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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1948
Page
10
A playful mischief with a wooden pin leads to a dangerous obsession as Smiley and friends imitate drilling. Coral Stapleton disappears while chasing a flock named happy families, spurring a townwide bells-and-horsemen search guided by Sergeant Flaxman and local residents.
In a Murrumbilla rescue, Smiley guides a search party to Coral Stapleton, waking the crowd with news of her location. The tracker exposes the boy’s ruse as he led a horse along the Morven road and shadowed Coral before the village crowd. he faces questioning by Sergeant Flaxman and the master.
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