Can Such Things Be? · Character
Rev. Mr. Cummings
A reverend who encounters a ghostly figure.
minor
Also known as Mr. Cummings
First appearance: some haunted houses
Rev. Mr. Cummings shows up with force in Present at a Hanging. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A Baptist minister who encounters the ghostly peddler on the bridge and later discovers Baker's body.
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In Present at a Hanging: A Baptist minister who encounters the ghostly peddler on the bridge and later discovers Baker's body. Later, in That of Granny Magone: The Methodist minister who conducted the funeral and…
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