Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days, Embodying the Life-History of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829
Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days, Embodying the Life-History of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...for a few days and a good look round. At this time a man named McLaren kept an hotel in Queenstown, called the "Prince of Wales." He came and offered to lease it to me for three years. I had known this man before in Victoria, where he was usually accounted "a queer stick." However, the stand was a good one, and the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...for a few days and a good look round. At this time a man named McLaren kept an hotel in Queenstown, called the "Prince of Wales." He came and offered to lease it to me for three years. I had known this man before in Victoria, where he was usually accounted "a queer stick." However, the stand was a good one, and the house doing good business, and I concluded it would suit. There was stock and furniture amounting to about 650, which I had to take at a valuation, and pay 3 per week rent. I saw my way clear and closed, and it was not a bad investment. I sold my house in Cromwell, and, bringing my family to Queenstown, I commenced in this, to me, a new line of business. The first year 1 did well, and made a lot of money. One day my wife called me away from the dinner table and told me she felt very strange and ill. She was afraid something was going to happen. She really looked very ill. I tried to cheer her up, and advised her to go to bed, which she did. We had been married twentytwo years, and I never knew her to complain before. She had been always remarkably strong and healthy. In the morning two of my children came running to the door of my sleeping-room, and called out that "mother was dead." 1 rushed at once to her room, and found her lying on the floor in a fit. My eldest daughter was trying to revive her. I at once lifted my poor wife into bed, and sent for the two doctors living in Queenstown. They came immediately, and did what they could. She had eighteen fits that day, and afterwards gradually sank, and in ten days left us, I trust for a better world. 1 cannot describe my feelings when I found she had gone. I believe I nearly went mad. We had lived happily together for over twenty years, and I could not rea...
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