences. He had been one of that numerous class of reckless, extravagant, incalculating, ne´er-do-weels who squander the paternal property, who drink the family plate, who eat the family residence, who gamble away fair fields and ancient halls, and who race away anything else they can lay hands on, with a speed surpassing that of the most famous Voltigeur, Flying Dutchman, or Will-o´-the-Wisp. While money or credit lasted, all went smooth and well and ´merry as a marriage bell;´ and, as a certain scarlet hero sang, ´How happy the soldier who lives on his pay, And pends half a crown out of sixpence a day!´ Like that heroic youth, he thought it would last for ever, and that the weather would be always bright and fair, and friends be true and Jews prove kind. But he was miserably disappointed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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