From : Middleton's Peter extract   short story  
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 From : Middleton's Peter
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Middleton's Peter Henry Lawson , 1900 single work short story
— Appears in: On the Track 1900; (p. 45-56) While the Billy Boils : 87 Stories from the Prose Works of Henry Lawson 1970; (p. 228 - 235) The World of Henry Lawson 1974; (p. 150-155) Prose Works of Henry Lawson 1982; (p. 187-193) A Camp-Fire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 1984; (p. 466-470) Henry Lawson's Mates : The Complete Stories of Henry Lawson 1987; (p. 228-235)

Joe Middleton's wife, Maggie, gives birth with the assistance of Mother Palmer, but is in need of a doctor, specifically the unregistered and alcoholic Doc. Wild. Joe's brother, Dave, rides fifteen miles to fetch him, but Doc. Wild is drunk in Black's shanty and will not come. It takes Old Peter, also known as Middleton's Peter, to persuade him.
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