lammerby

Updated: May 4, 2025

So Lammerby, the publican, though he was a greedy, sly sort of fellow, that bought things he knew were stolen, and lent out money and charged everybody two prices for the things he sold 'em, didn't like the thought of his children growing up like Myall cattle, as he said himself, and so he fished out this old Mr.

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

And he stood up straight and looked him in the face, till we hardly could think he was the same man that was so bent and shambling and broken-down-looking most times. He used to live in a little hut in the township all by himself. It was just big enough to hold him and us at our lessons. He had his dinner at the inn, along with Mr. and Mrs. Lammerby.

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

It's a strange thing, he used to say, as if he was talking to himself, 'that the girls are so good, while the boys are delivered over to the Evil One, except a case here and there. Look at Mary Darcy and Jane Lammerby, and my little pet Aileen here.

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