bark-and-slab

Updated: June 6, 2025

It's deserted! The mare went round to the back and pulled up between the back door and a big bark-and-slab kitchen. Some one shouted from inside 'Who's there? 'It's me. Joe Wilson. I want your sister-in-law I've got the boy he's sick and dying! Brighten came out, pulling up his moleskins. 'What boy? he asked. 'Here, take him, I shouted, 'and let me get down.

Henry Lawson - Joe Wilson and His Mates