ghost in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia
not care to do, and I quietly walked through the river up to my neck, just opposite my own door, and slipped into the house unperceived to get a towel to dry myself. In the mean- time the servants were on the look out to hear the footsteps of the horse, and when they heard me call out from the hous…
- Record ID
- 1,664
- Year
- 1,884
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1664
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia; George Fletcher Moore
- Published
- 1884
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Western Australia (WA): B
- State or territory
- WA
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- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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not care to do, and I quietly walked through the river up to my neck, just opposite my own door, and slipped into the house unperceived to get a towel to dry myself. In the mean- time the servants were on the look out to hear the footsteps of the horse, and when they heard me call out from the house without hearing the horse I believe they thought it was my ghost. As I came to the bank of the river I had some qualms about going in, thinking it would be cruelly cold, but I was very agreeably surprised to find it rather pleasant than other- wise. Now this is the middle of our winter. I had a dis- cussion to-night about the propriety.
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