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Charles Bradley Charles Bradley i(A24628 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon The Red Cripple : A Tale of the Midnight Express Charles Bradley , Melbourne : George Robertson H. W. Mills , 1891 Z799902 1891 single work novel crime
1 2 y separately published work icon The Belgrave Case : A Romance of Melbourne Life Charles Bradley , Melbourne : H. W. Mills , 1891 Z571793 1891 single work novel crime
1 Bootles' Baby Charles Bradley , David Cope (composer), 1888 single work drama humour

Grace Harcourt leaves her baby at the army barracks after she has been jilted by its father, and her secret husband, the despicable Captain Gilchrist. The baby, named Mignon, is raised by Captain Ferrers (familiarly known as Bootles) with the help of the motherly Mrs Simmons, who has thirteen children of her own.

In the second act, set some five years later, Ferrers falls in love with Grace, who is now the companion to Lady Deveraux. Gilchrist meanwhile has begun to court Lady Devereaux. Grace exposes her ex-husband, and shortly afterwards, in the third act (set in a room overlooking the Blanktown racecourse), Gilchrist is thrown from his horse while riding in a hurdle race. With Grace now free to marry Ferrers, the baby's identity is finally made known.
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