A Night of Peril single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 A Night of Peril
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Tale of frontier days in the US Black Hills and a lone woman's plucky response to save herself and her child from a band of brigands who invade her house. Wine laced with laudanum, a prairie fire, and the arrival of her husband with a band of friendly Indians assist her escape ... Lengthy description of the fire. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 24 no. 281 October 1888 Z1082120 1888 periodical issue 1888 pg. 76-77
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