And she’s read somewhere in a book, that poets don’t grow old”

Editor: I have heard a lot of theories as to the identity of this lass with red hair. There are conflicting theories, one being Brady’s children’s governess. There is correspondence on this.

Henry Lawson returned to the city s changed man, sober and rested. He managed to stay “on the dry” for two years after the trip, but unfortunately returned to the bottle and finally died from the effects of alcohol in 1922.