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1 One Glass More M. K. D. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 14 no. 167 1879; (p. 399) A begging drunkard tells a kindly man the story of his life as a doctor and digger on the Australian goldfields, and the extra glass that led to the murder of his wife and the theft of the gold they had been saving to return to England. (PB)
1 Mrs. Gooch's Tongue M. K. D. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 15 no. 174 1879; (p. 130-131) A businessman cures his wife's gossiping by telling her he has murdered a grocer he quarrelled with - and she obligingly spreads the tale, causing his arrest. Worn humour. (PB)
1 Eve's Mistake M. K. D. , 1877 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 13 no. 150 1877; (p. 131-132) A happy wife mending her husband's coat discovers a package of letters which she reads. Believing him to be having an affair she procures what she believes to be rat poison and takes it. (PB).
1 Yes or No M. K. D. , 1877 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 13 no. 150 1877; (p. 120) A good deed reveals the true character of young Kitty Parker's suitor - and she refuses his proposal. Light tale with moral undertone (PB).
1 Jones's Baby M. K. D. , 1877 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 13 no. 149 1877; (p. 83-85) Humorous sketch relating how deaf Aunt Jobson accidentally abducted her infant grand-nephew in her clothes' hamper ... Thin. (PB).
1 Flint's Mistake M. K. D. , 1877 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 13 no. 149 1877; (p. 77-78) A plain-speaking man refuses by letter to allow one neighbour to borrow a horse and consents to another marrying his niece - but mixes up the letters ... Home-spun humour. (PB).
1 Brother Basil's Story : Or, the End of Somebody's Finger M. K. D. , 1876 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 11 no. 135 1876; (p. 644-645) A Spanish story of a nobleman's marriage to a washerwoman and the murder that persuades him to enter the monastery. (PB)
1 Mr Crucible's Sermons M. K. D. , 1876 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 12 no. 138 1876; (p. 139-140) A clergyman's sermons against the devil repeatedly and mysteriously disappear. With the help of two deacons it is proved not to be the devil's own work but a somnambulistic feat ... Light. (PB)
1 Lottie Gray M. K. D. , 1876 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 12 no. 137 1876; (p. 64-65) Little tale with many changes of direction - on the fates of Lottie and the brothers Handel, both of whom love her and only one of whom she can marry. Australian setting, domestic life, drunkenness and fidelity. (PB)
1 For His Sake M. K. D. , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 9 no. 110 1874; (p. 631-632) An army officer returns to London from India to claim his child from the nurse who had cared for him since his wife died in childbirth. He discovers a dirty street urchin ... (PB)
1 A Father's Fatal Mistake M. K. D. , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 9 no. 108 1874; (p. 499-500) A minister's conviction that his son stole a pound note is proved wrong, but not before the punishment he administers turns the boy into an imbecile. (PB)
1 The Forger's Return M. K. D. , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 9 no. 108 1874; (p. 515-516) A forger asks and is refused her brother's help after his release. He joins a gang of burglar's when he finds their target is the home of his sister, and that his former beloved is visiting her ... (PB)
1 False Pride M. K. D. , 1874 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 9 no. 107 1874; (p. 472) On the pride which makes people ashamed to be seen to live within their means. (PB)
1 Married for Spite M. K. D. , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 9 no. 106 1874; (p. 402-403) Two jilted lovers marry each other and are unhappy until an illness brings them together. (PB)
1 The Fisherman's Wife M. K. D. , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 9 no. 104 1874; (p. 286-287) First person narrative of the ship's captain who turned out to be married, and crooked Jem who was true and became her husband. Simple plain tale; not outstanding but with quiet appeal though predictable. Probably English, coastal village. (PB)
1 The Man at the Light-House M. K. D. , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 8 no. 98 1873; (p. 622-623) A sailor down on his luck is hired by a light-house keeper as his assistant. A ghost is at the bottom of the keeper's secrecy and fears - a murdered wife ... (PB)
1 Love's Young Dream M. K. D. , 1873 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 8 no. 98 1873; (p. 621) The raptures of first love and their collapse. (PB)
1 An Old Bachelor's Story M. K. D. , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 8 no. 98 1873; (p. 609) A bachelor tells of his love for Grace Hunter forty years before, and how his flirtation caused a quarrel that separated them - permanently. She never arrived home. (PB)
1 Many a Slip - 'tween Cup and Lip M. K. D. , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 8 no. 95 1873; (p. 460) Sarah Ann Foxwood, in her 30s, at last snares a rich 70 year-old fiancee but loses him through a blotted letter in her desk. (PB)
1 Tom's Story M. K. D. , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 8 no. 93 1873; (p. 303) Romance set in a Damascus bazaar between a young Englishman and a veiled beauty - a Caliph's wife. A tragic ending resolves itself into a dream ... (PB)
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