CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PREFACE[vii]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[xiii]
I.HOW SPOOKING BEGAN IN YOZGAD[1]
II.HOW THE CAMP TURNED SPIRITUALIST[9]
III.HOW THE MEDIUMS WERE TESTED[19]
IV.OF THE EPISODE OF LOUISE, AND HOW IT WAS ALL DONE[35]
V.IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THE PIMPLE[46]
VI.IN WHICH THE COOK APPEARS AND THE SPOOK FINDS A REVOLVER[54]
VII.OF THE CALOMEL MANIFESTATION AND HOW KIAZIM FELL INTO THE NET[68]
VIII.IN WHICH WE BECOME THOUGHT-READERS[82]
IX.HOW THE SPOOK WROTE A MAGIC LETTER AND ARRANGED OUR ARREST[87]
X.HOW WE WERE TRIED AND CONVICTED FOR TELEPATHY[99]
XI.IN WHICH WE ARE PUT ON PAROLE BY OUR COLONEL, AND GO TO PRISON[109]
XII.OF THE COMRADES WE HAD LEFT BEHIND AND HOW POSH CASTLE PLAYED THE RAVEN[121]
XIII.IN WHICH THE PIMPLE LEARNS HIS FUTURE LIES IN EGYPT[132]
XIV.WHICH INTRODUCES OOO AND TELLS WHY THE PIMPLE GOT HIS FACE SMACKED[144]
XV.IN WHICH THE SPOOK PUTS OUR COLONEL ON PAROLE IN HIS TURN, SAVES THE HUNT CLUB, AND WRITES A SPEECH[155]
XVI.HOW WE FELL INTO A TRANCE AND SAW THE FUTURE[165]
XVII.HOW THE SPOOK TOOK US TREASURE-HUNTING AND WE PHOTOGRAPHED THE TURKISH COMMANDANT[173]
XVIII.OF A “DREADFUL EXPLOSION” AND HOW OOO SOUGHT TO MURDER US[185]
XIX.OF THE FOUR POINT RECEIVER AND HOW WE PLANNED TO KIDNAP THE TURKISH STAFF AT YOZGAD[199]
XX.IN WHICH WE ARE FOILED BY A FRIEND [215]
XXI.IN WHICH WE DECIDE TO BECOME MAD AND THE SPOOK GETS US CERTIFICATES OF LUNACY[222]
XXII.HOW THE SPOOK CORRESPONDED WITH THE TURKISH WAR OFFICE AND GOT A REPLY[234]
XXIII.IN WHICH THE SPOOK PERSUADES MOÏSE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE SERVICE[239]
XXIV.OF OUR MAD JOURNEY TO MARDEEN[248]
XXV.HOW WE HANGED OURSELVES[257]
XXVI.IN WHICH THE SPOOK CONVICTS MOÏSE OF THEFT, CONVERTS HIM TO HONESTY, AND PROMISES OMNIPOTENCE[270]
XXVII.OF THE FIRST DAY IN HAIDAR PASHA HOSPITAL AND THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION BY THE SPECIALISTS[285]
XXVIII.OF THE WASSERMANN TESTS AND HOW WE DECEIVED THE MEDICAL BOARD[297]
XXIX.OF HILL’S TERRIBLE MONTH IN GUMUSH SUYU HOSPITAL[309]
XXX.IN WHICH WE ARE REPATRIATED AS LUNATICS[320]
POSTSCRIPT: WHAT THE PIMPLE THINKS OF IT ALL—THREE LETTERS[336]
APPENDIX I[343]
” II[347]
” III[349]