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ghost in The Crime of the Under Seas

YEAR
1905
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ghost in The Crime of the Under Seas

p to match, white. Still looped over his ears was a long grey beard and moustache of false hair. Spicer dismounted and knelt beside him. After feeling his heart he plucked the beard away and almost shouted his astonishment aloud. " Good heavens ! " he cried ; " do you re cognise this man ? " I stoo…

Record ID
2,220
Year
1,905
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
2220
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Crime of the Under Seas; Guy Boothby
Published
1905
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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p to match, white. Still looped over his ears was a long grey beard and moustache of false hair. Spicer dismounted and knelt beside him. After feeling his heart he plucked the beard away and almost shouted his astonishment aloud. " Good heavens ! " he cried ; " do you re cognise this man ? " I stooped and looked. I dont know whether you will believe it, but the Phantom Stockman, the person who had performed such prodigies two nights before, was none other than our friend Chudfield, the young English owner of Yarka Station, across the river, the man who had appeared to be so frightened by the ghost, and who had made it his boast.

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