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THE GOLDEN MILESTONE
AND OTHER BRIC-À-BRAC
by Dr. F.W. Boreham
To MY COMRADES,
THE OFFICERS OF MY CHURCH,
WHOSE UNSWERVING CONFIDENCE AND DELIGHTFUL
FRIENDSHIP HAVE MADE MY MINISTRY BOTH
A SACRAMENT AND A REVELRY.
I DESIRE,
WITH RESPECT AND AFFECTION,
TO DEDICATE THIS BOOK
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
But why an Introduction at all? Is an author under any obligation to apologize for his existence? After all, there are only three classes of people in the world-the people who will never hear of this volume of mine, the people who will be sorry to hear of it, and the people who will hear of it with pleasure. I need not trouble my head about the first, seeing that they do not trouble their heads about me. And the easiest way of defending myself against the second is to refer them to the third. For it is only because of the exceedingly generous reception accorded to my earlier volumes that I have plucked up courage to appear again. Like the gentle Elia, ‘ I find this world a very pretty place to live in’; and, standing here, beside my golden milestone, I have tried to point out a few of the things that make it so lovable. If something I have said makes.somebody somewhere more glad to be alive, I shall be inclined to forgive this truant pen of mine its inordinate garrulity.
HOBART, TASMANIA,
SEPTEMBER, 1914.
FRANK W. BOREHAM.
CONTENTS
PART I
| CHAP. | ESSAY | PAGE |
| I. | SLEEPY HOLLOW ….. | ….. 13 |
| II. | A FAGGOT OF THUNDERBOLTS ….. | ….. 22 |
| III. | THE FIRST SWALLOW ….. | ….. 34 |
| IV. | SPRING CLEANING ….. | ….. 45 |
| V. | THE LITTLE PALACE BEAUTIFUL ….. | ….. 56 |
| VI. | ON GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE ….. | ….. 68 |
| VII. | A NEST OF SINGING BIRDS ….. | ….. 78 |
| VIII. | THE AEROPLANE ….. | ….. 90 |
| IX. | ROSES ….. | ….. 99 |
PART II
| CHAP. | ESSAY | PAGE |
| I. | WEDGE BAY | 109 |
| II. | THE MODESTY OF THE BUSH | 120 |
| III. | THE REFLECTIONS IN THE RIVER | 131 |
| IV. | THE CALL OF THE DEEP | 143 |
| V. | MY LOST FAITH | 154 |
| VI. | THE ANGEL OF THE KITCHEN | 168 |
| VII. | A PHILOSOPHY OF PICKLES | 178 |
PART III
| CHAP. | ESSAY | PAGE |
| I. | THE WINGS OF THE MORNING | 191 |
| II. | THE BLOODHOUND OF THE HEDGEROW | 202 |
| III. | THE GOLDEN MILESTONE | 213 |
| IV. | OUR TRYSTING-PLACES | 225 |
| V. | THE GLORY ON THE DOORSTEP | 235 |
| VI. | VIOLETS AND VIPERS | 247 |
| VII. | THE BRANDED BROW | 269 |
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