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An Australian Lassie, by Lilian Turner
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Title: An Australian Lassie
Author: Lilian Turner
Illustrator: A.J. Johnson
Release Date: January 28, 2008 [EBook #24443]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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[Illustration: "Seated on a partly submerged post ... was John Brown."]
AN AUSTRALIAN LASSIE
BY
LILIAN TURNER
AUTHOR OF "THE PERRY GIRLS," ETC.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. JOHNSON
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON AND MELBOURNE
TO MY STEPFATHER CHARLES COPE
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I WYGATE SCHOOL 9
II THE PEARL SEEKERS 20
III "THE DAILY ROUND--THE COMMON TASK" 30
IV GHOSTS 41
V JOHN BROWN 59
VI MONDAY MORNING 68
VII "CAREW-BROWN" 79
VIII THE FIGHT 86
IX DOROTHEA'S FRIENDS 101
X RICHES OR RAGS 112
XI THE ARTIST BY THE WAYSIDE 123
XII BETTY IN THE LION'S DEN 134
XIII "IF I WERE ONLY YOU!" 147
XIV JOHN'S PLANS 162
XV ON THE ROAD 177
XVI THE NOTE ON THE PINCUSHION 189
XVII IN THE CITY 201
XVIII ALMA'S SHILLING 214
XIX TH