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Mrs Spooner's Will 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: 1889... 1889 Mrs Spooner's Will
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A widow's disinheritance of her son for marrying against her will leads to her ultimate death of heart attack when he returns - drunk - to destroy it. A poor neighbour planning to rob her is reformed by the sight of her dead body. And plain Mary her daughter finds support and finally marriage from their good-hearted Irish farmahnd. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 25 no. 294 November 1889 Z1010005 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 150-158
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