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The Five Jars, by Montague Rhodes James
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Title: The Five Jars
Author: Montague Rhodes James
Release Date: December 31, 2007 [EBook #24089]
Language: English
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THE FIVE JARS
by
M. R. JAMES.
Author of "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary"
New York. Longmans, Green & Co.
London. Edward Arnold & Co.
1922
All Rights Reserved
Printed in Great Britain by
UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, LONDON AND WOKING
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. THE DISCOVERY 11
II. THE FIRST JAR 31
III. THE SECOND JAR 43
IV. THE SMALL PEOPLE 59
V. DANGER TO THE JARS 83
VI. THE CAT, WAG, SLIM AND OTHERS 109
VII. THE BAT-BALL 135
VIII. WAG AT HOME 155
I
THE DISCOVERY
My Dear Jane,
You remember that you were puzzled when I told you I had heard something from the owls--or if not puzzled (for I know you have some experience of these things), you were at any rate anxious to know exactly how it happened. Perhaps the time has now come for you to be told.
It was really