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The Last Sleep 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: 1888... 1888 The Last Sleep
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A tramp in a bush township discovers an old criminal acquaintance and agrees to help him rob a neighbour he is buying land from. The robbery becomes murder and when the murderer tries to blame him the tramp confesses all and helps him find the body. Includes the stricken widow's curse on her husband's murderer - and his solitary death ... (PB)

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