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Is later than you think.
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This is Arch Opeler bringing you another in our series
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of stories of the unusual. And once again we caution you,
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these lights out stories are definitely not for the timid soul.
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So we tell you calmly and very sincerely... If you
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frighten easily, turn off your radio now. But if you're
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fascinated by the mysterious, the fantastic, the unearthly, then anticipate
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chills in our story of Poltergeist.
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But first, Bob Lamont has a word for you. Remember
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the name, Ironized Yeast Tablet.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
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Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse
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open sleigh.
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Hey, that was swell. Now let's go to town.
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St.
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Louis woman with her diamond ring.
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Kicking that man around. No, stop that, Kay. What's the matter?
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Am I scaring the horse?
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What?
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Seems like a sacrilege singing a song like that out here.
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This beautiful, clean snow and... Blue sky? Well, what's wrong
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with a hot song to keep us warm? If you
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think the St. Louis blues is going to dirty up
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the snow, you ought to hear Frankie and Johnny the
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way I sing it. Oh, stop it, Kay. You're not
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funny at all. Why can't you enjoy the fresh air
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without that cabaret sort of thing? Oh, just an old-fashioned gal, eh, Florence?
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How about you, Edna? Don't you like my songs either?
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You haven't said anything for the last five minutes.
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Well, I haven't been listening to you to tell the truth.
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I love to watch the snow sort of flow along
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under the sleigh.
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When you say that, gals, smile. Gosh, do you ever
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see more snow in your life? The man at the
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hotel said it had been snowing on and off up
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here for two weeks.
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I think coming out here to the country is the
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best thing we three have done since we started grooming together.
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Hiking in the snow is terribly healthy. Yeah, that's what
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I'm afraid of. The healthier I get, the worse I feel.
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Crazy idiot. She does say the funniest things, doesn't she?
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I always say that Kay ought to.
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Whoa!
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Hallelujah, we're here. Is this as far as we go, driver?
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That's right, miss.
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Can't go no further down this road to counter the drift.
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Oh, my goodness. The drifts are too deep for a
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horse hawk and we walk through them. I second the motion.
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Well, you young ladies don't have to worry none so
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long as you keep going down the.
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Valley over there.
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Snow ain't piled up that way all the way to Marjankin.
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Oh, that's marvelous.
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Come on, girls.
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Let's get started. So long.
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Take care of yourselves, girls. Come on, Edna.
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Goodbye, Mr.
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Farrell.
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Listen to the snow talking at us. It's very dry snow.
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Our feet rub particles of it together and the friction
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makes a sound. It's kind of scary.
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Isn't it?
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Why? Well, I don't know.
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It's just as if the snow was sort of trying
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to talk to us. I mean, as if it was
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angry at our trespassing.
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Hey, don't tell me we're trespassers. I don't want any
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country squire taking any pot shots at my constitutional amendment
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with rock salt. No, thank you. Oh, don't talk nonsense, Kay.
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We're not trespassing. Why, this path through the valley here
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over to Mrs. Jenkins' house is the favorite hike of
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everyone who comes up this way during the winter. What's Mrs.
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Jenkins got anyway that makes people walk their feet off?
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Wait till you taste her cooking. Eat. Oh, boy, let's go.
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It's awfully quiet out here, isn't it? Oh, that's the
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glory of it. I've had the roar of the subway
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in my ears so long. Okay, don't walk so fast.
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Come on, look what I found. Oh, come on, Edna. Oh, please,
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let me take your arm. I'm getting out of breath. Well,
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take it easy. There's no hurry. Well, what is it, Kay? Look,
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through the circle of trees here. Look what I discovered. Well,
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isn't that interesting? It's a sort of a natural amphitheater.
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Sure.
