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The Mailman single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1931... 1931 The Mailman
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A lonely bush girl isolated by an inhospitable father watches for a wave from the mailman every Thursday. When his car overturns near their gate and he is injured she rescues and then nurses him. He falls in love and proposes, but has to save her father from a fire before she accepts.

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