Chapter I: Front Matter

FIVE LITTLE BUSH GIRLS.

Dedicated to the Memory of
My Dear Mother.
THE AUTHOR.

First Print, October, 1918.

FIVE LITTLE
BUSH
GIRLS

BY
E. LEE RYAN,

Illustrated by Betty Paterson.

AUSTRALASIAN AUTHORS' AGENCY,
237 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE.

This Book was Printed in Australia by
BRUCE & Co., 434 Bourke St.,
and the Blocks were made by
Patterson, Shugg & Co.,
21 Burns Lane,
Melbourne.

CONTENTS.

Chapter. Page.
I. THE CONSULTATION 7
II. "GILLGONG" 20
III. THE LETTER 29
IV. "TEDDO" 36
V. THE REPLY 42
VI. A SURPRISE 51
VII. FRANK 61
VIII. THE STORM 67
IX. ANTICIPATION 71
X. MOSMAN 77
XI. HOME AGAIN 88
XII. WILLIE 95
XIII. A SYNDICATE 102
XIV. LESSONS 110
XV. EILEEN'S RETURN 118
XVI. CONVERSATIONS 126
XVII. THE GOVERNESS 133
XVIII. THE SUBSCRIPTION 141
XIX. POETS 154
XX. GOOD-BYE TO "TEDDO" 162
XXI. INTERCESSION 169
XXII. A HERO 175
XXIII. LETTERS 180
XXIV. A NEW ARRIVAL 186
XXV. NEW PEOPLE 193
XXVI. SOME MERRY MEETINGS 202
XXVII. THE INVITATION 209
XXVIII. THE PARTY 219
XXIX. A WEEK ON THE RIVER 225
CONCLUSION 234