Opening of the book
North porch of Trinity Church, and the first meeting of the sociable ghost and the newspaper man.
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.)
Nŧ΅ YLjǡƫ:
J. S. OƄƗƯ΄Ɨŧ PǼœƯƗǪƒƗƿƄ CLjƽǙĵƿΏ,
57 RLjǪŧ Sǵǡŧŧǵ.
TĵœƯŧ Ljż CLjƿǵŧƿǵǪ.
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ I.
THE BEGINNING OF THE ACQUAINTANCE
9
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ II.
THE REPORTER MEETS THE LEADER OF THE FOUR HUNDRED
46
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ III.
THE GAMBLER'S PENANCE
59
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ IV.
THE MENDED GHOST
78
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ V.
THE PRINCESS FROM EGYPT
91
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ VI.
THE GHOSTS TELL STORIES, AND COMPARE NOTES
141
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ VIII.
THE GRAND BALL, CONVENTION AND END OF IT ALL
203
LƗǪǵ Ljż IƯƯǼǪǵǡĵǵƗLjƿǪ.
North porch of Trinity Church, and the first meeting of the sociable ghost and the newspaper man
Frontispiece
“ Drat that toe! I'm sure I broke it off ”
33
“I flatter myself that the decorations are fine”
54
“Did you say that to me?”
62
“I won't play if such favoritism is shown”
76
The mended ghost
79
“But you must join us”
87
“Forget it, forget it!”
95
The Princess Shep
109
With a smile of ineffable sweetness she vanished
120
“Don't rouse the sleeping lion”
122
“I found her sitting at the piano”
154
They had evidently found the buffet
166
The dance and cake walk
178
N.B.—While other books have pictures “taken from life,” it should be noticed that those In this book are taken from death.
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