The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-11
TRUE GHOST
STORIES
By Famous People
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By EDWARD C. ROBINSON
Motion-Plcture Star.


related Edward G. Robinson. the
bad man OF the films.
During the night a queer, cold
tingling sensation pervaded my
body. There were slight noises In
the room. and / attuned my ears
TO catch what they were.
"Thls was not the sound of a per
son moving or breathing. II seemed
nj first that there were stitied
groans, but these subsidized and gave
way to a sort OF gurgling rattle
which came intermittently. The hair
nj the back of my neck bristled and
burned.
about two minutes later this
queer rattle ended with what sound
ed like n gasp OF breath and one
louder rattle. II seemed to be right
close to me, and yet from far away.
The last rattle did not give me any
better clue. but a new sound had
appeared which Immediately fol-
lowed on the last
"It was a steady drip. drip, drip.
like a faucet dripping into a pan
OF water.
"The continual drip. drip. drip
persisted until / thought It would
drive me out OF my mind. It seemed
louder than the other noises.
Fear overcame me, and as |
could not sleep any longer, l de-
clded to investigate.
My clothes were thrown over
the chair near the dresser, and
decided TO find a match In my trou-
sers pocket 10 light the gas and
dIspel once and for all this CHASTITY
experience. Accordingly. | began TO
crawl gingerly out OF bed. but no
sooner did one foot touch the floor
than II landed In a small puddle OF
warm liquid. Hurriedly. drew my
foot back and huddled myself un-
der the covers.
"It could not have been water.
for IL seemed TO my then sensitive
touch to be OF a little heavier con-
sistency, and Its warmth was un-
natural InstinctIvely. l felt some
thing supernatural In II. but my ra-
tional mind refused TO accept 1t.
Il was too frightened to get out
OF bed now to search for matches
and the gas Jet, but | knew where
the pool was into which | heard the
drip. drip. dripping OF whatever II
was. With upturned palm, held my
hand over the place. Nothing came
from the ceiling. but still the drip.
drip drip kept on.
"For more than an hour this con-
tInued. and then the drops seemed
TO fall seldom. until. at last, they
ceased entirely. Sleep came well
comely to my almost shattered
nerves.
when I awoke my first thought
was Of my nights experience. Has
tily / looked at the floor where my
foot had encountered the warm
liquid into which something had
drIpped for more than an hour. but
10 my relief the faded carpet was
clean and dry.
Laughing at what now consid-
cred silly nightmare. I slid out OF
bed and prepared to dress. But my
sheepish smile froze on my face
when saw the foot that had
stepped ont of bed during the night
"It was red with blood. which
was now dried by the warmth under
the covers.
Searching for a wound which
might have caused II, | could only
discover that the skin on my foot
was as clear and unscarred as IT
was on the day before.
"Out OF the corner OF my eye
could see the hotel owner studying
me while ] ate breakfast down
stairs.
''The landlord put on a furtive
air, as though he wanted no one to
hear him, as he approached me, and
told me Of an event which happened
some ten years before.
"It appears that a man who was
later unidentified had passed
through the town and taken a
nights lodging In that same room
In which / had just had my strange
experience. No sooner had he gone
up to bed than another traveller en-
tered and was given the room ad-
joining.
There was no sound OF any kind
during the night, but the following
morning the landlord discovered
that the second traveller had de-
parted hurriedly and his bed had
not been slept in. 1t seemed very
unusual, as there was no means Of
TRANSPORTATION out of town during
the night.
"The proprietor's curiosity was
aroused: he knocked on the door of
the first traveller, and when he re-
ceived no answer boldly opened 1t
and entered.
1.-THE man was sprawled across
the bed In his night clothes. His
head hung over the side OF the bed
toward the floor, with his sightless
eyes looking at the ceiling. 1t was
therefore plain to see that the mans
.hroat had been slashed by a sharp
knife or a razor and through the