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John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and,
by Louis Becke
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Title: John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901
Author: Louis Becke
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JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER; and POISONOUS FISH
By Louis Becke
T. Fisher Unwin, 1901
JOHN CORWELL, SAILOR AND MINER
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"Am I to have no privacy at all?" demanded the Governor irritably as the orderly again tapped at the open door and announced another visitor. "Who is he and what does he want?"
"Mr. John Corwell, your Excellency, master of the cutter Ceres, from the South Seas."
The Governor's brows relaxed somewhat. "Let him come in in ten minutes, Cleary, but tell him at the same time that I am very tired--too tired to listen unless he has something of importance to say."
The day had indeed been a most tiring one to the worthy Governor of the colony of New South Wales, just then struggling weakly in its infancy, and only emerging from the horrors of actual starvation, caused by the utter neglect of the Home authori