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The Sympathiser 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: 1882... 1882 The Sympathiser
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A trooper's quarrel and a hunt for bushrangers leaves Harry Waldock to the tender mercies of a bushrangers' "sympathiser". Mark Sinclair, who had punched him, and another trooper follow him to the cave where he is recovering with the help of th emasked sympathiser. The return of the bushranger Bolt results in the sympathiser's death and unmasking - revealing 'her' to be Harry's sister and Bolt's wife ... Unusual narrative style for W. W. - interweaves two different narrative points of view. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 17 no. 200 January 1882 Z1042253 1882 periodical issue 1882 pg. 255-260
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