The storm continues all night, but nothing else happens. In the morning, however, the bloodstain that Washington removed is back. He continues to remove the stain for three days, and each morning it is back. The family all begins to believe that there must really be a ghost in the house.
That evening, the family goes out for a drive, returning at 9:00 to a light supper. They do not think of the ghost all evening, and go to bed around 11:00. At 1:00 in the morning, Mr. Otis is awoken by a noise in the hallway like metal clanking together. Mr. Otis grabs a bottle of Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator, and opens the bedroom door to see a scary looking man in chains. Mr. Otis sets the lubricator on the floor, and asks.....
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