02606cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000540011324500210016726400510018830000470023933600260028633700260031233800360033850000530037450000310042750501580045850801920061652012110080853400450201965300180206465300170208265300180209965300210211770000340213885600430217299900170221540386UtSlPG20260610133926.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCrawford, F. Marionq(Francis Marion),d1854-190910aWandering ghosts 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aPublished in England under title: Uncanny tales.  aRelease date is 2012-08-010 aThe dead smile -- The screaming skull -- Man overboard! -- For the blood is the life -- The upper berth -- By the waters of paradise -- The doll's ghost.  aProduced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)  a"Wandering Ghosts" by F. Marion Crawford is a collection of supernatural tales written in the late 19th century. The opening story, "The Dead Smile," introduces us to a sinister family secret involving Sir Hugh Ockram, his dying condition, and the unsettling relationship between his son, Gabriel Ockram, and his niece, Evelyn Warburton. The tale is set against a backdrop of dark family history and eerie occurrences, hinting at themes of betrayal and the haunting legacies of the past.  At the start of the collection, we enter the shadowy world of Ockram Hall, where Sir Hugh's cryptic remarks about the future of Gabriel and Evelyn ominously foreshadow a deeper family curse. As Sir Hugh lies on his deathbed, his ghastly smile becomes central to the narrative, seemingly embodying the weight of his unconfessed sins. The tension escalates as Gabriel and Evelyn confront disturbing secrets that suggest their future may be intertwined with a malicious past, leaving them haunted by a "secret" that could lead to their ruin. The atmosphere is thick with dread, and supernatural elements loom over the characters, shaping their fates in an unsettling manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aShort stories  aHorror tales  aGhost stories  aAmerican fiction1 aBracker, M. Leone,d1885-193740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40386  c81225d81225