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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

I

II

III

IV

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

A Book of Ghosts

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