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Issue Details: First known date: 1895... vol. 30 no. 357 February 1895 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1895 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Her First Valentine, single work short story romance
The eldest sister of a family of unruly boys, left to manage them by her easy-going mother, is sent a Valentine. She entrusts it to the rector to answer, he discovers her younger brothers sent it as a prank - but pretends it is from him and proposes. (PB)
 (p. 317-318)
Mr. Jones Has a Spell, single work prose
Mistake in spelling 'Kalamity' incenses Mr Jones against the dictionary - full of mistakes. (PB)
 (p. 318)
The J. P.'s Valentine, single work short story
An English country JP and magistrate is threatened with ruin by a usurer demanding repayment of a loan. He saves a thief from being remanded for trial without sufficient evidence - against the opinion of a fellow rival magistrate - and is rewarded by having his promissary note stolen from the moneylender's safe and destroyed by the thief. Includes revelation that his opponent is the principal behind the money-lender's business. (PB)
 (p. 319-320)
The Stolen Diamonds : Or, Strong in the Right, I. S. C. , single work short story
A South African diamond miner dies in an English hospital, entrusting a friend with a fortune in diamonds to be given to his daughter who he has not been allowed to see since leaving her in childhood. The friend urged on by his wife retains the diamonds for himself - but the girl comes to work as nursery governess for his family and through a letter found and innocently posted to her uncle, the theft is discovered and her fortune restored. (PB)
 (p. 321-326)
He Took a Dress Suit, single work prose
A Chicago millionaire is taken advantage of in his generosity to a clerk who orders an expensive dress suit rather than a business suit at his expense. The businessman's kindly remonstrance teaches the clerk his error ... (PB)
 (p. 326)
Played Out ; Or, A Lover In Thrall, Robin , single work short story
Romantic tragedy. Honest Katie Norman falls in love with the scholarly gentlemanly local curate, Andrew Wood, but he falls for the beautiful visiting society lady Olive Ainslie. Olive is tempted by love for him but returns to her society fiancee and the living death of a 'perfect match' while the curate dies of a broken heart. Katie marries a worthy farmer, their love deepened by her grief. Olive mourns for Wood after his death. (PB)
 (p. 326-332)
A Near Thing, Robert P. Whitworth , single work short story adventure
A notoriously idle Sydney mounted trooper narrates an incident from his early career pursuing escaped convicts turned bushrangers on the Huon plain and nearby ranges in Tasmania. His horse killed, he is captured and nearly burnt alive by a drunken member of the gang - but released by him to assist the convict when he is bitten by a death-adder. The man dies and the trooper wanders into the bush in a fever, and is rescued. Includes humour - the one time the trooper got off his back very quickly. The convicts had escaped from Port Arthur. (PB)
 (p. 332-334)
The Anchor Hotel, W. W. , single work short story
A Victorian pub is the scene of an argument between the widow of the proprietor and her son - both of whom intend to marry. The tale involves a tangled web of murder, adoption, secret wills and broken engagements.
 (p. 335-340)
Lost at Lord's, single work short story

Tale of an Oxford undergraduate and all-round cricketing hero who becomes entangled with a Jewish money lender. He contrives to resist illegal claims for payment and the money-lender decides to take him before the court on the day Oxford is to play Cambridge at Lord's. As well as punishing the student by damaging his reputation he hopes to prevent Oxford winning the match and earn money from taking bets at good odds ... His schemes fail due to the Old Boy network on the local magistrate bench, and the schemes of a rival moneylender. He is barred from Oxford. Reference to changes in law, re: lending to minors. (PB)

 (p. 341-342)
Tragedy of Two Lives, single work prose
Domestic. A wife thanks her husband on her deathbed for the kindness he showed in eating the bread crusts for her all her life - but she liked them. (PB)
 (p. 342)
The Lawyer and the Thief, single work prose
A lawyer successfully defends a man from a charge of theft - and is paid from the proceeds of the robbery ... irony. (PB)
 (p. 343)
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Notes:
Includes fifth instalment of 'A Daring Game', p. 305-316.
Notes:
Includes the sixth instalment of Naomi's serial fiction 'The Glenormond Mystery', pp. 291-298.
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