apparition in Below And On Top and Other Stories
all the time, and Kit felt himself going down too, powerless to resist the weight that drew him, but ready to die rather than release his hold. There came a flash of light, and Harvey's candle showed him the drawn face of the whim boy, chalk white against the blackness of the drive, with wide, glea…
- Record ID
- 2,322
- Year
- 1,898
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2322
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Below And On Top and Other Stories; Edward Dyson
- Published
- 1898
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- apparition
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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all the time, and Kit felt himself going down too, powerless to resist the weight that drew him, but ready to die rather than release his hold. There came a flash of light, and Harvey's candle showed him the drawn face of the whim boy, chalk white against the blackness of the drive, with wide, gleaming eyes and tightly-set teeth. Kit knew nothing after the apparition of the face-man until he recovered consciousness in his aunt's hut at midday. His limbs were aching, and there was a strange bewilderment in his brain, but as that passed away he recalled the incidents of the adventure in the shaft, and wondered how Coleman had fared..
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