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The Gold Of Fairnilee, by Andrew Lang
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Title: The Gold Of Fairnilee
Author: Andrew Lang
Release Date: June 25, 2007 [EBook #21934]
Language: English
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THE
GOLD OF FAIRNILEE
By Andrew Lang
TO
JEANIE LANG,
LARRA
Dear Jeanie,
For you, far away on the other side of the world, I made this little tale of our own country. Your father and I have dug for treasure in the Camp of Rink, with our knives, when we were boys. We did not find it: the story will tell you why.
Are there Fairies as well as Bunyips in Australia? I hope so.
Yours always,
WHUPPITY STOORIE'S SONG IN THIS TALE IS BY THE AUTHOR'S FRIEND, F. De Q. M.
THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE
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CHAPTER I.
--The Old House
YOU may still see the old Scotch house where Randal was born, so long ago. Nobody lives there now. Most of the roof has fallen in, there is no glass in the windows, and all the doors are open. They were open in the days of Randal's father--nearly four hundred years have p