A Rogue's Luck
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| Author | Arthur Wright |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | J. Muir Auld |
| Language | English |
| Series | Bookstall series |
| Genre | sporting |
| Publisher | NSW Bookstall Company |
Publication date | 1909 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 229 |
A Rogue's Luck is a 1909 novel by Australian author Arthur Wright. It originated as a 1907 short story.[1]
Sydney clerk Kendall Curtis disappears on the day of his marriage to Vera with a sum of money belonging to his employer, the firm of Hardgoods, Hopkins and Co. His general manager, Horace Wakefield, persuades Vera to marry him instead.
It turns out that Wakefield is leading a double life as a bookie, Doods Dodson. And that Wakefield had arranged for Curtis to be robbed on the way to the ceremony, drugged with chloroform, and dumped on a boat to Melbourne.
Wakefield/Doods then kills Vera's father. Vera and Curtis are reunited in Melbourne where Wakefield then kills a detective.[2][3]