Sour Grapes single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Sour Grapes
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Joe's friend, Jim, is killed when he falls from his horse. Joe is very lonely and the boss tells him of an old boundary rider and his daughter who need accommodation. Joe refuses the offer but the old man and his daughter, Veva, turn up the next day. Veva is beautiful and Joe soon falls in love with her. One night when they are out riding in the moonlight he asks her to marry him only to find that she is already married.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 2 September 1937 Z1729493 1937 newspaper issue 1937 pg. 33
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