Chapter I: Front Matter

TIBBY

TIBBY
_A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy_

BY
ROSETTA LUCE GILCHRIST

Author of “_Apples of Sodom_,” etc.

“The practical effect of a belief is the best test of its soundness.”—_Froude._

NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904

Copyright, 1904
By
ROSETTA LUCE GILCHRIST

To my daughter
Jessamine, who
discovered and
introduced Tibby to the
Author

CONTENTS

Chapter. Page.

I. The Fair Unknown, 9

II. Tibby’s Eyes, 18

III. The New Acquaintance, 27

IV. Through Clairvoyant Vision, 33

V. The Letter, 44

VI. An Old-Fashioned Journey, 48

VII. In the New Home, 64

VIII. Mother and Child, 74

IX. A New Development, 81

X. The Ghosts of the Cabinet, 86

XI. The Fire, 96

XII. A New Medium, 104

XIII. A Domestic Jar, 114

XIV. Before the Public, 122

XV. Welcome Guests, 126

XVI. An Old Acquaintance, 136

XVII. An Old-Time Seance Amidst Old-Time Scenes and Old-Time
Folks, 151

XVIII. Major Walden, 172

XIX. Led into Error, 180

XX. Spirits of the Air, 193

XXI. The Reaper, 202

XXII. New Arrivals, 209

XXIII. The Counterplot, 223

XXIV. The Trail of the Serpent, 232

XXV. Tibby Conquers, 241

XXVI. Esther’s Disappearance, 255

XXVII. A Legal Document is Received, 260

XXVIII. Horace Wylie’s Philosophy, 271

XXIX. Drifting, 277

XXX. The Coming of the Storm, 287

XXXI. Caught in a Blizzard, 301

XXXII. A Surprise, 314

XXXIII. Conclusion, 327

TIBBY