heegard

Updated: May 4, 2025

"I passed the place this morning and saw him scrubbing out the floor. He's been doing a bit of house-painting for old Heegard to-day. I suppose he learnt it in jail. I saw him at work and touched my hat to him." "What!" cried Tom Hall, affecting to shrink from Mitchell in horror. "Yes," said Mitchell, "I'm not sure that I didn't take my hat off.

Henry Lawson - Children of the Bush

The children had taken their seats in the Old Bark School, and the master called out the roll as usual: "Arvie Aspinall."... "'Es, sir." "David Cooper."... "Yes, sir." "John Heegard."... "Yezzer." "Joseph Swallow."... "Yesser." "James Bullock."... "Present." "Frederick Swallow."... "Y'sir." "Daniel Lyons."... "Perresent, sor-r-r."

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils