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A Viking chief binds his son to the mast to protect him during a battle. The boy is struck on the head and loses consciousness. When he awakes it is to a new world.
A confirmed bachelor, on a train journey to visit his sister in Brisbane, is left holding a baby girl when the woman accompanying it disappears. He leaves the baby at a police station when he reaches Brisbane, but there is a shock in store for him.