The Foundling single work   short story  
Is part of The Moonbeam Lilly Lee , 1866 series - author short story
Issue Details: First known date: 1867... 1867 The Foundling
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A widow mourns for her child who is not dead but drugged by her brother-in-law so that his child may inherit his brother's money. Stealing the child from its coffin he leaves it at the door of a poor cottage.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 2 no. 99 20 July 1867 Z1061265 1867 periodical issue 1867 pg. 748-749
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