easy-earned

Updated: May 1, 2025

Pat Burke was a broad-shouldered, fair-complexioned fellow, most like an Englishman, though he was a native too. What rot it all is! Couldn't we all have done well, if the devils of idleness and easy-earned money and false pride had let us alone?

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields