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Set on the way to the Otago goldfields. A shanty-keeper rapes his bar-maid who is the beloved of a gold-digger. She runs off with her employer to Otago, taking the digger's gold, but though visibly a fallen woman - she arranges for the digger to avenge her honour. Rough tale and interesting. (PB)
Two lovers in Maine are separated by a misunderstanding but eventually come together again when Will is wounded in the Civil War. Lost flower motif. (PB)
A forbidden romance is accepted when the poor lover rescues his prospective father-in-law from a murderous thief - saves his money and exposes the criminal's identity. (PB)
The tale of a Hindu monarch's death, the sacrifices of his daughter and her rescue by a courageous Prince. The cunning of a Brahmin priest and the bravery of The British Resident are portrayed also. (PB)
Tale of Trooper Martin set near Castlemaine. Martin lodges in a storm in the Black Forest with a beautiful woman and her old mad mother - who is in fact her murdering husband. A digger's body confirms the truth ... (PB)
A Sandhurst clerk of good background sacrifices the £100 pounds to convalesce in Queensland from consumption to save his Ballarat fiancee from the consequences of her brother's embezzlement. Money is not the only cost ... (PB)