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The Masked Lady single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1872... 1872 The Masked Lady
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Jane Short, an old midwife living on the Australian coast is hired one night to assist at a mysterious birth in a secret location. The child is born and she assists the mother to give it to a servant to spirit away to save it from murder. The mother disappears while Janes sleeps and again she fears foul play. The resolution involves a plot to destroy the heirs to a noble British estate ... (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1872
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
Notes:
This story was published in two instalments in the Australian Journal: 7.83 April 1872 and 7.84 May 1872.
Last amended 17 Sep 2008 16:23:14
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