Chapter I: Front Matter

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A LITTLE BUSH MAID
TIMOTHY IN BUSHLAND
MATES AT BILLABONG
FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON
GLEN EYRE
NORAH OF BILLABONG
GRAY’S HOLLOW
JIM AND WALLY
’POSSUM
DICK
DICK LESTER OF KURRAJONG
BACK TO BILLABONG
THE STONE AXE OF BURKAMUKK
BILLABONG’S DAUGHTER
THE HOUSE OF THE EAGLES

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THE TWINS
OF EMU PLAINS

BY
MARY GRANT BRUCE

ILLUSTRATED

W A R D , L O C K & C O . , L I M I T E D
LONDON AND MELBOURNE

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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I THE PLEASANT MADNESS OF THE TWINS. 7
II MIDNIGHT. . . . . . 17
III THE LAST DAYS OF TERM. . . 29
IV A LETTER FROM HOME. . . . 43
V HELEN HAS AN IDEA. . . . 54
VI EMU PLAINS. . . . . 71
VII THE TWINS’ SURPRISE-PACKET. . 83
VIII GETTING ON TERMS. . . . 93
IX THE PROGRAMME. . . . . 105
X MIXED INSTRUCTIONS. . . . 114
XI THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE. . . 131
XII RESPONSIBILITIES. . . . 146
XIII A JERSEY BULL. . . . . 163
XIV GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS. . . 180
XV SUNDAY AFTERNOON. . . . 198
XVI THE TWINS TAKE A HOLIDAY. . . 210
XVII THE TURNING OF THE LONG LANE. . 232
XVIII CONCLUSION. . . . . 244