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THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE. A TRUE COLONIAL STORY. Broadhurst’s store was closed, but the little back room looked very comfortable that night. The fire cast a ruddy glow on ceiling and walls, reflecting itself cheerily on the polished flasks and shot-guns which adorned them. Yet a gloom rested on the two men who sat at either side of the hearth, which neither the fire nor the black bottle upon the table could alleviate. "Twelve o'clock," said old Tom, the storeman glancing up at the wooden timepiece which had come out with him in '42. "It’s a queer thing, George, they haven't come." "It’s a dirty night," said his companion, reaching out his arm for a plug of tobacco. "The Wawirra’s in flood, maybe; or maybe their horses is broke down; or they've put it off, perhaps. Great Lord, how it thunders! Pass us over a coal, Tom

The Gully of Bluemansdyke, and Other Stories by A. Conan Doyle, author of “Micah Clarke,” “The White Company,” “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” etc. A small Edition of this Book was published in 1889, under the Title of “Mysteries and Adventures.”CONTENTS.Story 1. The Gully of Bluemansdyke. A True Colonial Story.Story 2. The Parson of Jackman’s Gulch.Story 3. My Friend the Murderer.Story 4. The Silver Hatchet.Story 5. The Man from Archangel.Story 6. That Little Square Box.Story 7. A Night among the Nihilists.

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Gully of Bluemansdyke and Other Stories is a volume collecting 7 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 by Walter Scott Ltd. (London). The same stories were published before in the volume Mysteries and Adventures between 1889 and 1891 in limited edition. Stories: The Gully of Bluemansdyke The Parson of Jackman's Gulch My Friend the Murderer The Silver Hatchet The Man from Archangel That Little Square Box A Night Among the Nihilists

About the Book A short story collection is a book that contains short stories written by a single author. It is distinguished from an anthology of fiction, which includes stories by more than one author.Also in this Book Titles that are drama anthologies are collections of drama works chosen by the compiler. They may be a collection of plays by different playwrights.And in this Book Titles that are fiction anthologies are collections of fiction works chosen by the compiler. They may be a collection of stories by different authors.About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: republish only hand checked books; that are high quality; enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!

In South Australia, when a horse returns to town without its rider, the young miner Maurice Broadhurst, and with bloodstains on the mount, the villagers conclude that the young miner has been shot. The troopers decide to form an expedition to rescue the miner and punish the murderers. After several days of travelling the bush to the Bluemansdyke, they stumble upon an open mass grave containing a lot of corpses, some very new.

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1881 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In 1887, Conan Doyle's first significant work, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual. It featured the first appearance of detective Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist who was to eventually make Conan Doyle's reputation. A prolific writer, Conan Doyle continued to produce a range of fictional works over the following years. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Broadhurst's store was closed, but the little back room looked very comfortable that night. The fire cast a ruddy glow on ceiling and walls, reflecting itself cheerily on the polished flasks and shot-guns which adorned them. Yet a gloom rested on the two men who sat at either side of the hearth, which neither the fire nor the black bottle upon the table could alleviate. "Twelve o'clock," said old Tom, the storeman glancing up at the wooden timepiece which had come out with him in '42. "It's a queer thing, George, they haven't come." "It's a dirty night," said his companion, reaching out his arm for a plug of tobacco. "The Wawirra's in flood, maybe; or maybe their horses is broke down; or they've put it off, perhaps. Great Lord, how it thunders! Pass us over a coal, Tom." He spoke in a tone which was meant to appear easy, but with a painful thrill in it which was not lost upon his mate. He glanced uneasily at him from under his grizzled eyebrows. "You think it's all right, George?" he said, after a pause. "Think what's all right?" "Why, that the lads are safe." "Safe! Of course they're safe. What the devil is to harm them?"