In Bad Company, and other stories

Excerpt: "Bill Hardwick was as fine a specimen of an Australian as you could find in a day''s march. Active as a cat and strong withal, he was mostly described as ''a real good all-round chap, that you couldn''t put wrong at any kind of work that a man could be asked to do.'' He could plough and reap, dig and mow, put up fences and huts, break in horses and drive bullocks; he could milk cows and h...