The Water Ghost and Others

Excerpt

“‘WELCOME TO BANGLETOP’”
A DEPARTING COOK
THE BARON’S BREAKFAST WAS NOT PAY-DAY
TERWILLIGER TO THE RESCUE
“COOK!” HE WHISPERED
THE PRESENCE HAD ASSUMED SHAPE
“‘NO TALKERS,’ RETORTED THE GHOST”
THEY SHOOK HANDS AND PARTED
THE H’EARL, OF MUGLEY
“‘TO ARIADNE, OF COURSE’”
“A DUKE IS A DUKE THE WORLD OVER”
BACK TO THE SPIRIT VALE
“MARTYRS’ NIGHT”
“DO YOU HEAR THAT BOLT SLIDE?”
THE VISITOR ARRIVES
“I LOOKED UPON MY REFLECTION IN THE GLASS”
THE RED TIE
“NOT A CARD FELL”
“‘GRAB HOLD OF ME, BOYS’”
“I MUST HAVE FAINTED”
THE MIND-READING FEATS ON THE CLUB’S BUTLER
“5010”
“PEGGING SHOES LIKE A GENTLEMAN”
5010 BECOMES EXCITED
“NO LESS A PERSON THAN HAWLEY HICKS”
“‘JUST WATCH ME’”
NOAH AND DAVY CROCKETT
SOLOMON AND DOCTOR JOHNSON
MOZART TRIES HIS HAND AT THE BANJO
WAITING FOR THE CRITICS
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
THE GIFT OF THE SPOONS
“‘LET ME SHAAK DTHOT HAND’”
“HE WAS IN AN UNUSUALLY EXUBERANT MOOD”
ON A SPIRIT SHIP
“MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE REALITY”
GIUSEPPE ZOCCO
“BUT FINALLY I OPENED THE BOX”
“GAZING INTO THE FIRE WAS TOM BRAGDON”
“‘YOU GOIN’ TO KEEP A DIARY?’”