haunted in Below And On Top and Other Stories
the outrageousness of women in every walk of life. Of course this brought more ridicule on his devoted head, but it secured his object, and very soon after Miss Tooey's visits ceased. A short time later Barney was looking quite cheerful once more, and resting placidly under the assurance that he ha…
- Record ID
- 2,438
- Year
- 1,898
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2438
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Below And On Top and Other Stories; Edward Dyson
- Published
- 1898
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- 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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the outrageousness of women in every walk of life. Of course this brought more ridicule on his devoted head, but it secured his object, and very soon after Miss Tooey's visits ceased. A short time later Barney was looking quite cheerful once more, and resting placidly under the assurance that he had seen the last of Mary Jane, and was not likely to be again haunted by her ungainly person or troubled by obtrusive attentions, when one day, as he and his mates were sitting at dinner, a digger who had been up to Launceston bounced in with an air of great importance and a mission that would admit of no delay. "Say, Brown," gasped the.
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