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ghost in The Moving Finger

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1895
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SOURCE
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ghost in The Moving Finger

she was gone on another man. A woman's only gone like that once in a way, ye see, an' then, Lord! she is a fool--same as Nellie Durham, an' she was a mighty fool all through, for Fisher was a decent sort of a chap--while the other fellow was an' out-an'-out blaggard. But ye see, if there's a ghost…

Record ID
2,286
Year
1,895
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
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Record ID
2286
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
The Moving Finger; Mary Gaunt
Published
1895
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
Source voice
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Public Domain Public Web

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she was gone on another man. A woman's only gone like that once in a way, ye see, an' then, Lord! she is a fool--same as Nellie Durham, an' she was a mighty fool all through, for Fisher was a decent sort of a chap--while the other fellow was an' out-an'-out blaggard. But ye see, if there's a ghost at all, it 's the gal that walks, though they call the place Trotting Cob, and Trotting Cob it'll be till the end of the chapter." CHRISTMAS EVE AT WARWINGIE It was a comfortable place, the wide verandah at Warwingie, a place much used by the Warners on all occasions, save during the heat of the day--but the long hot day was drawing to a.

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