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Mateship on the diggings. An insane digger loses his mate when he traps him in the mineshaft and is only prevented from murdering him by an accident with the windlass. Months later, drought having cleared the diggings of all but Shad, his ex-mate and a Chinaman, Shad resumes his attempts to kill the ex-mate - and after long hot weary days on the shaft manages to climb up, only for them both to die together. The Chinaman discovers them, and claiming an abandoned pistol, imperturbably leaves to inform the police. (PB)
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