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A Mother's Trial single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 A Mother's Trial
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Domestic estrangement through a child's death. A husband's insistence that his wife leave their young child at home while they take a six week trip abroad causes their eventual separation when the child dies of croup during their absence. Illness, a new child and their love reunite the pair at last despite pride and a cold mother-in-law. Interesting sketch of the husband's nature by the wife. (PB)

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