The Deed Done in the Scrub single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Deed Done in the Scrub
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Tale told by a quiet Scotch trooper unable to write but who told tales enthrallingly from photographs. Cain and Abel tale: a 40ish man brings his brother out to help on his prosperous farm but they have a falling out, the recent arrival blinding his brother with a blow. The elder refuses to prosecute but casts his brother out. The exile kills his older brother and attempts to take his place but a town ragamuffin, the victim's daughter and her fiancee with the trooper foil him ... (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 24 no. 285 February 1889 Z1080723 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 334-339
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