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Page 127
Sports for the blacks were more picturesque than prudent — the spearing of a canvas man and a lubra - race won by Darby , a Larrakia beauty . When Darby " cast her duddies to the wark ” and came sprinting up the straight like Venus ...
Sports for the blacks were more picturesque than prudent — the spearing of a canvas man and a lubra - race won by Darby , a Larrakia beauty . When Darby " cast her duddies to the wark ” and came sprinting up the straight like Venus ...
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Katherine , when the party arrived , was holding a race - meeting so rackety and rapscallion that vice - regal patronage was regretfully withheld . As the buggy with the gilded crown slipped by , it was followed by a galloping ...
Katherine , when the party arrived , was holding a race - meeting so rackety and rapscallion that vice - regal patronage was regretfully withheld . As the buggy with the gilded crown slipped by , it was followed by a galloping ...
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They got to have their hair grilled up frizzy in them infernal machines an ' spend their husband's money on parties an ' races an ' furs an ' time - payment carpets . They're bringin ' up their children in rented houses an ' flats so ...
They got to have their hair grilled up frizzy in them infernal machines an ' spend their husband's money on parties an ' races an ' furs an ' time - payment carpets . They're bringin ' up their children in rented houses an ' flats so ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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