PREFACE
A BOOK OF GHOSTS
JEAN BOUCHON
POMPS AND VANITIES
THEN THE BRIDE PUT BACK HER VEIL, AND BETTY, STUDYING THE WHITE FACE, SAW THAT THIS ACTUALLY WAS NOT HERSELF; IT WAS HER DEAD SISTER LETICE.
McALISTER
THE LEADEN RING
HER HAT WAS BLOWN OFF, AND NEXT INSTANT A DETONATION RANG THROUGH HER HEAD AS THOUGH A GUN HAD BEEN FIRED INTO HER EAR.
THE MOTHER OF PANSIES
THE RED-HAIRED GIRL
A WIFE'S STORY
A PROFESSIONAL SECRET
IF HE WENT OUT FOR A WALK THEY TROTTED FORTH WITH HIM, SOME BEFORE, SOME FOLLOWING.
H. P.
GLÁMR
COLONEL HALIFAX'S GHOST STORY
THE MEREWIGS
THE "BOLD VENTURE"
MUSTAPHA
I
II
III
IV
"YOU LET THAT MUSTAPHA COME IN, AND TRY AND STICK HIS KNIFE INTO ME."
LITTLE JOE GANDER
"MAMMY," SAID HE, "MAMMY, MY VIOLIN COST THREE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, AND I CAN'T MAKE IT PLAY NOWAYS."
A DEAD FINGER
BLACK RAM
A HAPPY RELEASE
"I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TALKING GOODY-GOODY."
THE 9.30 UP-TRAIN
ON THE LEADS
AUNT JOANNA
SHE THRUST HER HAND INTO THE TEAPOT AND DREW FORTH THE COINS, ONE BY ONE, AND ROLLED THEM ALONG THE TABLE.
THE WHITE FLAG
