A. St. J. Kelsall A. St. J. Kelsall i(A75043 works by) (a.k.a. A. St. John Kelsall)
Gender: Male
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1 The Herald Angels A. St. J. Kelsall , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 26 no. 307 1890; (p. 222-226) Christmas on an Australian station sees a murder in England confessed and estranged lovers reconciled to the strains of the Christmas carol, concertinas and station hands' singing. Old Rory confesses that he murdered the miserly uncle of Harold Rory in England three years before, thus clearing the man's name and reconciling Harold and his fiancee Hazel Vane - now a governess on the station. Light; cheerful station life contrasted to misery of the murder in England. Sense of nature, sunshine, open air etc. (PB)
1 Waking or Sleeping A. St. J. Kelsall , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 26 no. 305 1890; (p. 97-101) Tale of romance, inheritances and murder, set in England and Australia. An English orphan, engaged to a family friend journeys to Melbourne to be companion to her rich and aged aunt. Whilst there the young woman inherits £11 000 in diamonds which her lover is to bring out to her. He is apparently murdered en route to the up-country station where they were to meet - but it is later discovered that a feverish dream and the mistaken murder of another traveller have coincided to create an illusion of his death ... coincidence overworked; some promise but focus strays. (PB)
1 Daisy Meadow A. St. J. Kelsall , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 24 no. 284 1889; (p. 246-247) Family tale set in the countryside on the Mitchell River near Lake King. A struggling squatter finds new pasture for his cattle one dry January through his daughter's belief in fairies and her hunt for them. (PB)
1 Our Nellie A. St. J. Kelsall , 1888 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 23 no. 278 1888; (p. 591-593) Domestic tale. A Melbourne bank clerk forcibly posted to India leaves his delicate and pregnant wife in Australia. Five years later he has never seen his child, Maude, when he is summoned home by a mysterious event. On the ship he grows attached to a young orphan - who he discovers in Melbourne is his own daughter, kidnapped in San Francisco. (PB)
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