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Issue Details: First known date: 1886... vol. 21 no. 250 March 1886 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Quite an Adventure, single work short story adventure
A train journey from York to Newcastle is snowbound and introduces young Bob Lawson to a veiled young lady and her elderly mother. The appearance of a detective elicits a plea for help which Lawson gives - subsequently discovering the young lady to be a youth wanted for bank embezzlement. Persuaded that the youth was hard pressed he assists in finding him a job on a departing yacht and further fools the persistent detective. Pleasant tale, lightly written. (PB)
(p. 358-360)
Mr Samplan's Caller, single work prose
Complaints about the incivility of a thief who holds Mr. S and his wife at gunpoint in their own home. (PB)
(p. 361)
Three Evenings in My Life, single work short story romance
A neglected step-daughter's first ball and her meeting with the lame but stimulating Lord Mandevilel; a walk in the woods of her new employer's house and her self-sacrifice to save Lord M. from a jealous rival's bullet; the same woods months later and a marriage proposal. Light. (PB)
(p. 362-364)
McLeod O' the Mains, W. W. , single work short story
When station owner Neil McLeod decides to marry again, to Jane Edom whom he has long courted, Sandy McIntyre and his brother Angus strongly oppose it. McLeod's brothers-in-law, they hold a secret over his head; and he himself is haunted by ghosts and alcohol. Edom is marrying him for his moeny but meets a dreadful fate on the wedding night, and Angus is revealed a woman ... (PB)
(p. 365-372)
That Bore, single work short story romance
Humorous English romance. A young city gentleman tries to avoid an otherwise pleasant elderly gentleman when his obsession with Roman England becomes tedious. When the young man meets the woman of his dreams on holiday at Boulougne the 'bore's' knowledge helps him win her hand - and the bore is her father ... Crustily engaging. (PB)
(p. 373-374)
On a Mountain in Virginia, M. T. Hunter , single work short story
Helpless wayfarer/murderous host tale. A traveller in the Virginia mountains is driven to seek shelter by a terrible storm. He is reluctantly offered shelter in a rough house where the master seeks to murder him for his money but he is saved by a woman's warmings and a madman's thirst. Usual tale competently written. (PB)
(p. 375-376)
The Harlem Tramp, single work prose
A tramp regales a barkeeper with his homespun sayings, and asks his reward in refreshment. (PB)
(p. 376)
Mary and John, single work prose
A quarrel between a married couple in the Tennessee mountains becomes tragedy when a terrible storm descends and husband searches for wife. Narrated by a traveller. (PB)
(p. 384)
The Story of a Summer, A. C. , single work short story romance
Jealousy and a beautiful woman's plots separate humble Maggie Adair and her handsome fiancee, Hugh Seymour. The beauty's deathbed confession and a sickbed reunion during the war with France restore understanding. Pleasant style. (PB)
(p. 385-388)
Going to the Dentist, single work prose humour
A sympathetic friend describes the horrors of having a tooth removed to a man about to ascend the dentist's stairs. (PB)
(p. 388)
The Chains of Medusa, Henry F. Keenan , single work short story historical fiction
Tale of New York in the 1770s and 1780s, when the Dutch were still in ascendency, before the Irish invasion and including the American Revolution. A Jewish antique dealer and his niece arrive in NY and he sets up business dealing with both sides in the revolution. He is fascinated by clocks, eventually being strangled by one - and his landlady's son is accused of the murder. Odd tale; competent. (PB)
(p. 389-392)
Ned Alvord's Trials : A Story for Boys, single work short story
US tale of honesty and perseverance overcoming bad family ties. A boy proves himself honest to his employer, even when his own drunken brother returns and attempts robbery. Plain tale of character rewarded. American values. (PB)
(p. 393-394)
Mother Cuts His Hair, single work short story
The horrors suffered by a boy as his mother cuts his hair. Rough humour. (PB)
(p. 395)
A Letter from Home, Emma Garrison Jones , single work short story romance
A governess recovers from a serious illness when she receives a letter from home and discovers her father is not drowned as believed. With his return she recovers and leaves her job but has won the heart of her employers son Slight. (PB)
(p. 396-397)
A Decided Bargain, single work prose humour
Anecdote of the quick answer of an ice cream parlour proprietor to a complaint. (PB)
(p. 398)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes the first instalment of Mrs Harriet Lewis' serial fiction, 'The Buried Legacy', pp. 349-357.
Notes:
Includes second instalment of Sylvanus Cobb Jr's serial fiction, 'The Mornington Mystery', pp. 377-384.
Notes:
Includes the final instalment of Sarah Parr's 'A Terrible Resolve; Or, Lady Elgar's Child', pp. 394-395.
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