# In Bad Company, and other Stories

In Bad Company and Other Stories is a collection of Australian short stories (and one novella, In Bad Company) and prose essays by Rolf Boldrewood.
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
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First Edition 1901 Re-issue 1903
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THE WORKS OF
ROLF BOLDREWOOD
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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.
THE SPHINX OF EAGLEHAWK: A Tale of Old Bendigo. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. THE GHOST CAMP; or, The Avengers.. Cr. 8vo. 6s.
MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.
CONTENTS
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* 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 the 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 Tamut 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
AND OTHER STORIES
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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