While the Billy Boils
Henry Lawson While the Billy Boils Table of Contents
While the Billy Boils...... 1 Henry Lawson...... 1 First Series...... 4 AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S...... 4 SETTLING ON THE LAND...... 6 ENTER MITCHELL...... 9 STIFFNER AND JIM...... 11 WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN...... 16 THE MAN WHO FORGOT...... 17 HUNGERFORD...... 21 A CAMP−FIRE YARN...... 23 HIS COUNTRY AFTER ALL...... 25 A DAY ON A SELECTION...... 28 THAT THERE DOG O' MINE...... 31 GOING BLIND...... 33 ARVIE ASPINALL'S ALARM CLOCK...... 36 STRAGGLERS...... 38 THE UNION BURIES ITS DEAD...... 41 ON THE EDGE OF A PLAIN...... 43 IN A DRY SEASON...... 44 HE'D COME BACK...... 46 ANOTHER OF MITCHELL'S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE...... 48 STEELMAN...... 49 DRIFTED BACK...... 51 REMAILED...... 53 MITCHELL DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE SACK...... 56 SHOOTING THE MOON...... 56 HIS FATHER'S MATE...... 59 AN ECHO FROM THE OLD BARK SCHOOL...... 66 THE SHEARING OF THE COOK'S DOG...... 68 DOSSING OUT AND CAMPING ...... 69 ACROSS THE STRAITS...... 71 SOME DAY ...... 74 BRUMMY USEN ...... 75 Second Series...... 77 THE DROVER'S WIFE...... 77 STEELMAN'S PUPIL...... 82 AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY...... 84 BOARD AND RESIDENCE...... 87 HIS COLONIAL OATH...... 90 A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE...... 91 IN A WET SEASON...... 95 RATS ...... 97 MITCHELL: A CHARACTER SKETCH...... 99 THE BUSH UNDERTAKER...... 101 OUR PIPES...... 106 COMING ACROSS...... 108 THE STORY OF MALACHI...... 115
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While the Billy Boils TWO DOGS AND A FENCE...... 118 JONES'S ALLEY...... 119 BOGG OF GEEBUNG...... 126 SHE WOULDN'T SPEAK...... 128 THE GEOLOGICAL SPIELER...... 130 MACQUARIE'S MATE...... 135 BALDY THOMPSON...... 138 FOR AULD LANG SYNE...... 140
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Henry Lawson
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• First Series
• AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER'S • SETTLING ON THE LAND • ENTER MITCHELL • STIFFNER AND JIM • WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN • THE MAN WHO FORGOT • HUNGERFORD • A CAMP−FIRE YARN • HIS COUNTRY AFTER ALL • A DAY ON A SELECTION • THAT THERE DOG O' MINE • GOING BLIND • ARVIE ASPINALL'S ALARM CLOCK • STRAGGLERS • THE UNION BURIES ITS DEAD • ON THE EDGE OF A PLAIN • IN A DRY SEASON • HE'D COME BACK • ANOTHER OF MITCHELL'S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE • STEELMAN • DRIFTED BACK • REMAILED • MITCHELL DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE SACK • SHOOTING THE MOON • HIS FATHER'S MATE • AN ECHO FROM THE OLD BARK SCHOOL • THE SHEARING OF THE COOK'S DOG • DOSSING OUT AND CAMPING • ACROSS THE STRAITS • SOME DAY • BRUMMY USEN
• Second Series
• THE DROVER'S WIFE • STEELMAN'S PUPIL • AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY • BOARD AND RESIDENCE • HIS COLONIAL OATH • A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE
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• IN A WET SEASON • RATS • MITCHELL: A CHARACTER SKETCH • THE BUSH UNDERTAKER • OUR PIPES • COMING ACROSS • THE STORY OF MALACHI • TWO DOGS AND A FENCE • JONES'S ALLEY • BOGG OF GEEBUNG • SHE WOULDN'T SPEAK • THE GEOLOGICAL SPIELER • MACQUARIE'S MATE • BALDY THOMPSON • FOR AULD LANG SYNE
Produced by Geoffrey Cowling
[Transcriber's note: In 'A Day on a Selection' a speech is attributed to Tom in first edition as well as recent ones which clearly belongs to Corney alias neighbour . This has been noted in loc.]
While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson
CONTENTS
First Series
An Old Mate of Your Father's
Settling on the Land
Enter Mitchell
Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill)
When the Sun Went Down
The Man who Forgot
Hungerford
A Camp−fire Yarn
His Country After All
A Day on a Selection
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That There Dog of Mine
Going Blind
Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock
Stragglers
The Union Buries its Dead
On the Edge of a Plain
In a Dry Season
He's Come Back
Another of Mitchell's Plans
Steelman
Drifted Back
Remailed
Mitchell Doesn't Believe in the Sack
Shooting the Moon
His Father's Mate
An Echo from the Old Bark School
The Shearing of the Cook's Dog