Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed (1851-1935) Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed (1851-1935) This etext was produced by Col Choat
[email protected] This etext was first created as part of the BUILD-A-BOOK Initiative at the Celebration of Women Writers through the combined work of: Carmen Baxter, Brenda Lambey, Elizabeth Morton, Jessie Hudgins, Mary Crosson, Mary Nuzzo, Nick Rezmerski, Patricia Heil, Patsy Edmonds, Steve Callis, Tami Hutchinson, Velvet Van Bueren, and Mary Mark Ockerbloom. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.php Rosa Praed (1851-1935) LADY BRIDGET IN THE NEVER-NEVER LAND.(1915) CONTENTS BOOK I FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MRS GILDEA BOOK II FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LADY BRIDGET O'HARA BOOK III FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF COLIN MCKEITH AND OTHERS page 1 / 481 BOOK I FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MRS GILDEA CHAPTER 1 Mrs Gildea had settled early to her morning's work in what she called the veranda-study of her cottage in Leichardt's Town. It was a primitive cottage of the old style, standing in a garden and built on the cliff--the Emu Point side--overlooking the broad Leichardt River. The veranda, quite twelve feet wide, ran--Australian fashion--along the front of the cottage, except for the two closed-in ends forming, one a bathroom and the other a kind of store closet. Being raised a few feet above the ground, the veranda was enclosed by a wooden railing, and this and the supporting posts were twined with creepers that must have been planted at least thirty years.