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Issue Details: First known date: 1879... vol. 14 no. 165 February 1879 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1879 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mr Lockwood's Grievance, single work short story
On a Pacific railroad journey the narrator meets a man on his way to Salt Lake City to kill a friend turned Mormon who has married so many times he is bankrupting the traveller in wedding presents. (PB)
(p. 280-281)
The Double Dream : An Affecting Incident, single work short story
A father pines away after his son is thrown from his horse and killed. On the eve of his own death, the man tells his friends how if he had listened to a dream that both he and his son had the night before the accident and given him a seat in the family carriage he could have averted the accident. Plan telling of supernatural. (PB)
(p. 281)
A Brother's Sacrifice, H. L. , single work short story
Melodramatic family tragedy set in Melbourne and the USA. Charlie Linton steals £100 from his father to pay a gambling debt and his brother Willie offers to help him replace it. He is caught in the act while Charlie is in Sydney and leaves home for the US to protect him. Charlie learns of his sacrifice too late and searches for him for years, only to find him on his death bed. Charlie returns to Melbourne to seek his father's forgiveness but dies after being thrown from his horse. Unlikely. (PB)
(p. 282-287)
Baffled, C. B. , single work short story
A rich but coarsely-grained man offers a two year loan to the adoptive parents of a foundling, secretly telling her that she must marry him or he will demand full payment when the time is up. She goes to work as a teacher to earn the money and meets her future husband. Unconvincingly sweet. (PB)
(p. 288-289)
Lord Nelson, single work biography
Biographical anecdotes of Lord Nelson's tender-heartedness to his sailors. (Dramatised.) (PB)
(p. 289)
Foiled, Robert Criteur , single work short story
Set on the Inglewood diggings in the early 1870s, a Chinese informant alerts the police to the likely theft of copper plates from one of the large mining companies. He expects a reward as promised but the police end up tussling with each other in the darkness - so both parties end up with nothing and the Chinese thieves secure their plates. Solid. Makes reference to the debate over Chinese labour, mining, etc. (PB)
(p. 290-292)
The Doctor's Prescription, I. R. , single work short story romance
Laura Lamont resolves never to marry a widower or a doctor after Dr Thorne advises her to more active. As she becomes more involved in helping her overworked neighbour with her children they meet more often and romance follows. Pleasantly predictable. (PB)
(p. 293-294)
An Awkward Predicament, single work short story
An American on his way from London to the country village where he is to marry his English sweetheart is accosted in the train by one he thinks is a robber. Instead he finds himself accused of theft and is saved from incarceration only when his accusor is revealed to be insane. Brief. (PB)
(p. 294-295)
My Musical Experience, single work prose
A young man's frustrating attempts to learn the cornet to please his adored one - and the embarrassment he suffers at his first public recital. (PB)
(p. 295)
Justified in Doubting, M. M. B. , single work short story
Lillian Butterfield's faith in her fiancee refuses to be shaken by the gossip of a ladies' sewing circle, but when his horse stops there on a drive past her fears are aroused. All is explained happily. Pleasant. (PB)
(p. 296-298)
Broken Faith : An Incident of the Early Days, W. W. , single work short story
A motherless girl finds the dying bushranger Thunderbolt in a cave on his father's station and promises to help shelter him from the police. She asks her father's help but he betrays her trust as he had her mother's - and she is shot by accident. (PB)
(p. 299-302)
The Fox and the Fowls : A Fable, single work short story
A fox attempts to persuade some fowls that a peace treaty had been concluded among the animals - they should come down from their roost. A wily rooster reveals his duplicity. (PB)
(p. 302)
Annie's Lover, Charlotte M. Stanley , single work short story
A mother's scheming nearly ruins two romances through an intercepted letter and subtle falsehoods. But true hearts finally win out over covetousness. (PB)
(p. 302-305)
Fellow Passengers, Grace Le Breton , single work prose
On male characters encountered on railway journeys. (PB)
(p. 305)
Familiar Phrases, single work prose
On the origin of various phrases in the English language ... English not Australian. (PB)
(p. 311-312)
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