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Say, who was this guy, Daniel Boone? What's an amphitheater? Well,
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that means an oval surfing place with rising tiers of seats. It's,
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you know, like that place we went to for the
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horse show. Oh. Back in the times of the Greeks,
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they had outdoor theaters. Listen to the professor. They made
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use of places just like this where the ground sloped
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up and made a sort of a natural arena or
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stage below. Theater. That's an idea. Sit down, gals, and
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I'll give you a special performance of the cave follies.
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It's awful snowy here, isn't it? I'll trample it down
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with my spring dance. Welcome, sweet space. She's really grateful,
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isn't she? I'll bet if she went on the stage.
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Ow!
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Kay!
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Kay, did you hurt yourself? Oh, did I land on
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my dignity? Here, give me a hand. Here, I'll help you.
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There you are.
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Oh, did I take a flop. Did you hurt yourself badly? Oh, Liv,
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what in the world did I trip over?
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Oh, no wonder.
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Look at that rock under the snow. No wonder I
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did a nosedive. Oh, gee. There are rocks like that
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all over.
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A person could break their neck if they.
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Girls, what's the matter? What is it? Kay, the rock
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you tripped over. It's not a rock. What are you
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talking about? Of course it's a rock. Well, yes, but
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it's something more than that. It's a tombstone. Tombstone? Oh, no,
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it can't be. Look for yourself. It says, here lies
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buried the remains of one who, restless in life... Stop.
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Don't worry anymore. Stop. And all these other stones laying
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flat on the ground, they're tombstones, too? Yes. What a
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place to fix a dance. What's the matter, Edna? What
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did you scream for? Kay, you danced on the grave. What?
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You danced on the grave. I saw you. I saw
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you do it. You danced on the grave.
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Okay.
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Edna, stop it.
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Stop it.
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What's come into her?
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Edna, stop acting like that. Edna, stop. For heaven's sake,
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control yourself. Okay. Kay, I'm so sorry for you. You
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danced on a grave. For heaven's sake, stop talking like that.
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Sure I danced on a grave. Yes, of course she did.
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It was perfectly accidental.
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And what if it wasn't?
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What of it? The poltergeist. The what? Edna Hansen, what
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are you talking about? What's that word you just used? Poltergeist. Kay,
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what have you done? You superstitious little fool.
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If you don't stop talking that way, I'm going to
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slap your face.
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What's the matter with you? I didn't do anything. You
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walked on the grave. You danced on the grave. Edna,
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be sensible. We all walked on graves, but it was
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purely accidental. Yeah. We had no intention of desecrating them.
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It doesn't matter, I tell you. It doesn't matter. The poltergeist,
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he'll come.
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I know he will.
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Oh, what's the use? She's crazy. Edna, what are you
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talking about? What's the poltergeist? What are you so frightened about?
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My father, he told me, if you walk on a grave,
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if you dance on a grave, A poltergeist.
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Poltergeist?
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What?
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What is a poltergeist? An evil spirit. It comes out
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of the grave. It kills. It destroys. It'll kill us.
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It'll kill us all.
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Stop it.
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It's the wrong thing to do.
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Oh, please.
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Lay off that way, Edna. Edna. But it won't get me. Edna,
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come back here. She's gone insane. I'll get her. Edna,
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catch her. Edna. Edna, don't run
away. Nothing will hurt you. Nothing. Oh, Edna,
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look out.
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Kay.
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Kay, what happened?
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That stone. It hit Edna.
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Edna.
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Edna, open your eyes.
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Blood.
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Blood all over her face. Kay, who threw that stone?
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Who threw it? I don't know. It came from the graveyard.
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Ladies and gentlemen, a deep breath. We all need one
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before we go on with the story of Kay, Florence,
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and Edna. The story of Poltergeist on tonight's Lights Out.
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You and I are rational people, and yet so many
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strange things are happening today, happening to people all around us.
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How about you?
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Are you worried about what's going on to your physical condition? Now,
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to return to Lights Out. Three girls had started on
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a happy holiday. Now one of them has been gravely injured.
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Now, girls, take it easy. Take it easy.
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Oh, doctor, she won't die. Tell me she won't die.
