Beside the Billy [No. II.] single work   short story  
Is part of Beside the Billy Susan Nugent Wood , 1870 series - author short story
Issue Details: First known date: 1870... 1870 Beside the Billy [No. II.]
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The Gold Commissioner's tale narrated while snowed in. A murder in March 1863 in Miller's Flat, N.Z., is mistakenly attributed to Job Johnson who is reprieved by his signature on a jury list. Also tales of the two other buried outside the hut who perished while seeking gold. (PB)

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