Digger Smith

by C. J. Dennis

I leaves him with the dyin' day,
Dreamin' an' doubtin' still.. .

DIGGER SMITH

BY

C. J. DENNIS

Author of "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke," "Doreen," "The Moods of Ginger Mick," "The Glugs of Gosh," "Backblock Ballads," etc.

Illustrated by Hal Gye

SYDNEY
ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.
89 CASTLEREAGH STREET
1918

Printed by W. C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 183 Pitt Street, Sydney
for
Angus & Robertson Ltd.

London: The Oxford University Press.

Dramatic, Cinema and all other Rights are reserved.

TO THE A.I.F.

CONTENTS

Page
I.	BEFORE THE WAR ⁠"Before the war," she sighs. "Before the war" ...	11
II.	DUMMY BRIDGE ⁠"If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten" ...	19
III.	DAD ⁠I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more ...	27
IV.	DIGGER SMITH ⁠'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins ...	35
V.	WEST ⁠"I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime ...	43
VI.	OVER THE FENCE ⁠'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool ...	51
VII.	A DIGGER'S TALE ⁠"'My oath!' the Duchess sez. 'You'd not ixpect ...	57
VIII.	JIM'S GIRL ⁠" 'Oo is that girl" sez Digger Smith ...	65
IX.	THE BOYS OUT THERE ⁠"Why do they do it? I dunno" ...	73
X.	HALF A MAN ⁠"I wash me 'ands uv 'im," I tells 'em, straight ...	81
XI.	SAWIN' WOOD ⁠I wondered wot was doin'. First I seen ...	87
XII.	JIM ⁠"Now, be the Hokey Fly!" sez Peter Begg ...	93
XIII.	A SQUARE DEAL ⁠"Dreamin'?" I sez to Digger Smith . . .	101
	GLOSSARY	109