The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 111: what you’re looking at

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TO4 The Baby Ghost. you for it. Your advice was good. The ghost hasn’t been in the house for two days.” | ‘“Indade, an’ O1’m delighted to hear it. But O’im sorry, too.” “Why so?” asked Mr. Otto in surprise. “Because that same ghost has come to live wid me. It doesn’t cost much for board, but Oi wouldn’t room it for a fortune, not if Oi had a palace an’ rooms to throw away. Indeed an’ Oi don’t know phat to do.” “With you, is it? Well, well. What made it go to your” “Oi can’t say, but O1'm thinking it has a likin’ for me youngest gurl, Maggie, (ah, she’s a swate crature). But Oi can’t stand it! And the thing has promised to sthay wid me all me life and go into th’ spirit world wid me.” “You won’t mind it so much, then.”’ “Thrue for you, Mr. Otto. But how’m Oi to git along in th’ meantime ?”’ “T tell you what, I will go over to your house to-night, and we will try to induce the thing to go over to England to its mother.” “Oi always sed yer honor had a clear head. Or'll be expectin’s ye.” That night, according to promise, Mr. Otto passed at the Mulligan residence, and prompt on time the spectre appeared. After a very polite salutation on the part of Mr. Mulli- ean, Mr. Otto asked the ghost if it did not think it would Eomicbook com