Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ Bones and I [Illustration: “Contemplating my companion.” Page 65.) _Bones and I._] [_Frontispiece_ ] Bones and I or The Skeleton at Home By G. J. Whyte-Melville Author of “Market Harborough,” “Katerfelto,” “Cerise,” “Satanella,” etc. Illustrated by A. Forestier London Ward, Lock & Co., Limited New York and Melbourne CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE Introduction 7 I. “On Waste” 15 II. Through the Mill 32 III. Gourds 48 IV. A Vampire 65 V. Gold for Silver 102 VI. A Day that is Dead 122 VII. The Four-leaved Shamrock 140 VIII. Rus in Urbe 162 IX. Haunted 184 X. Weight Carriers 201 XI. Shadows 220 XII. Guinevere 237 ‘BONES AND I’ _OR, THE SKELETON AT HOME_ INTRODUCTION