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ghost in Steve Brown's Bunyip

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1924
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ghost in Steve Brown's Bunyip

stood stock still, fascinated by the spectacle. The female ones shrieked, and a couple fainted. But louder and higher than any of them shrieked the widow, who had got both arms around the skipper’s neck, to which she hung, half choking him, whilst her feet rattled frantically on the deck. ‘Let go,…

Record ID
2,390
Year
1,924
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2390
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Steve Brown's Bunyip, and Other Stories; L. C. Barry
Published
1924
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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stood stock still, fascinated by the spectacle. The female ones shrieked, and a couple fainted. But louder and higher than any of them shrieked the widow, who had got both arms around the skipper’s neck, to which she hung, half choking him, whilst her feet rattled frantically on the deck. ‘Let go, ma’am!’ he gurgled. ‘Damn it, let go, can’t you?’ ‘It’s his ghost!’ she screamed, taking another horrified glance at the bobbing, grimacing thing as it travelled slowly across the broad wake. ‘What have I done, James, that you should appear like this?’ she moaned. ‘I’m sure I thought you’d be comfortable down there!’ And here she began.

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