ghost in Joe Wilson and His Mates
- pat " after me all the time. I hadn't time to look round. Over the spur and down the siding and across the flat to the road I went as fast as I could split my legs apart. I had a scared idea that I was getting a touch of the "jim-jams," and that frightened me more than any outside ghost could hav…
- Record ID
- 2,140
- Year
- 1,901
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2140
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Joe Wilson and His Mates; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1901
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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- pat " after me all the time. I hadn't time to look round. Over the spur and down the siding and across the flat to the road I went as fast as I could split my legs apart. I had a scared idea that I was getting a touch of the "jim-jams," and that frightened me more than any outside ghost could have done. I stumbled a few times, and saved myself, but, just THE chinaman's GHOST. l8l before I reached the road, I fell slithering on to my hands on the grass and gravel. I thought I'd broken both my wrists. I stayed for a moment on my hands and knees, quaking and listening, squint- ing round like a great gohana ; I couldn't hear nor see.
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