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Oh, no, of course not.
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And you're sure that her skull isn't fractured?
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Oh, absolutely not. Maybe a little concussion, that's all.
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Well, it's almost five. Our train. Can we get someone
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to help us carry her down to the station so
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we can get her on board?
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Board? I'm telling you, that little friend of yours shouldn't
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be moved out of bed for a week. If you do, well,
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it might be just too bad.
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Oh, Flo, what do we do? You go home, Kay.
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I'll stay with her. Oh, no, you won't. I'm not
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leaving you here alone in this godforsaken place. If you stay,
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I stay, too, Kate. Please be sensible. Why should we
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all lose our jobs when you can.
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If you'll excuse me, you ladies, I've got to be
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on my way.
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Oh, yes, of course, Doctor. Is there anything more you
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can do for Edna, Doctor? Any medicine or something?
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Nope, I've done all I can do. She's sleeping comfortable now. Uh, Miss?
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Yes, Doctor?
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The constable's sick, too, you know, and he's sort of
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dependent on me to keep things straight. Now, just how
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did you say that little friend of yours got hurt?
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Well, it was just the way we explained, Doctor, that
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rock came flying and.
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Yes, yes, I know, but who threw the rock?
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We... we don't know. What? That's true, Doctor. We don't know.
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But somebody threw it. You can't change facts. Somebody threw
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the rock.
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That cracked her head.
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For heaven's sakes, old man, you don't think we did it? No, miss, I.
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didn't.
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Doctor, you've got to believe us. It happened just the
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way we said. All at once, that rock came flying
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through the air from the direction of the graveyard. It
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struck Ed in, and we just didn't see who threw it.
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All right, if that's your story. Well, you'd better stay
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in your rooms here.
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I mean, you'd better not be leaving until the constable's
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on his feet and has a chance to talk with you.
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I'll be back in a few hours and see how
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the girl is.
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He doesn't believe us. What difference does it make? We
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know what we saw. But what did we see? She
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was running. She fell.
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Okay.
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Well, let's not fool ourselves. There was no one there
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to throw that rock. There must have been.
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But there wasn't.
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Stop saying that. Aren't you brave enough to face facts?
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There wasn't any place for anyone to hide. I saw
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that stone. It seemed to come down out of the air.
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So slowly.
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Florence, if you don't stop talking like that.
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Do you remember what... what Edna said? It throws things.
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Stop looking at me like that. You're giving me the jitters.
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She said the poltergeist throws things. Spirit of evil. Florence, Rob,
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have you gone crazy too? Why should we laugh at
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things like that? What right have we got to laugh?
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How do we know there aren't powers we can't see
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or understand? Powers of evil that revenge an insult just
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like an evil man. Kay, how do we know?
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What are you talking like that for? What are you
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trying to scare me for? You, you're supposed to be
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the most intelligent one of us all. You with your
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college degrees. Sure, sure, I danced on the grave. But
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the dead are dead and they can't revenge a thing.
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I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid of anything. I tell you,
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it's not.
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What?
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It's Edna. Come on. Edna, we're coming to you. Don't
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be afraid. We're coming. Open the door, Florence.
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It's not locked.
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Doc, it won't open.
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Here, let me. Edna, what is it? What?
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Edna, what? On your head. Oh. Oh.
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Hey, what's going on here?
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Oh.
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The girl on the bed.
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Her head.
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It's crushed flat in by a rock. God in heaven.
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It's not a rock.
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It's a tombstone. I.
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I wish I could cry.
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But I haven't got any more tears. Oh, Edna.
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Ed.
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Florence, darling, please. You'll kill yourself if you keep on
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like that. Oh, this horrible night would only end.
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It was my fault.
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Mine.
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I was the one who got her out here. She
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didn't want to go. She hates the country. But I
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made her come. I made her.
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No.
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No, you're not the one to blame. I am. I
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danced on the grave. But she was so good, so sweet. Oh,
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I didn't have to be Edna. Why? You're right. It
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wasn't right for it to be her, was it?
