Title: Nickel wife
Description: "Wanted", the 'Australian Miner' had advertised, "a female who can take it."  After adding that what would have to be taken was roughness, toughness, remote locality, no entertainment, it had given a number to ring.

Alexandra got the job, and she was sure she could handle it - and Stone (because he's hard) Wetherill into the bargain!
Time periods: Romance