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Issue Details: First known date: 1897... 1897 Seven Episodes
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Notes

  • A series of inter-related short stories: 'Each episode is complete in itself yet forms a link in a story of seven parts.'

Includes

1
Three Taken and One Left E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 17 October no. 616 1897; (p. 9)

The conflicted marriage of a long-estranged couple is teased out over the graves of their children.

2
Gold : The Buyer E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 24 October no. 617 1897; (p. 9)

A young woman chooses between an older suitor enrichened by a successful gold claim and a younger suitor still making his way in the world.

3
A Futile Crime E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 31 October no. 618 1897; (p. 9)

A wealthy gold-mining magnate takes extreme measures to rid himself of the man he believes is his rival for his wife's affections.

4
Found–in the Bush E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 7 November no. 619 1897; (p. 9)

A bush woman finds a terribly injured man near a mine shaft, and is terrified that he is a victim of her castle-rustling father and brother, who use the mine to hide evidence of their crimes.

5
A Husband's Skeleton Cupboard E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 14 November no. 620 1897; (p. 13)

A woman believes that she has uncovered a dark secret held by her husband, but the secret is not what she fears.

6
Thy Sin Shall Find Thee Out E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 21 November no. 621 1897; (p. 9)

The appearance of a sin from the past, long thought buried, drives a man to a state of utter collapse.

7
The Power That Sympathy Gave E. Baldwin Hodge , 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 28 November no. 621 1897; (p. 9)

A man returns to the bush and to the woman to whom he made a promise.

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Serialised by: The Sunday Times [Sydney] 1885 newspaper (189 issues)
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