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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
5
A brief note highlights the author of My Friend Jim and The Cancer in Yellow, listing Misad venture and related titles. The reference emphasizes the writer behind several noted works and signals a discussion of bibliography and reputation.
A narrator recalls a November evening after theatre with Barbara Lennard who plans to end their relationship. Barbara delays commitment, hints at a rival, and invites another man to dine and attend theatre, provoking a quarrel over a would be engagement. The speaker asserts his correctness despite Barbara’s actions.
The narrator recounts a strained Christmas Eve in Kent with Barbara, Mrs. Dorman, and guests. He recalls their prior engagement, Barbara's cool composure at dinner, mutual reminiscences, and the awkward charisma of Captain Shuttleworth while navigating party games and festive duties.
A lengthy narrative fragment follows Barbara and another woman in a drawn out scene of pursuit and whispered confession. The speaker discusses appearances and jealousy, noting respectful restraint and a wish for mutual happiness between two lovers amid social expectations and concealed feelings.
A fragmented verse piece by Mary Eyaswell Whi du vee guidin reflects on dying and renewal. It hints at lessons of kindness, faith, and moving from old regrets toward hopeful futures, with scattered lines about time, seasons, and remembered names.
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