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Issue Details: First known date: 1931... 18 June 1931 of The Queenslander est. 1866 The Queenslander
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The Pearl of Deadman's Bluff, Patrick Vaux , single work short story adventure
An English captain whose wife and child have disappeared tracks down the suspected villain in pursuit of a fabulous 'conch pearl.' At the end of a lethal brawl a girl he takes for the villain's daughter saves him by stunning one atrtacker with a lump of coral. Rescued and taken back aboard by his first mate, he finds the girl and the pearl are one and the same and also his own daughter.
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