Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the Gold Fields

“One was that he paid several visits to the Cape and when he returned he always brought with him a bag of money, but to the day of his death even his son, my husband, did not kn...

What more could a lady say? She referred to him as George, quite unconsciously, there could no longer be any doubt as to their relations and as I glanced at her I forgot my mome...

“To-morrow,” I said, “I shall know the reason.” That night I constructed a short ladder with which to surmount the difficulty. The following day I placed it against the ledge an...

I. A Strange Partner. II. The Black Cat of Klondike. III. The Skeleton Mine. IV. A Maori Legend. V. The Garden Gully Mine. VI. The Green Door. VII. The Three Great Pearls.

We hurried down to the gully. Once on the spot we saw that Teddy was original in his mining. He had cut a series of short trenches which grew deeper and finally terminated in an...

At the Queensland National Club, Brisbane, I made the acquaintance of an Englishman, Leonard Chapman, who fascinated me. I can describe the charm of his manner, his fund of info...