The Mysterious Message : A New Year's Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The Mysterious Message : A New Year's Story
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US tale of an out-of-work telegraph operator who saves a train from disaster through a message relayed from a spirit. He is rewarded by some rich passengers. Set in a small town in the midst of winter. Slight; narrated five years later when the operator has become a successful businessman. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 27 no. 320 January 1892 Z1037976 1892 periodical issue 1892 pg. 255-256
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