A Common Tale single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1872... 1872 A Common Tale
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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)

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