THREE BRAVE GIRLS.
• A man . much, interested in the timber trade recently, on a.'remarkable.trio of splitters in a:. Queensland cedar- forest; : They were threo girls, whose-father had been' a timber man for many years. He died as thoy.were growing up,', leaving a widow as wells as a family. - Quite naturally the girls took up their:father's. calling. They camp away_ m the bush by themselves, and are held : in such;respect by their brothers'of- the /axe'-that': stories- of the' • chivalry of b?ck .woodsmen- ; jn' \the States I are-instantly sug- ■ gosted. Their output, both as - regards quantity. and; quality, is well up.to the- average.. On Saturday nights'ihey return' to the home their effort's); haye'' made- for their' mother,. and yin vthe* township;. dances V and : ; similar? revels ;'are'three natural and- popular girls. Marriage already threatens to' break up their camp, but in the meantime their • position. among, ' women workers is possibly :
■ "Can you bo trusted with ;a he asked. Tho woman'drew hcrself up proudly. "Yoii h'aVo known, me-for ten years, haven't; you?" she replied. • . : "Yes " "Do you Itnow how old I am?"— I "Pick-Me-Up" ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 3
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