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Without looking
up from his work the president said, “Tell him I can’t see
him.”
     
     
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Chapter 12 - The cub scout
     

     
    W hen I was young
growing up in Orion, I used to go to work with my Granddad who
owned a motel in town. As the story goes, this one room in the
hotel was haunted. When the hotel was first built a man got into a
fight in a bar. He took a tremendous right cross too his left eye
and the punch knocked him out. Folks hauled him up to his room to
sleep it off, but he never woke up. He was found dead in the room
the next morning by the cleaning lady.
    Since then, no one was able to stay in the
room because of the ghost of the man. One day, a woman needed a
room. Granddad said, "Sorry, mam, I've only got one room left and
it’s haunted." "I don’t believe in that stuff, I'll take it,"
replied the woman.
    While preparing for bed, she heard a voice
that said, "I'm the ghost with one black eye.” Scared her half to
death! She ran out the front door and was never seen again.
    A few months later, a cowboy rented the room.
Granddad said it was haunted, but the cowboy said, "Heck, partner,
I rope bulls and eat rattlesnakes. I ain't afeared of no ghost."
But, as he was taking a bath, he heard, "I'm the ghost with one
black eye."
    The cowboy jumped out of the bath and went
running naked out of the room, down main street and right out of
town never to be seen again.
    The room sat vacant for several years until a
U.S. Marshall drove into town. He asked Granddad for a room, but
all the rooms were taken except for the haunted one. "That's fine,”
said the Marshall. "I've killed 21 men, been shot 6 times, stabbed
3 times, and I eat raw meat. No goofy ghost is going to scare
me."
    So, the Marshall went up to his room. As soon
as he closed the door he heard, "I'm the ghost with one black eye."
He turned and smashed right through the door, jumped into his car,
and drove out of town screaming at the top of his lungs.
    A couple years after that, a family was
passing through town on a family vacation. Any idea how many rooms
were left? NOPE - there were TWO rooms left! But, the mother and
father wanted their own room and their young son could have his
own. Granddad told them about the ghost, but the boy just said,
"Wow! A real Ghost? Great!"
    The mom and dad went to their room and the
boy opened his up and went in. He took a bath, got ready for bed,
and hopped under the covers. Just then, he heard, "I'm the ghost
with one black eye." The boy hollered back, "Well, I'm a Cub Scout
and you don't scare me! If you don't shut up, you're gonna be the
ghost with two black eyes!"
     
     
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Chapter 13 - The long sales call
     

     
    O ne morning, Mary
Katherine, a door to door saleswoman of fine women’s household
products, knocked on Mr. Benson’s door and asked if the lady of the
house was in. Mr. Benson, a quiet man of few words, responded
succinctly that his wife wasn't there.
    “Well,” continued Mary, “Could I please wait
for her return?” Mr. Benson stated that he did not think his wife
would be home anytime soon, but if she wanted to wait she was
welcome to. Mr. Benson showed her into the living room and left her
there for several hours.
    Mary called out to Mr. Benson and asked him
if he was able to call his wife to inquire as to when she would be
home. Mr. Benson said that he was sure his wife would not answer
the call.
    The saleswoman began to feel a little worried
so she called out to Mr. Benson and asked, “May I know where your
wife is?”
    “She went to the cemetery,” he replied.
    “Oh I’m sorry,” said Mary, “Was it somebody
close to you?”
    “Yes very close,” was Mr. Benson’s
response
    “Did you go to the funeral?” Mary asked.
    “Yes,” said Mr. Benson.
    “So you think your wife will be coming home
soon?” asked Mary.
    “I don't really know,” Mr. Benson said and
then he added.
    “She's been there eleven years now.”
     
     
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Chapter 14