An Outback Marriage Author: Andrew Barton Paterson a man's card meant. His fellow waiters, to whom he usually referred as "a lot of savages," were unfortunately in ignorance of the social distinction implied by membership of such a club. For a time there was nothing but the usual commonplace talk, while the soup and fish were disposed of; when they reached the champagne and the entrees, things become more homelike and conversation flowed. A bushman, especially when primed with champagne, is always ready to give his tongue a run and when he has two open-mouthed new chums for audience, as Gordon had, the only difficulty is to stop him before bed time; for long silent rides on the plain, and lonely camps at night, give him a lot of enforced silence that he has to make up for later.
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