Philip went up to the Boozer and said:
"Well, my friend, what do you want here?"
"The devil knows," replied Barney.
"Very likely, but he is not here, he has gone down the road."
Then taking Barney by the arm he turned him round and guided him to
the road. Barney went about twenty yards until he came to a pool of
water. He stepped on to the fence and sat on the top rail gazing
into the pool. At last he threw his hat into it, then his boots,
coat, shirt, and trousers. When he was quite naked, he stamped on
his clothes until they were thoroughly soaked and buried in mud.
Barney then resumed his search for the devil, swinging his arms to
and fro in a free and defiant manner.
The school was also visited by a bishop, a priest, a squatter, and a
judge. The dress and demeanour of the judge were very impressive at
so great a distance from any centre of civilization, for he wore a
tall beaver hat, a suit of black broadcloth, and a white necktie.
Philip received him with reverence, thinking he could not be anything
less than a lord spiritual, such is the power of broadcloth and fine
linen. Nosey, the shepherd, was then living at Nyalong, having
murdered the other shepherd, Baldy, about six months before, and this
judge sent Nosey to the gallows seventeen years afterwards; but
neither Nosey nor the judge knew what was to happen after seventeen
years.
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