RECORD ID

2178

FIGURE

Ghost

NARRATIVE

Ghost and Apparition Accounts

PRINTED LABEL

ghosts

PUBLICATION

Children of the Bush; Henry Lawson

AUTHOR

Not specified

Tell me what the trouble is. Tell us all about it. There’s a ghost, isn’t there?” “Well, I suppose so,” said Jack. “We’ve all got our ghosts for that matter. But never you mind, Harry; I’m all right. I don’t go interfering with your ghosts, and I don’t see what call you’ve got to come haunting mine. Why, it’s as bad as kicking a man’s dog.” And he gave the ghost of a grin. “Tell me, Jack,” I said, “is it a woman?” “Yes,” said Jack, “it’s a woman. Now, are you satisfied?” “Is it a girl?” I asked. “Yes,” he said. So there was no more to be said. I’d thought it might have been a lot worse than a girl. I’d thought he might have got.

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1. 01ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
2. 02ghosts in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
3. 03ghosts in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive
4. 04ghosts in Queensland, Australia1861 · Internet Archive
5. 05ghosts in Old Tales of a Young Country1871 · Project Gutenberg Australia
6. 06ghosts in For the Term of His Natural Life1874 · Project Gutenberg