Hal Hal i(A77251 works by)
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1 The Overdose Hal , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 August vol. 3 no. 153 1868; (p. 782) A servant drugs a child so she can go out but he dies as a result. (PB)
1 Too Late Hal , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 February vol. 3 no. 127 1868; (p. 358-359)

'A mother finds her disgraced son in Australia but he is already dead. His father's forgiveness comes too late.' (PB)
1 1 The Fatal Mistake : A Tale for Busybodies Hal , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 25 April vol. 3 no. 139 1868; (p. 556-557) Helena Seaton comes to join her sister, Mrs Delmar, in Australia and falls in love with Charles Harcourt. Mrs D. inteferes however, with unhappy results. (PB)
1 Unforgotten Hal , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 30 May vol. 3 no. 144 1868; (p. 633-634) A mother's remembrance of her 18-year-old son lost on an exploring expedition to Africa continues undiminished for 40 years. Set in western England and Africa. (PB)
1 The Heavy Cross Hal , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 27 June vol. 3 no. 148 1868; (p. 699-700) A young woman's grief at her sister's ruin and her lover's death are eventually solaced by religion. Set in London, but concludes with a happier life in Australia. (PB)
1 Love's Devotion Hal , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 26 October vol. 3 no. 113 1867; (p. 138-139) An English noble lady falls in love with a dashing captain, and when he is convicted of forgery and transported to Australia she enters a convent. (PB)
1 The Oaks of Houghton Chase Hal , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 28 September vol. 3 no. 109 1867; (p. 73-75) A woman married to a rich old nobleman lives in virtuous retirement with him for 15 years until he brings home one of her youthful admirers. This marquis resolves to seduce her and in his attempt causes the death of her husband and her son. (PB)
1 The Unforgiven Trespass Hal , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 14 September vol. 3 no. 107 1867; (p. 38-40) A proud young woman who tends her alcoholic brothers finds happiness and love briefly but breaks off her engagement when her lover appears with her brother one night and both are drunk. Long years of suffering result. (PB)
1 My Affair of Honour Hal , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 16 November vol. 3 no. 116 1867; (p. 182-184) Memory of a youthful duel which ended amicably in Baden-Baden. (PB)
1 1 Waiting Hal , 1866 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 29 September vol. 2 no. 57 1866; (p. 69) Lovers in England separate for the man to seek his fortune in Australia but through a plotting friend they do not meet again while both are alive. Romance; tragedy. (PB)
1 1 The Desolate Homestead Hal , 1866 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 8 September vol. 2 no. 54 1866; (p. 21-24) The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction 2010; (p. 13-27) Romantic tragedy. A young Englishman establishes a house for his youthful bride only to discover that she has been seduced on the ship out and has fled with her lover. The husband watches over her and when she is cast off provides her with the home he has prepared but he leaves. She dies of sorrow, and, several years after, having returned to England to prevent the marriage of her seducer, he dies too. Well told. (PB)
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