# Hetty Parlow — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Hetty Parlow in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hetty, Parlow

**First appearance:** 0024-a-baby-tramp

## Who they are

A woman who becomes involved in a mysterious event.

## In the story

### [A Baby Tramp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-baby-tramp)

Deceased mother of Jo; her ghost is seen by a party near Oak Hill Cemetery, calling out 'Joey' on the night Jo is lost in the desert.

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