CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. A PENNY FOR BAD NEWS.

CHAPTER II. ?????'??.

CHAPTER III. EUREKA.

CHAPTER IV. PADDY'S MARKET.

CHAPTER V. THE SELVAGE EDGE OF CIVILIZATION.

CHAPTER VI. TWO ESCAPES: A FALL AND A RISE.

CHAPTER VII. MESSRS. WINZE AND CLINSKEEN.

CHAPTER VIII. THE BLOODY SKIRT OF SETTLEMENT.

CHAPTER IX. MURDER, MADNESS, AND MELODY.

CHAPTER X. MISS LILETH MUNDELLA AND MR. WILSON GILES.

CHAPTER XI. THE BLACK POLICE.

CHAPTER XII. BILLY AND THE "HATTER."

CHAPTER XIII. CLAUDE'S LETTER TO DICK.

CHAPTER XIV. HECATE AND HEBE.

CHAPTER XV. THE GHOST OF CHAMBER'S CREEK.

CHAPTER XVI. LILETH'S DISAPPOINTMENT.

CHAPTER XVII. EN AVANT!

CHAPTER XVIII. A STATION SKETCH.

CHAPTER XIX. THE GRAVE.

CHAPTER XX. A "DISPERSING" PARTY.

CHAPTER XXI. FATE'S AVENGING HAND.

CHAPTER XXII. LAST WORDS.

IN the following story I have endeavoured to depict some of the obscurer portions of Australia’s shadow side.

The scenes and main incidents employed are chiefly the result of my personal observations and experiences; the remainder are from perfectly reliable sources.

Arthur James Vogan.

Tauranga, New Zealand.
September 1890.