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Updated: June 19, 2025
In fact, she gleaned most of her information as to the Leichardt's Town Government House Party from the newspapers she happened upon at bush hotels. For Lady Bridget was evidently in a reactionary mood as regards letter-writing and Colin McKeith never put pen to paper, if he could avoid doing so, except on business. Next post brought her three brief and characteristic letters.
For the envelopes were covered with directions, some in Japanese and Chinese hieroglyphics, some in official red ink from various postoffices, a few with the distinctive markings of British Legations and Government Houses where the Special Correspondent should have stayed, but did not Only her own name showing through the obliterations, and a final re-addressing by the Bank of Leichardt's Land.
Likewise with a report he had been asked to furnish of a projected telegraph line for the opening of his 'Big Bight Country'. Colin McKeith appeared to be deep in the confidence of the Leichardt's Land Executive Council and to have taken up his abode for the winter session in the Seat of Government, though he seemed to regard his recent election for a Northern constituency as an unimportant episode in a career ultimately consecrated to the elucidation of far-reaching Imperial problems.
She opened Lady Tallant's first: 'Government House, Leichardt's Town. I do hope this may catch you before the newspapers, which I find announced the engagement rather prematurely last week.
It is possible you may have sold the place. I hear of severe droughts in parts of Leichardt's Land, but have no information about the Leura district. Now that Sir Luke Tallant has exchanged to Hong Kong, Bridget hasn't any touch with Leichardt's Land, and I have very few correspondents there. Write to me not a stilted, legal kind of letter like the last.
To my belief, that gully is the top dressing of a dried up underground watercourse. It's a pocket chock full of gold. You see, it's like this: Here followed technical details given in local gold-digger's phraseology which would only be intelligible to a backwoods prospector or a Leichardt's Land mining expert.
He pulled it from his pocket, and, leaning across, handed it to her. 'Read the English Telegrams, he said. Joan stopped cleaning her typewriter and examined the column of latest intelligence. 'Good gracious! So they've appointed Sir Luke Tallant new Governor of Leichardt's Land! 'Luke! A coincidence you'll say. No good telling me that.
There was something in the manner of the pair that Mrs Gildea could not understand. Of course, Colin was in love that she knew already. But was Biddy merely playing with the big primitive-souled bushman or was it possible that she, too, could be in love? The next time Biddy came, Joan tackled matters boldly. 'Biddy, I've had my marching orders. Mr Gibbs finds Leichardt's Land a bit stale.
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