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.
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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DEDICATION.
To all who are able to read between the lines, and understand the real purpose and meaning of this book, it is dedicated with the sincere friendship of the authors.
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