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1 Homeward-Bound; Or, His Great Object in Life A. I. W. , 1897 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 32 no. 388 1897; (p. 634-639) A doctor adopts a six-year-old daughter of a dying patient. Eleven years later he asks her to marry him and she agrees - but the youthful military son of a neighbour wins her heart. When he abandons her to drown she learns his true nature. She is rescued by fishermen but believed dead for a year until a letter from America reveals her whereabouts. The doctor persuades her to return with him but only his near death in rescuing a fellow passenger fallen overboard reveals that she still loves him. (PB)
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