Chapter I: Front Matter

IN BAD COMPANY

AND OTHER STORIES

THE WORKS OF

ROLF BOLDREWOOD

UNIFORM EDITION

_Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. each._

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.
A COLONIAL REFORMER.
THE MINER'S RIGHT.
A MODERN BUCCANEER.
NEVERMORE.
THE SQUATTER'S DREAM.
A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON.
OLD MELBOURNE MEMORIES.
MY RUN HOME.
THE SEALSKIN CLOAK.
THE CROOKED STICK; OR, POLLIE'S PROBATION.
PLAIN LIVING.
A ROMANCE OF CANVAS TOWN.
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
BABES IN THE BUSH.
IN BAD COMPANY, AND OTHER STORIES.
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MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.

IN BAD COMPANY

AND OTHER STORIES

BY

ROLF BOLDREWOOD

AUTHOR OF

'ROBBERY UNDER ARMS,' 'THE MINER'S RIGHT,' 'THE SQUATTER'S DREAM,'
'A COLONIAL REFORMER,' ETC.

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1903

_All rights reserved_

_First Edition 1901_

_Re-issue 1903_

CONTENTS

PAGE

IN BAD COMPANY 1

MORGAN THE BUSHRANGER 135

HOW I BECAME A BUTCHER 146

MOONLIGHTING ON THE MACQUARIE 165

AN AUSTRALIAN ROUGHRIDING CONTEST 174

THE MAILMAN'S YARN 182

DEAR DERMOT 190

THE STORY OF AN OLD LOG-BOOK 199

A KANGAROO SHOOT 208

FIVE MEN'S LIVES FOR ONE HORSE 214

REEDY LAKE STATION 220

A FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY 234

THE HORSE YOU DON'T SEE NOW 241

HOW I BEGAN TO WRITE 249

A MOUNTAIN FOREST 255

THE FREE SELECTOR—A COMEDIETTA 261

BUSH HOSPITALITY 282

LAPSED GENTLEFOLK 288

SHEARING IN RIVERINA, NEW SOUTH WALES 296

ANCIENT SYDNEY 321

AFTER LONG YEARS 335

IN THE DROVING DAYS 341

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE-BORN TYPE 351

MY SCHOOL DAYS 360

SYDNEY FIFTY YEARS AGO 369

OLD TIME THOROUGHBREDS 377

THE FIRST PORT FAIRY HUNT 387

BENDEMEER 398

SPORT IN AUSTRALIA 407

OLD STOCK-RIDERS 415

MOUNT MACEDON 422

WALKS ABROAD 430

FROM TUMUT TO TUMBERUMBA 437

IN THE THROES OF A DROUGHT 444

A SPRING SKETCH 449

NEW YEAR'S DAY 1886 455

A DRY TIME 461

AUSTRALIAN COLLIES 466

IN THE BLOOM OF THE YEAR 474

FALLEN AMONG THIEVES 481

A TRANSFORMATION SCENE 491

IN BUSHRANGING DAYS 501

IN BAD COMPANY