A Mouthful of Hulks Oswald Barron
A young Australian, La Touche, arrives in London and joins a high stakes poker game at Gray's Inn. He and three others, including a wary fifth man, chase big pots with whiskey and bravado until the tense session ends with mounting bets and shifting fortunes.
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Hibury
Rodigal
Undal
George Standish la Torche
Gray's Inn Chambers
Cafe Royal
Mr. la Touche
Sydney
Randal
Fost
Hennessey Allen
Sydney Harbour
George la Touche
Cecil
Australia
Arabella Standish
Derbyshire
Liverpool
la Touche
Gambling foes and a prowling rogue in London
In a tense chase a young Australian, Randal La Touche, pursues a clever swindler, Mr German or Jermyn, through Holborn and Bloomsbury, only to collide with a surprise at Sir Laurence Briggs’s house. The intruder escapes as a dramatic reveal confirms La Touche’s loss and the lesson of fortune’s turn.
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la Touche
Mr. la Touche
Mr. Hennessey Allen
Hennessey Allen
Jermyn
South Square
Holborn
Bloomsbury Square
Montague Street
Randal
Strand
Cecil
William Hogarth
Mr. German
Berne
Ned
Randall
Allen
Gray’s Inn
German
Mr German
Adelaide
Charles James Fox
Rascal
Laurence
George la Touche
Laurence Briggs
Australia
Sir Laurence
Briggs
Lady Briggs
Botany Bay
Scotland Yard
Amel
The Vanished Age in a Probing Parlor Exchange
A witty dialogue-like piece questions modern culture and youth, tracing a sense of loss across generations. It contrasts past felicity with present jazz and cinema influence, noting who we are and what we’ve become while weaving in flirtatious banter and a quip about finding one’s own path.
Snake Bite Cure Gone Wrong at Outback Station
A tale from Billingabah Station recounts brutal snake dangers and prankish humor among shearers. Dodger pushes a dangerous gunpowder cure on a new jackeroo, amid campfires and scuffles, only to reveal Ormsdale was bitten by a nest of ants.
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Billingabah Station
Billy
Brewarrina
Dodger
Sydney
Mailman
Ormsdale
Erbout
Liffey Moylan
Bogan Joe
Erritory
Carrathool Farst
Arbout
Kisndra
Condobolin
Langwidge
Bogan
Mme
Snake
Borambil
Making the Future and the Law of Cause and Effect
The piece reflects on living in the future, citing Emerson and an English poet to urge wisdom in shaping the present for a better future. It warns that prosperity depends on mastering hostile forces and personal responsibility, not mere circumstance.
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Emerson
It Was a Famous Victory It Was a Famous Victory
An elderly veteran, Kasper, recalls his wartime tale to his grandchild and others in a cottage setting. He longs to share his war exploits but faces skepticism from the younger generation. He leaves home for the Soldiers' Home after recounting a life of battle.
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Kasper
Southey
Geraldine
Franklin P. Adams
Futility in a Rural Chorus by Arthur Guiterman
A reflective verse fragment questions life’s meaning amid pastoral scenes. The speaker notes cyclical toil from cattle to bees, observing ongoing production and growth in animals and crops, concluding with a mix of doubt and resigned acceptance.
Time's Changes The Gay Nineties and The Vicious Twenties
A compact reflection contrasts the playful phrasing of social prompts from the 1890s with a sharper modern edge from the 1920s. The piece ties shifts in leisure culture to broader changes in attitudes toward public space and opportunity.
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Oswald Barron
Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
Gordon Bennett
Talbot-S-Stacey
Little Peterkin
Arthur Guiterman
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