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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1947
Page
12
Smiley Greevins contemplates quitting for a bicycle after a schoolmaster opens a savings account for him. He performs a risky stunt among classmates but is reinstated by leading a pre Sunday School session, further lowering his standing with town residents.
A boy named Smiley tries to steal a king melon from a garden guarded by Willie Coy and his wife. Smiley is seized and imprisoned in a hut as Coy contemplates legal consequences and possible retaliation.
A boy named Smiley is entangled with a Chinese shopkeeper and Rankin the publican over a supposed watermelon theft. Rankin offers a deener and two half crowns to the boy to stay quiet as Smiley attempts to slip away toward the river flat after the encounter. The scene unfolds with tense warnings and a covert bribe.
Smiley pockets two half crowns after a tense moment with Thirteenth Instalment. Blue emerges with questions about the ordeal as Smiley takes pride in the money and the secrecy. Smiley insists he will not tell and Blue agrees to keep the story quiet.
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