DIGGER SMITH

by

C. J. Dennis

Illustrated by

Hal Gye

1918

(rev. 1919)

TO THE A.I.F.

CONTENTS

I

. BEFORE THE WAR

"Before the war," she sighs. "Before the war"...

II

. DUMMY BRIDGE

"If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten..."

III

. DAD

"I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more..."

IV

. DIGGER SMITH

"'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins ..."

V

. WEST

"I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime ...."

VI

. OVER THE FENCE

"'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool ..."

VII

. A DIGGER'S TALE

"My oath!" the Duchess sez. "You'd not ixpect ..."

VIII

. JIM'S GIRL

"'Oo is that girl," sez Digger Smith . . .

IX

. THE BOYS OUT THERE

"Why do they do it? I dunno..."

X

. HALF A MAN

"I wash me 'ands uv 'im," I tells 'em, straight ...

XI

. SAWIN' WOOD

I wondered wot was doin'. First I seen ...

XII

. JIM

"Now, be the Hokey Fly!" sez Peter Begg ...

XIII

. A SQUARE DEAL

"Dreamin'?" I sez to Digger Smith . . .

G

. GLOSSARY

I. BEFORE THE WAR

Before the War

EFORE the war," she sighs. "Before the war."

Then blinks 'er eyes, an' tries to work a smile.

"Ole scenes," she sez, "don't look the same no more.

Ole ways," she sez, "seems to 'ave chang

...

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