Identifier: christmascarol00dick2 (find matches)
Title: A Christmas carol
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Coburn, Frederick Simpson
Subjects: Christmas stories Misers
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d between us !-^ When it had said these words, the spectretook its wrapper from ^^ +i^^i\ and boundit round its head, as b- ooge knew this, by the smart sound it made, when the jaws were brought together by the band-age. He ventured to raise his eyes again, andfound his supernatural visitor confronting himinan erect attitude, v^ ■ ^^ < ^ wound overand about its arm. and at every step it took, the window raiseditself a little, so that when the - reached it, it was wide open. It br ^crooge to approach, which he did. . ^:i they werewithin two paces of each other, MarleysGhost held up its-hand, warning him to comeno nearer. Scrooge stopped. Not so much in obedience, as in surpriseand fear: for on the raising of the hand, hebecame sensible of confused noises in the air ;incoherent sounds of lamentation and regret ;wailings inexpressibly sorrowful and self-ac-cusatory. The spectre, after listening for amoment, joined in the mournful dirge ; andfloated out Upon the bleak, dark night. 34
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mWiaiaHHiiMH ^Hlffil^^^- H Cbristmas Carol Scrooge followed to the window: desper-ate in his curiosity. He looked out. The air was filled with phantoms, wander-ing hither andthither in rest-less haste, andmoaning asthey went.Every one ofthem worechains like Mar-leys Ghost;some few (theymight be guiltygovernments)were linked to-gether ; nonewere free.Many had beenpersonallyknown to livpQ Hp hirl -^^ tried to say ^Humbug ! ^ but stopped at the first syllabled been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waist-coat, with a monstrous iron safe attached toits ankle, who cried piteously at being unable

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