HIS Christian name was Nicholas but his familiars called him Nickie the Kid. The title did not imply that Nicholas posses-sed the artless gaiety, the nimbleness, or any of the simple virtues of the young of the common goat. Kid was short for "kidder," a t
HIS Christian name was Nicholas but his familiars called him Nickie the Kid. The title did not imply that Nicholas posses-sed the artless gaiety, the ...
HIS Christian name was Nicholas but his familiars called him Nickie the Kid. The title did not imply that Nicholas posses-sed the artless gaiety, the nimbleness, or any of the simple virtues of the young of the common goat. Kid was short for "kidder," a t
HIS Christian name was Nicholas but his familiars called him Nickie the Kid. The title did not imply that Nicholas posses-sed the artless gaiety, the ...
AUSTRALIA, my native land, A stirring whisper in your ear- 'Tis time for you to understand Your rating now is A1, dear. You've done some rousing things of late. That lift you from the simple state In which you chose to vegetate.
AUSTRALIA, my native land, A stirring whisper in your ear- 'Tis time for you to understand Your rating now is A1, dear. You've done some rousing thing...
THE night was bright and cool, and the old East Indiaman moved slowly on the heaving bosom of the ocean, under a strong full moon, like a wind-blown ghost to whose wanderings there had been no beginning and could be no end-so small, so helpless she seemed between the two infinities of sea and sky. There was no cloud to break the blue profundity of heaven, no line of horizon, no diversity in the long lazy roll of the green waters to dispel the illusion of an interminable ocean.
THE night was bright and cool, and the old East Indiaman moved slowly on the heaving bosom of the ocean, under a strong full moon, like a wind-blown g...
THE schoolhouse at Waddy was not in the least like any of the trim State buildings that now decorate every Victorian township and mark every mining or agricultural centre that can scrape together two or three meagre classes; it was the result of a purely local enthusiasm, and was erected by public subscription shortly after Mr. Joel Ham, B.A., arrived in the district and let it be understood that he did not intend to go away again. Having discovered that it was impossible to make anything else of Mr. Joel Ham, Waddy resolved to make a schoolmaster of him.
THE schoolhouse at Waddy was not in the least like any of the trim State buildings that now decorate every Victorian township and mark every mining or...
