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A woodcutter, visiting Melbourne from the bush, is swindled out of his money by a beautiful young woman and her partner in crime, ' a thick set chap with a scar on his chin'.
Trader 'Rumbottle Jim' has long since deserted his wife and family. Somewhere in 'the tropics', he is brought face to face with two of his daughters - one from his original family and one the child of a 'native' woman.
A girl of nearly thirteen is excited at the prospect of sailing to Brisbane and seeing the capital. When an Englishman describes the city as an 'overgrown country town' and tells her about London, she re-sets her horizon.
A young boy recounts improbable stories and is scolded by his father, but could his tale of a man killed in a traffic accident and buried in the garden be true?
