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Madge and Ella are two young ladies who have taken up residence at Clover Cottage, the former home of Tom Ossington, a house that has long stood empty with a bad reputation for being haunted. Not believing in such things, Madge and Ella rented it and lived there for about six weeks, when a strange woman showed up claiming that the house belongs to her, and that her husband, the landlord, is a ghost.

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"'Listen! Can't you hear him cryingnow? Can't you see the ghost?'"CONTENTSCHAP. I. A NEW PUPIL.II. THERE'S A CONSCIENCE.III. TWO LONE, LORN YOUNG WOMEN.IV. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.V. A REPRESENTATIVE OF LAW AND ORDER.VI. THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE.VII. BRUCE GRAHAM'S FIRST CLIENT.VIII. MADGE ... AND THE PANEL.IX. THE THING WHICH WAS HIDDEN.X. MADGE FINDS HERSELF IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION.XI. UNDER THE SPELL.XII. TOM OSSINGTON's LAWYER.XIII. AN INTERRUPTED TREASURE HUNT.XIV. THE CAUSE OF THE INTERRUPTION.XV. THE COMPANION OF HIS SOLITUDE.XVI. TWO VISITORS.XVII. THE KEY TO THE PUZZLE.XVIII. MADGE APPLIES MORE STRENGTH.XIX. THE WOMAN AND THE MAN.XX. THE FORTUNE.CHAPTER IA NEW PUPILThe first of the series of curious happenings, which led to such a surprising and, indeed, extraordinary denouement, occurred on the twelfth of October. It was a Monday; about four-thirty in the afternoon. Madge Brodie was alone in the house. The weather was dull, a suspicion of mist was in the air, already the day was drawing in.Madge was writing away with might and main, hard at work on one of those MSS. with which she took such peculiar pains; and with which the editors for whom they were destined took so little. If they would only take a little more--enough to read them through, say--Madge felt sure they would not be so continually returned. Her pen went tearing away at a gallop--it had reached the last few lines--they were finished. She turned to glance at the clock which was on the mantelshelf behind her."Gracious!--I had no idea it was so late. Ella will be home in an hour, and there is nothing in the place for her to eat!"She caught up the sheets of paper, fastened them together at the corner, crammed them into an envelope, scribbled a note, crammed it in after them, addressed the envelope, closed it, jumped up to get her hat, just as there came a rat-tat-tat at the hall-door knocker."Now, who's that? I wonder if it is that Miss Brice come for her lesson after all--three hours late. It will be like her if it is--but she sha'n't have it now. We'll see if she shall."She caught up her hat from the couch, perched it on her head, pushed a pin through the crown."If she sees that I am just going out, I should think that even she will hardly venture to ask me to give her a lesson three hours after the time which she herself appointed."As she spoke she was crossing the little passage towards the front door.

Tom Ossington’s Ghost by Richard Marsh, author of ”The Beetle: a Mystery”; “The Duke and the Damsel”; ”The Crime and the Criminal,” etc., etc.With Illustrations by Harold PiffardCopyright 1898 CONTENTSChapter 1. A New PupilChapter 2. There’s a Conscience!Chapter 3. Two Lone, Lorn Young WomenChapter 4. In the Dead of NightChapter 5. A Representative of Law and OrderChapter 6. The Long Arm of CoincidenceChapter 7. Bruce Graham’s First ClientChapter 8. Madge . . . and the PanelChapter 9. The Thing Which Was HiddenChapter 10. Madge Finds Herself in an Awkward SituationChapter 11. Under the SpellChapter 12. Tom Ossington’s LawyerChapter 13. An Interrupted Treasure HuntChapter 14. The Cause of the InterruptionChapter 15. The Companion of His SolitudeChapter 16. Two VisitorsChapter 17. The Key to the PuzzleChapter 18. Madge Applies More StrengthChapter 19. The Woman and the ManChapter 20. The Fortune

Excerpt from Tom Ossington's GhostShe caught up the sheets of paper, fastened them together at the corner, crammed them into an envelope, scribbled a note, crammed it in after them, addressed the envelope, closed it, jumped up to get her hat, just as there came a rat-tat-tat at the hall-door knocker.Now, who's that? I wonder if it is that Miss Brice come for her lesson after all - three hours late. It will be like her if it is - but she sha'n't have it now. We'll see if she shall.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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