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1 His Best Trick Wellesley Pain , 1898 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 33 no. 392 1898; (p. 93-94) An itinerant conjuror in England narrates his Christmas experience years before when, unable to earn his Christmas dinner, he strikes a bargain with a poacher to have his dog kill his guinea pigs and appeal to the public for money to replace the 'trained' animals. They were not trained but he made a profit and bought the dog as insurance for future hard times. Notes the increasing sophistication of his audience and difficulty surviving as itinerant entertainer. (PB)
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