by

Ethel Turner

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I Chiefly Descriptive II Fowl for Dinner III Virtue Not Always Rewarded IV The General Sees Active Service V "Next Monday Morning" VI The Sweetness of Sweet Sixteen VII "What Say You to Falling in Love?" VIII A Catapult and a Catastrophe IX Consequences X Bunty in the Light of a Hero XI The Truant XII Swish, Swish! XIII Uninvited Guests XIV The Squatter's Invitation XV Three Hundred Miles in the Train XVI Yarrahappini XVII Cattle Drafting at Yarrahappini XVIII The Picnic at Krangi Bahtoo XIX A Pale Blue Hair Ribbon XX Little Judy XXI When the Sun Went Down XXII And Last

To MY MOTHER

CHAPTER I

Chiefly Descriptive

Before you fairly start this story I should like to give you just a word of warning.