Dallas Cairns

Papists hire a Dutchman to blow up Parliament in revenge for an anti-Catholic decree.

A princess avoids a forced marriage by changing places with her double.

Romantic and slapstick mishaps on a golf course.

King Charles flees and hides in a huge oak tree when the troops loyal to Oliver Cromwell close in. The royal entourage is disguised, and the king's sweetheart masquerades as Charles. Only when she is brought before Cromwell is it discovered the switch has been made.

To claim his inheritance, John Strong travels to Thursday Island with an ultimatum to locate a valuable pearl within two years. If he fails, his late uncle's pearling station will be forfeited to a rival pearler, "Black" Darley.

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.