 I leaves him with the dyin' day, |
DIGGER SMITH
BY
C. J. DENNIS
Author of "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke," "Doreen," "The Moods of Ginger Mick," "The Glugs of Gosh," "Backblock Ballads," etc.
Illustrated by Hal Gye
SYDNEY
ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.
89 CASTLEREAGH STREET
1918
Printed by W. C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 183 Pitt Street, Sydney
for
Angus & Robertson Ltd.
London: The Oxford University Press.
Dramatic, Cinema and all other Rights are reserved.
TO THE A.I.F.
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I. | BEFORE THE WAR "Before the war," she sighs. "Before the war" ... |
11 |
| II. | DUMMY BRIDGE "If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten" ... |
19 |
| III. | DAD I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more ... |
27 |
| IV. | DIGGER SMITH 'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins ... |
35 |
| V. | WEST "I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime ... |
43 |
| VI. | OVER THE FENCE 'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool ... |
51 |
| VII. | A DIGGER'S TALE "'My oath!' the Duchess sez. 'You'd not ixpect ... |
57 |
| VIII. | JIM'S GIRL " 'Oo is that girl" sez Digger Smith ... |
65 |
| IX. | THE BOYS OUT THERE
"Why do they do it? I dunno" ... |
73 |
| X. | HALF A MAN
"I wash me 'ands uv 'im," I tells 'em, straight ... |
81 |
| XI. | SAWIN' WOOD
I wondered wot was doin'. First I seen ... |
87 |
| XII. | JIM
"Now, be the Hokey Fly!" sez Peter Begg ... |
93 |
| XIII. | A SQUARE DEAL
"Dreamin'?" I sez to Digger Smith . . . |
101 |
| GLOSSARY |
109 | |