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An Outback Marriage

CHAPTER XI
12/19

Come on! Mind where you go.

The black shadows are very hard to judge, and sometimes a log or a bush is hidden in them.
There goes Poss over a log," he added, in explanation of a terrific crash and a shout of laughter from the others.

"What is it, Emily ?" he asked as one of the children ran past.
"It's Thomas Carlyle has found one," she said, "and he never barks when the 'possums are up big trees.

He knows we can't get them then, so he only looks in the saplings.

The other dogs find them in the big trees, but that's no good." A sharp run brought the party to the foot of a small tree, surrounded by a circle of dogs, all sitting on their tails and staring with whimpers of anxiety up to the topmost branches, where a small furry animal was perched.


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