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'I've had as much as I can stand for one night. She threw herself upon her bed, and hid her face in the pillow. 'Has he gone, dear? asked Mrs. Kyley, laying a big but gentle hand upon the girl. Aurora nodded her bead in the pillow, and after looking at her in silence for a moment, Mary went in to attend to her customers, shaking her head sadly as she went.
Kyley shouted an uncomplimentary summary of Quigley's character from behind the counter. Jim alone advanced to interfere. 'Drop it, Quigley, he said quietly, but his warmer feelings stirred. 'Blast it, man, let the girl be! 'An' have my brains knocked out with a bottle? I'll see you flaming first! Done pressed Aurora's fingers apart, and threw the bottle behind the counter.
'Time! cried Ben Kyley, and the men came to the scratch for the third round, Pete badly shaken, but game and still eager. 'Stand in an' fight me, an' I'll belt the hide off you! he said savagely.
'How many of those blackguard rebels are you hiding in your tent, Mother Kyley? said the sergeant. 'Is that you, Sergeant Wallis? Was there ever so attentive an admirer? You'd follow me to the world's end for the love you have of me. I've a dozen rebels inside. Come and be introduced.
The loss of Mike and the disappearance of Aurora were becoming grievances that he cherished with youthful unreason. He determined to rejoin the Peetrees at once, and, although far from being his old self physically, began to make preparations for the return to Jim Crow. 'There's somethin' I'd like you to be doin' fer me afore you go, mate, said Ben Kyley to Jim one evening.
Ben Kyley was not surprised, and had expected that Aurora's imposition would bring a raid down upon her sooner or later, and here it was. 'You're selling sly grog here, ma'am, said Wallis, sniffing like a retriever. Ben Kyley rose silently from his stool and approached Wallis. 'Sit you down, Ben Kyley! roared Mrs.
'I haven't such a thing about me; but if you mean Ben Kyley, said Mary, 'come down in your private capacity, sergeant, and put the question to him in the same gentlemanly way. I'll hold your coat and see you get fair play, if I have to referee the argument myself. 'Where is Kyley, you harridan?
Kyley and Ben were married or merely mates, but popular opinion tended to the latter belief, legal unions being incompatible with a nice adjustment of forces at the rushes. The exigencies of life on the diggings made sudden changes of scene necessary to the men, and a woman like Mrs.
The injury to his head proved the most serious wound, and there were moments when despair filled the heart of Aurora; but she nursed him with a devotion that overlooked nothing, and Mrs. Kyley, and Ben, and the business were all sacrificed to the patient's needs. Mrs.
Quigley made an effort to rise, but collapsed, and was lifted into his corner, and freely sprayed and towelled by his seconds. Jim sat unmoved, while Mike and an aristocratic digger, known as the Prodigal, fanned him with the towels Mrs. Kyley had thoughtfully provided. Quigley came up again at the call.
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