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Oh, no.
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I did it, not her.
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I did it.
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I danced on the grave. I danced on the grave.
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You can't deny what you see with your own eyes.
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But I tell you, Doc, nobody could have carried that
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tombstone up the steps without me seeing them, could they?
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But there it is, ain't it?
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Yeah.
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There it is. Either somebody's playing a terrible joke or.
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You don't have to say it, Doc.
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I know. That's just the trouble. You don't know and
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I don't know. And nobody knows.
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Yeah.
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And.
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And that tombstone. Well, what about the tombstone? I.
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I ain't quite sure, but that's a tombstone out of
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the old burying grounds up at the bend.
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You're crazy. No, I ain't either. Well, that place is
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a good three miles from here. Yeah.
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I know.
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Who could have carted a heavy stone like that for
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three miles? Yeah.
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Who?
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Stop looking like that, you flappiered old fool. Human hands
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carried that stone in here and killed that girl?
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Sure.
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The constable will find out who did it the minute
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he's on his feet again. You wait and see.
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No, he won't, Doc. You're smarter than me and all that,
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but this time you're wrong. There ain't nobody that takes
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in breath and leaves out breath like you and me.
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Or the constable's going to find out who killed that girl.
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You know that, Doc.
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Oh, stop talking. I wish the constable was here and
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this night was over. It's been a terrible night. Terrible.
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Terrible clock ticking. Yeah, I know. I've been sitting here
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listening to it. I can't stand it anymore. I'll stop it.
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Why bother with it? Come on to bed, Kay. Please.
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There's no use sitting there. It won't help her.
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Yeah.
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Nothing can help her. But maybe I can help you.
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Me?
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It was my fault.
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Mine.
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I was the reason it happened. It killed
her and
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it'll kill you and me too unless I stop. No,
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don't say that. It's true. But why should you be hurt?
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I'm to blame, not you. Listen, Flo. I'll go out there. There?
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Out there to the graveyard. What? I'll talk to her.
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Okay.
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I'll tell her I didn't mean to do it. No.
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That I didn't know where I was dancing. Maybe somehow
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it'll hear, listen to me. And then it won't hurt you. Oh, no, no,
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I won't let you go out there. It'll kill you.
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But, Florence.
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It'll kill you, too. Florence... No, no, I'll hold you.
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You can't go.
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You can't.
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All right.
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Come on to bed, Kay, please. In the morning.
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In the morning.
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Things will be different. But it won't... Nothing will hurt us.
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And then they're right outside the door. They won't let
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anything get at us. Oh, please, Kay, please, come to bed. Yeah. We'll...
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We'll pray. Pray?
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Pray? I.
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I don't exactly know how. Just say anything.
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Anything.
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Like this. Now I lay me down to sleep. I
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pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should
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die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul
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to take.
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Now you.
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If I should die before I wake, I pray the
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Lord my soul to take.
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Kay? Kay, are you asleep? I can't sleep anymore. Kay, tomorrow,
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I mean when it gets light and everything, do you
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think people will believe us? Do you think so, Kay?
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I'm not quite sure what happened. I always used to
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be so sure about things. And now I.
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Kay?
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Kay, where are you? Kay, where.
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The window.
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She went out the window. She's gone out there. To
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the graveyard. To talk to Ed. Oh, Kay, why did
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you go? Why did you go? I'll go out there, too.
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We should be so frightened out there alone. I'll go, too.
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I'll go, too. Oh, it's so cold.
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My hands.
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The snow's so sharp. Cutting my legs. Oh, why did
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you go out there, Kay? Why did you? I've got
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to find you. The wind. Oh, why doesn't the wind stop? Blow, blow,
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thou winter wind. Though I'm not so unkind as.
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I've got to find you, Kate. I've got to find you.
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It's snowing.
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I love snow. And I didn't like snow. Where are you, Kate?
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Where are you?
