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1 John Halford's Peril : An Ex-Sailor's Story Hall Giffard , 1893 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 29 no. 343 1893; (p. 200-203) Set largely in San Francisco, concluding in Australia. Jack, a sailor, leaves the sea to marry a singer, an honest girl though seduced and betrayed by a bullying sailor. The bully arranges for Jack to be shanghaied the day after his wedding, but a knife-fight aboard ship and a passing steamer return him to shore and his wife - and they emigrate to Australia. Light. (PB)
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