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Biddy the Double Servant in a Family Ghost Tale
A New York couple hires a black cook named Biddy from the South who proves skilled but appears with a spectral double. The family experiences sightings and a detective reveals Biddy has a deaf and dumb twin sister using a ghostly ruse to steal valuables. The affair ends with the double leaving and the detective exposing the con.
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Citi Ty
Fico
Chestnut Street
Cour
Ravenna
John Gelcher
Sycamore
Coder Sts
Ohio
And
Ear Infirmary
New York City
Texas
J.goucher
M. D
Mr. Dibbs
Registry Office
Pottsville
Martha
June
Maria
Sally
Dinah
Mr. Dibba
Mrs. Dibbs
Biddy
Pred Dibbe
Julia
Genttleman
Mr. di
Livy
Wraith
Old Massa
Mrs. Dibba
Bundie
Liddy
Fred
Miss Julia
Heaven
Earth
Horatio
New York
Jas
Diddy
Mr. Dibb
Jewett
Erie
Pouces
New York Central
Hadson River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boston
Steamahipe
Lite
Fire Insurance
Mc Hyde
The
Equitable Life
Republic of Liberia
Africa
England
America
United States
Liberia
Loga
Monrogiatos
New York Journal
Boston Herald
Republic
Recu
Republican Party
South
Enquirer