At the Altar : An Old Shipmaster's Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1876... 1876 At the Altar : An Old Shipmaster's Story
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Childhood sweethearts marry and are happy sailing together. He has to leave her in England when she has a child and he is lost on an island for three years. He returns after four months with a fortune from Australia's goldfields to find that poverty has driven her to the altar with another ... (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 12 no. 138 November 1876 Z1056547 1876 periodical issue 1876 pg. 124-126
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