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1 The School for Scandal C. B. , 1884 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 19 no. 224 1884; (p. 254-255) A 45 year-old gentleman and ex-officer returns from India to England, and at country house amateur theatricals meets and falls in love with his unknown leading lady - the younger sister of the woman who had soured his heart by refusing his proposal years before when he was poor. His identity is revealed as the play unfolds. Slight. (PB)
1 A Wasted Life's Warning C. B. , 1882 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 17 no. 205 1882; (p. 538) A young man's harsh judgement of the woman he once loved is softened when he learns she broke her engagement with his dying cousin because of his alcoholic addiction, not for vanity ... Moral tale; thin. (PB)
1 The Wiser Choice C. B. , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 16 no. 193 1881; (p. 557-558) Two cousins marry: one a rich shallow-brained youth; the other a humble but manly carpenter. Ten years later their fortunes are dear. Sententious but not unpleasant. (PB)
1 Dr Grey's Word C. B. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 14 no. 167 1879; (p. 409-410) Romance between a 40ish guardian and his young ward. Love finally triumphs over their mutual self-renunciation when his illness and temporary blindness recall her from 2 years overseas travel. (PB)
1 Ethel C. B. , 1879 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 14 no. 168 1879; (p. 439-440) A romance between a poor doctor and a beautiful heiress ends happily when her brother's forgery swallows her fortune and so releases her from a long-standing engagement to a worldly man. (PB)
1 Re-United C. B. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 14 no. 166 1879; (p. 349-350) A rich Englishman's kindness in rearing the son of a childhood friend is repaid when the youth falls in love with his unknown granddaughter - child of the daughter he had disinherited for eloping years before. Slight. (PB)
1 Baffled C. B. , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 14 no. 165 1879; (p. 288-289) A rich but coarsely-grained man offers a two year loan to the adoptive parents of a foundling, secretly telling her that she must marry him or he will demand full payment when the time is up. She goes to work as a teacher to earn the money and meets her future husband. Unconvincingly sweet. (PB)
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