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1885
Poor Gold
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Tale of the goldfields and of three mates, 'Gold', 'Silver' and 'Bronze'. Gold, the oldest, is robbed of the savings he had been making to send to his mother, and he suspected a neighbouring miner, 'Happy Jack'. Happy Jack had been flirting with the respectable barmaid Lucy Leonard who Gold loved, but she helped the three mates discover Happy Jack's plans to dig into their mine wall - which finally collapses, killing Gold. Tale of male camaraderie and love. (PB)
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