All the men in the Otis family jumped out of bed and hurried downstairs at once. They found the unhappy ghost sitting there holding his head and crying softly with pain. The twins had their pea-shooters with them and immediately began to shoot little balls of paper at him. Mr Otis brought put his handgun and like the good Californian he was called out to the ghost.
At this the ghost jumped up with a wild and angry scream and flew through them. Washington Otis's candle went out and suddenly everything was dark. At the top of the stairs the ghost turned to give his terrible ghostly