Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Notes:
1. Page scan source:
http://archive.org/details/grifstoryofaustr00farjrich
(University of California Libraries)
2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]; the letter "i"
with a macron by [=i], and the letter "e" with a macron by [=e].

GRIF

B. L. FARJEON'S NOVELS.

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GRIF. An Australian Story. 3s. 6d.
GREAT PORTER SQUARE. 3s. 6d.
THE BETRAYAL OF JOHN FORDHAM. 3s. 6d.
AARON THE JEW. 3s. 6d.
THE LAST TENANT, 2s. 6d.
THE TRAGEDY OF FEATHERSTONE. [_Reprinting_
IN A SILVER SEA. "
THE SACRED NUGGET. "
THE HOUSE OF WHITE SHADOWS. "
MISER FAREBROTHER. "
A SECRET INHERITANCE. "

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GRIF

A Story of Australian Life

BY
B. L. FARJEON

AUTHOR OF
"AARON THE JEW," "GREAT PORTER SQUARE," "IN A SILVER SEA," ETC. ETC.

_SEVENTEENTH EDITION_

LONDON:
HUTCHINSON & CO.
34, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1898

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PRINTED BY J. S. VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED,
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CONTENTS.

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CHAP.
I. _Grif related some of his experiences_.

II. _Husband and Wife_.

III. _Grif loses a friend_.

IV. _The Conjugal Nuttalls_.

V. _The Moral Merchant entertains his friends at dinner_.

VI. _Father and Daughter_.

VII. _Grif promises to be honest_.

VIII. _Grif is set up in life as a moral shoeblack_.

IX. _A Banquet is given to the Moral Merchant_.

X. _On the road to El Dorado_.

XI. _Welsh Tom_.

XII. _The new rush_.

XIII. _Old Flick_.

XIV. _Little Peter is provided for_.

XV. _A hot day in Melbourne_.

XVI. _Poor Milly_.

XVII. _Bad luck_.

XVIII. _Honest Steve_.

XIX. _The Welshman reads his last chapter in the old Welsh
Bible_.

XX. _The tender-hearted Oysterman traps his game_.

XXI. _The Moral Merchant calls a meeting of his creditors_.

XXII. _Alice and Grif meet friends upon the road_.

XXIII. _The story of Silver-headed Jack_.

XXIV. _Mrs. Nicholas Nuttall takes possession_.

XXV. _Mrs. Nicholas Nuttall receives visitors_.

XXVI. _A night of adventures_.

XXVII. _Grif bears false witness_.

GRIF;

A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN LIFE.