Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold Fields

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike, by Thad. W. H. (Thaddeus William Henry) Leavitt
Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike.
TALES OF
The Gold Fields
--BY--
THAD. W. H. LEAVITT.
Author of “The Witch of Plum Hollow,” Etc.
R. H. C. Browne, Publisher, Toronto.
Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year, 1898,
by Thad. W. H. Leavitt, at the Department of Agriculture.
CONTENTS
When the P. & O. steamer called at Albany, West Australia, only two passengers came on board, a young Englishman and his wife. Before we reached Sydney I made his acquaintance in the smoking room and he told me the following story. I give it in his own words: