haunted in Below And On Top and Other Stories
host made the two boys kneel down in the drive, and administered the oath to them very solemnly and with great deliberation. "Now," he said, when the ceremony was ended, "d' yer know what'll happen to the boy what breaks a hoath like that?" The boys shook their heads dumbly, and Dolf, who had regai…
- Record ID
- 2,325
- Year
- 1,898
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2325
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Below And On Top and Other Stories; Edward Dyson
- Published
- 1898
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- haunted
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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host made the two boys kneel down in the drive, and administered the oath to them very solemnly and with great deliberation. "Now," he said, when the ceremony was ended, "d' yer know what'll happen to the boy what breaks a hoath like that?" The boys shook their heads dumbly, and Dolf, who had regained his feet, began to quake. "Well, I'll tell yer. He'll be haunted. Day an' night he'll be haunted. Little fiends'll stick forks in him all day, an' a big fiend'll chase him o' nights. He'll---" Dolf's shaking limbs refused to support him, and Dick had to hold him up. He uttered half-stifled cries of terror, and the ghost broke off.
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