What is "cumshaw"

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Abel Cumshaw and his companion, Jack Bradby, had been brought up in the Australian bush, their nerves were as steady as a rock, and where others saw grim visions of fancy they saw only waving bushes and stripped gums.

Bradby and Cumshaw had doubled back on their tracks and were heading for the Grampians.

The trials of the Journey were bringing out the worst side of the man, a side that Cumshaw had never seen before.

He failed to understand the natural cheerfulness with which Cumshaw faced the situation.

The something that Cumshaw had stirred turned out to be the whitened skeleton of a man.

Just as they entered the hut Cumshaw paused for a moment and ran his eye over the scene.

Abel Cumshaw was still sleeping peacefully, his head pillowed on the saddle-bags that contained the plunder.

He had not heard Cumshaw approach, and the idea that his mate could come and go in such absolute silence filled him with dismay.

Then there came a cry from the height above him, and, looking up, he saw Abel Cumshaw waving to him.

At last Cumshaw rose swiftly to his feet in the manner of a man who has decided on the course he must take and means to stick to it unswervingly.

The moment the first shot was fired Cumshaw realised, in a flash of intuition, that his assailant was none other than Jack Bradby.

For all his seeming nonchalance he was watching Cumshaw intently, and he saw him give an almost imperceptible start.

Though no definite statement exists, they passed the night at the latter town, for Cumshaw afterwards told his son that they reached Landsborough about 10.

As they drew near to the place Cumshaw became more self-contained and uncommunicative than ever.

Yet, as soon as Cumshaw fancied he was observed, the mask of his face melted into a smile, and the sombre eyes sparkled with a humor that somehow seemed too real to be assumed.