Ghost Train

Following archie and arty securing a job for two days at the agricultural show helping out with the running of a side show event... the ghost train, burra is surprised and amazed how much his boys are offered by eddie goldstein the employer for just two days work, but what pleases him more is to see his boys in meaningful employment again.

however, eddie goldstein’s promise is just that, a promise without substance, and this infuriates burra no end. archie and arty have been duped, and in burra’s consciousness, anybody who makes a fool of a creek is in line for summary justice, so burra declares forcefully that he will lead archie and arty to confront eddie goldstein and claim their promised wages.

two unexpected obstacles happen to get into burra’s way before the journey begins, and these needed to be overcome quickly. firstly, his eldest son ‘croppa’ arrived unexpectedly after breaking out of jail again, and secondly, cliffy adamantly and steadfast refuses to even consider joining burra on another fruitless journey, but as always, burra has something up his sleeve for cliffy, and once again cliffy finds himself in the middle of a creek dilemma.

following in the tracks of the ghost train operator eddie goldstein, burra’s informants keep advising him that eddie is one step ahead of him at a fair, carnival or show that the ghost train will be attending, however due to incidents both in and out of his control, burra is constantly frustrated by diversions, so his family continually arrives at the intended destinations too late for a confrontation with eddie goldstein.

when the confrontation finally does arrive between burra and the ghost train operators, the past is not helpful to burra and the consequences are once again dire for him, but nowhere near as embarrassing for burra after a letter arrives in the mail for him that he mistakenly assumes that he is responsible for an act he cannot recall but needs to be resolved.