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Misplaced Enthusiasm single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Misplaced Enthusiasm
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A reporter misses an opportunity to cover a jewel theft at a town hall function. He is given the task of covering a seamen's strike meeting and decides to hide in a tunnel behind a trapdoor. He mistakes two electricity workers for the jewel thieves and attacks them.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 10 September 1936 Z1692454 1936 newspaper issue 1936 pg. 8
    Note: Appears in 'Complete Short Story'.
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