Ruth and Retribution single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1875... 1875 Ruth and Retribution
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Tale by a Yankee farmer to diggers speculating near his house of his former days on the diggings; of a mining co-operative, a thieving mate, a romance, a murder, and a skeleton. Well-told yarn with a simple plain romance threaded through it. Set in Australia - with some interesting side comments on US vs. British diggers' justice. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 11 no. 126 November 1875 Z1073527 1875 periodical issue 1875 pg. 175-180
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