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The sociable ghost : $b Being the adventures of a reporter who was invited by the sociable ghost to a grand banquet, ball, and convention under the ground of old Trinity churchyard. A true tale of the things he saw and did not see while he was not there.Harper, Olive

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The sociable ghost : $b Being the adventures of a reporter who was invited by the sociable ghost to a grand banquet, ball, and convention under the ground of old Trinity churchyard. A true tale of the things he saw and did not see while he was not there.

Name: The sociable ghost : $b Being the adventures of a reporter who was invited by the sociable ghost to a grand banquet, ball, and convention under the ground of old Trinity churchyard. A true tale of the things he saw and did not see while he was not there.
Author: Harper, Olive

Harper, Olive

American fiction -- 20th century; Ghost stories

[Illustration: North porch of Trinity Church, and the first meeting of
the sociable ghost and the newspaper man.]


                              THE SOCIABLE GHOST.

            BEING THE ADVENTURES OF A REPORTER WHO WAS INVITED
            BY THE SOCIABLE GHOST TO A GRAND BANQUET, BALL,
            AND CONVENTION UNDER THE GROUND OF OLD
            TRINITY CHURCHYARD. A TRUE TALE OF
            THE THINGS HE SAW AND DID NOT
            SEE WHILE HE WAS NOT
            THERE.

                       WRITTEN DOWN BY
                       OLIVE HARPER
                       AND ANOTHER.

                        ILLUSTRATED BY
            THOMAS MCILVAINE AND A. W. SCHWARTZ.

            “The breezy call of incense breathing morn,
            The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed:
            The cock's shrill clarion or the echoing horn
            No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.”

            (COPYRIGHT 1903, BY J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company.)

                                NEW YORK:
                    J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
                            57 ROSE STREET.


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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS.

         CHAPTER I.
         THE BEGINNING OF THE ACQUAINTANCE                           9
         CHAPTER II.
         THE REPORTER MEETS THE LEADER OF THE FOUR HUNDRED          46
         CHAPTER III.
         THE GAMBLER'S PENANCE                                      59
         CHAPTER IV.
         THE MENDED GHOST                                           78
         CHAPTER V.
         THE PRINCESS FROM EGYPT                                    91
         CHAPTER VI.
         THE GHOSTS TELL STORIES, AND COMPARE NOTES                141
         CHAPTER VIII.
         THE GRAND BALL, CONVENTION AND END OF IT ALL              203

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                        LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The sociable ghost : $b Being the adventures of a reporter who was invited by the sociable ghost to a grand banquet, ball, and convention under the ground of old Trinity churchyard. A true tale of the things he saw and did not see while he was not there.

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