The Intoxicated Ghost, and other stories

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Bates Arlo. The Intoxicated Ghost, and other stories

THE INTOXICATED GHOST

A PROBLEM IN PORTRAITURE

THE KNITTERS IN THE SUN

A COMEDY IN CRAPE

A MEETING OF THE PSYCHICAL CLUB

TIM CALLIGAN’S GRAVE-MONEY

MISS GAYLORD AND JENNY

DR. POLNITZSKI

IN THE VIRGINIA ROOM

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“It does not look like him,” Celia Sathman said, moving aside a little that the afternoon light might fall more fully upon a portrait standing unfinished upon the easel; “and yet it is unquestionably the best picture you ever painted. It interests me, it fascinates me; and I never had at all that feeling about Ralph himself. And yet,” she added, smiling at her own inconsistency, “it is like him. It is n’t what I call a good likeness, and yet – ”

The artist, Tom Claymore, leaned back in his chair and smiled.

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A strange tinge of bitterness showed itself in Ralph’s voice, and puzzled Claymore. It was not like Thatcher to be introspective, or to lament lost possibilities. The artist rubbed his brush on his palette with a thoughtful air.

“Even if that were so,” he said, “I don’t see exactly why you should vent your disappointment on me. I’m hardly to blame, am I? But of course what you say is nonsense anyway.”

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