AustLit

Set in a bush township. Hotel-keeper Mag Carey, ugly of face and temper, is married to handsome Dan Blake and they are unhappy. He married her for her money from a sweep win and has an innocent second wife and son - the wife believing she is the only one. He fears discovery and revenge by Mag and arranged with the help of a friend to move away with his wife and son, stealing some of his wife's money to do it. But Mag is murdered the night he was to leave and he is arrested and tried for her murder - until a witness proves it was Mag's own brother ... The 'innocent' wife is remarried and starts a new life in California. (PB)