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I've lost my way. I've lost the road.
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Where are you, Kate?
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Kate, where are... Oh, Kay. I heard you, Kay. I
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heard you. I'm coming to you, Kay. We'll talk to it.
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We'll talk to it together. We'll tell her we didn't
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mean any harm, won't we, Kay? Won't we? Poor Edna.
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We can't help her, Kay. We can't help Edna. But
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I'm coming to help you, Kay.
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I'm coming.
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I'm coming. Yes, I hear you.
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I hear you.
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I'm coming, darling. I'm coming to help. I'm coming to
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help you. I'm coming. I'm coming.
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I hear you.
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I hear you calling my name. I hear you. Yes.
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Yes, I hear you.
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I hear you. Where are you? Where are you? No! No!
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This way, Hooper.
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They must have come this way.
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Climbing out the window like that in the middle of
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the night. They must have gone crazy, the both of them.
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Let's not worry about that now. We've got to find them. Here,
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give me that lantern.
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What is it, Doc?
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What have you found? A shoe. One of the girl's shoes.
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My gosh, stuck in the snow. We're going the right way.
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Come on, move fast. We've got to get to them.
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Doc, look at this. What is it?
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Over there.
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Ain't these footprints?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes, that's right. Footprints. Hello?
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Up ahead.
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Hello? Doc, we're getting pretty close to the old burying grounds.
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Well?
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Maybe. Oh, look here, Doc. Let's not be fools.
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Let's wait till morning.
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What?
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Let those frightened girls freeze to death? Get along. But, Doc, I.
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Come with me or the whole town will know what
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a yellow-livered no-good you are.
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All right. All right. You don't have to get so sore, Doc. Hello? Hello?
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Anybody up there?
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Hello?
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Doc. Doc, look. What?
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There they are. Up ahead. Glory be, they're alive.
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The both of them.
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Come on, Doc. Doc, look at them.
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That's the burying ground up there.
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And they're dancing.
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Dancing on the graves. Well, they must be out of
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their heads. Come on, we've got to stop them.
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Doc. Doc, wait for me. Oh, Doc, it's... It's Doc again.
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Doc.
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Where are they, Doc?
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Where are the girls?
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Have they... Have they stopped dancing?
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Yes.
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They've stopped dancing.
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Did....
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Did they ever dance? What are you talking about, Doc?
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We saw them.
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We saw them dancing in this place with our own eyes.
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Did we? The moonlight. Here it comes again. see with
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your eyes again.
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Oh, no.
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Both of the girls froze stiff to the ground, each
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with her head crushed by a Um, Stroblur, would you
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mind telling us, me, whether there actually are such things
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as poltergeists?
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All I can tell you is this.
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There are authenticated records in existence that in the city
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of London on the 27th day of April, 1872, from
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four in the afternoon on a Thursday until half past
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eleven at night, a certain room in a certain house
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was deluged by stones thrown from no apparent source.
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The London police surrounded the house, but they found.
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No trace of whoever or whatever was throwing those stones
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with a murderous violence.
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I see.
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So much for poltergeist. But what about next week? That's
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something I'll tell you about in a moment.
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Good.
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Meantime, friends, here... Fair enough? Then if you need more
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vitamin B and iron... Ask your druggist for the genuine,
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the one and only, ironized yeast tablets. And now, Mr. Obler,
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what happens next week?
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Well, anything can happen, but specifically next week, Mangara. A
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strange title and a strange story. A power of suggestion.
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The dictators have shown us to what evil purposes that
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power can be used. Well, next week, a man who...
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But that, as usual, is next week.
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Yes.
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Lights Out, written and directed by Arch Obler, will come
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to you again next Tuesday at this same time. Be
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sure to listen for the amazing story of Mungara. And
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if you need more vitamin B and iron, be sure
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to try Ironized Yeast, the one and only Ironized Yeast,
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with the big letters IY on the package and on
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each tablet.
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It's... is later than you think.