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A series of inter-related short stories: 'Each episode is complete in itself yet forms a link in a story of seven parts.'
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1Three Taken and One Left 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 17 October no. 616 1897; (p. 9)The conflicted marriage of a long-estranged couple is teased out over the graves of their children.
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2Gold : The Buyer 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 24 October no. 617 1897; (p. 9)A young woman chooses between an older suitor enrichened by a successful gold claim and a younger suitor still making his way in the world.
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3A Futile Crime 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 31 October no. 618 1897; (p. 9)A wealthy gold-mining magnate takes extreme measures to rid himself of the man he believes is his rival for his wife's affections.
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4Found–in the Bush 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 7 November no. 619 1897; (p. 9)A bush woman finds a terribly injured man near a mine shaft, and is terrified that he is a victim of her castle-rustling father and brother, who use the mine to hide evidence of their crimes.
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5A Husband's Skeleton Cupboard 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 14 November no. 620 1897; (p. 13)A woman believes that she has uncovered a dark secret held by her husband, but the secret is not what she fears.
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6Thy Sin Shall Find Thee Out 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 21 November no. 621 1897; (p. 9)The appearance of a sin from the past, long thought buried, drives a man to a state of utter collapse.
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7The Power That Sympathy Gave 1897 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Sydney] , 28 November no. 621 1897; (p. 9)A man returns to the bush and to the woman to whom he made a promise.
