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spirits in Below And On Top and Other Stories

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1898
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spirits in Below And On Top and Other Stories

to administer paternal chastisement, but, recollecting the character and temper of his captive, delivered only a stern admonition in choice Cornish, and let him go. The marriage ceremony was finished, and the couple departed for a brief honeymoon; and Dick Haddon spent two moody days, with the poor…

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Record ID
2313
Source
Project Gutenberg Australia
Publication
Below And On Top and Other Stories; Edward Dyson
Published
1898
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
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spirits
Archive period
Federation Era
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Australia (Australia): B
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to administer paternal chastisement, but, recollecting the character and temper of his captive, delivered only a stern admonition in choice Cornish, and let him go. The marriage ceremony was finished, and the couple departed for a brief honeymoon; and Dick Haddon spent two moody days, with the poor consolation of knowing that he had done his best for Sim's ghost. Now the spirit's only chance of rescue lay in the possibility of there being somebody else in the world who cared for him. Dolf, they told him, was getting stronger, but he was not allowed to visit his mate, and there were hints of a mystery that filled him with.

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