{"product_id":"black-spirits-and-white-a-book-of-ghost-stories-gb-26687","title":"Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen in May, 1886, I found myself at last in\r\nParis, I naturally determined to throw myself\r\non the charity of an old chum of mine, Eugene\r\nMarie d'Ardeche, who had forsaken Boston a\r\nyear or more ago on receiving word of the\r\ndeath of an aunt who had left him such property\r\nas she possessed. I fancy this windfall\r\nsurprised him not a little, for the relations between\r\nthe aunt and nephew had never been\r\ncordial, judging from Eugene's remarks touching\r\nthe lady, who was, it seems, a more or\r\nless wicked and witch-like old person, with a\r\npenchant for black magic, at least such was\r\nthe common report.\nWhy she should leave all her property to\r\nd'Ardeche, no one could tell, unless it was\r\nthat she felt his rather hobbledehoy tendencies[4]\r\ntowards Buddhism and occultism might\r\nsome day lead him to her own unhallowed\r\nheight of questionable illumination. To be sure\r\nd'Ardeche reviled her as a bad old woman,\r\nbeing himself in that state of enthusiastic exaltation\r\nwhich sometimes accompanies a boyish\r\nfancy for occultism; but in spite of his distant\r\nand repellent attitude, Mlle. Blaye de Tartas\r\nmade him her sole heir, to the violent wrath of\r\na questionable old party known to infamy as the\r\nSar Torrevieja, the \"King of the Sorcerers.\"\r\nThis malevolent old portent, whose gray and\r\ncrafty face was often seen in the Rue M. le\r\nPrince during the life of Mlle. de Tartas had,\r\nit seems, fully expected to enjoy her small\r\nwealth after her death; and when it appeared\r\nthat she had left him only the contents of the\r\ngloomy old house in the Quartier Latin, giving\r\nthe house itself and all else of which she died\r\npossessed to her nephew in America, the Sar\r\nproceeded to remove everything from the place,\r\nand then to curse it elaborately and comprehensively,\r\ntogether with all those who should ever\r\ndwell therein.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 26687 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Cram, Ralph Adams \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Sep 22, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Cram, Ralph Adams,1863-1942 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43218816630941,"sku":"gb-26687-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/26687.jpg?v=1671506837","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/black-spirits-and-white-a-book-of-ghost-stories-gb-26687","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}