Under The Mallee Bough

  The Last Sermon of Caitlin Brown. (Giovanni Sassoferrato | Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit). The Last Sermon of Caitlin Brown. Having been suddenly invited to The Bishop’s residence, Father Terrance Simmonds was somewhat perplexed when upon being asked to sit opposite the Bishop himself, he was then invited to participate in a game of chess. Father Terrance had to confess that he had not the slightest clue in how to play the game and begged to be released from participating as he would surely only make a fool of himself. “Well..that being so, the last thing a Bishop wants is to have one of his priests make a fool of himself…no matter what the game…but then, Terrance…I hope you don’t mind me fiddling with the pieces in practice for a tournament I am joining in with Cardinal Pearson tomorrow..good, then please bear with me as I explain”. The Bishop had a soft polishing cloth next to the game board, which he used to clean and shine...

  The Lost Principles of Dignam Schwartz. The Lost Principles of Dignam Schwartz. The short, front bar of the Totnam Hotel in the regional town of Mt Mossman finished in a dead-end against the western wall of the hotel. Next to the bar on its right side was a once busy but now seldom used dart board…its playful amusement being replaced by continual television programs featuring any current sporting event or panel of experts discussing such events OR the running of all and sundry horse, trotting and greyhound races…that, combined with a number of coin inserted slot machines in a side room made the skill of dart throwing redundant…three tatty darts stuck deep into the board resided there interminably. On the left side of the bar in the servery was a yellowing poster advertising “Kahlua Liqueur”.. there was a barstool sited at this extremity on the customer side that was the accepted possession of the aged person of Dignam Schwartz. It was not t...