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The Curse of Gold
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Reminiscence of the diggings. A new digger and his niece camp near an established camp of four diggers. Their new neighbour informs the four honest digging mates that his niece poisoned her father and is now attempting to poison him in revenge for preventing her marriage with a dishonest chemist who procured her drugs. The chemist in the guise of an old swagman is injured and arrested but poisons himself; and the girl is committed to an asylum. (PB)
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