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Strange Pages from Family Papers

Strange Pages from Family Papers

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STRANGE PAGES
FROM
FAMILY PAPERS





By T.F. THISELTON DYER


AUTHOR OF
"Great Men at Play," "Church Lore Gleanings,"
"The Ghost World," &c.







LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY
LIMITED
St. Dunstan's House,
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1895


LONDON:
PRINTED BY HORACE COX, WINDSOR HOUSE,
BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.
Fatal Curses page 1
CHAPTER II.
The Screaming Skull 29
CHAPTER III.
Eccentric Vows 46
CHAPTER IV.
Strange Banquets 69
CHAPTER V.
Mysterious Rooms 88
CHAPTER VI.
Indelible Bloodstains 114
CHAPTER VII.
Curious Secrets 135
CHAPTER VIII.
The Dead Hand 154
CHAPTER IX.
Devil Compacts 162
CHAPTER X.
Family Death Omens 180
CHAPTER XI.
Weird Possessions 198
CHAPTER XII.
Romance of Disguise 208
CHAPTER XIII.
Extraordinary Disappearances 229
CHAPTER XIV.
Honoured Hearts 253
CHAPTER XV.
Romance of Wealth 262
CHAPTER XVI.
Lucky Accidents 279
CHAPTER XVII.
Fatal Passion 289
 
Index. 309







LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


1. "For the blast of Death is on the heath, And the grave yawns wide for the child of Moy." Frontispiece.
2. She opened it in secret page 38
3. "Madam, you have attained your end. You and I shall meet no more in this world" 72
4. The figure stood motionless 150
5. Lady Sybil at the Eagle's Crag 168
6. Dorothy Vernon and the Woodman 214
7. Lady Mabel and the Palmer public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17050@[email protected]#imagep248"

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