13 Ghosts Page #2

until I'd known him a while.

You can take my word for him.

There are ghosts in this house.

We're standing here talking as if you

thought we were in the Middle Ages.

But if you had seen him as I did...

...back broken...

...face torn to shreds...

... lips ripped away...

You really think we inherited a haunted house?

I wish your family hadn't moved in.

Oh, hello, Mr. Rush.

Hi.

Hi, honey.

Here are the rest of those papers,

all signed and notarized.

But I... What about the taxes.

The insurance. This housekeeper?

Why don't we ask Mr. Rush to stay for supper?

Well I'd love to.

Even if you do call me Mr. Rush.

I'll tell mother... Ben.

You the head of this department too?

You walk down. You don't slide.

You know something? If you don't watch out,

you're gonna grow up to be a witch.

For a guy with no money,

he sure could get complicated.

Well, we've got ourselves a house.

The timing was perfect.

More coffee, Ben?

No thanks.

Daddy?

Please, dear.

What have youo decided to do about the witch?

We mustn't call her that.

It's a perfect name.

You know, I have a feeling she doesn't like me much.

I have a feeling she doesn't like anybody much.

We told her we couldn't pay her,

and didn't need her....

... But she asked us if she could stay on

here, til shefound something else.

Practically begged us.

I guess she's got some money of her own.

After all, she lived here for years...

... And Dr. Zorba paid her a good salary.

Hey, look what I found.

What does "ui-ja" mean?

Why, I haven't seen one of these for years.

It's a ouija board. See?

"Oui" French for yes.

"Ja" German for yes.

How to play it?

Where'd you find it?

Over there.

I pushed something on the

fireplace and it opened.

There's a gadget that goes with it, Buck.

I think they call it a "planchette".

I pushed this.

Here it is.

Looks like it might be old Latin.

How do you use this, Daddy?

"Ouija, the mystifying oracle.

Most modern method of fortune telling.

Anybody want to try?

I have a friend at the university who can probably translate this.

I'll take it over to him tomorrow.

My boss, Mr. Van Allen,

talks Latin in his sleep.

If he can't translate it, no one can.

You want your fortune told?

Now, here's how it works.

Everybody puts one finger on this.

Just lightly.

Then, somebody asks a question.

We all concentrate on it,

and the Ouija will answer it.

Oh, come on Cy.

It will. It's magic.

Come on. Everybody put a finger on it.

Okay. Just lightly.

Okay. Now somebody ask a question.

Oh. By the way.

If you ask a silly question, it won't answer.

Ben, you ask a question.

Alright.

Here's the question.

Is Medea in love?

Concentrate now.

No cheating.

You see?

It was a silly question.

Can I ask a question, Daddy?

All right, Buck.

Lightly.

Are there any ghosts in this house?

I was pushing toward "No",

but you all ganged up on me.

No, I was helping you, Ben.

And I think this is silly.

You don't want to play?

It's rigged.

how can you say that after

what you told me this afternoon?

That's a toy.

You want to play, Daddy?

I think I'll go along with Hilda and Ben.

Let's stop.

Do you want to try it with me, Buck?

You ask the question, Buck.

How many?

How many what?

It knows.

Thirteen what?

Ghosts.

You ask it.

Are they going to hurt us?

Don't fool around with that thing

anymore, Medea.

Let's ask it, but don't touch it.

You ask it.

Are they going to kill any of us?

Don't ask it when.

I don't want to know.

But it was just floating in the air.

There was nothing touching it.

There's probably a very

simple explanation for it.

I don't know what it could be.

Oh, Cy. I'm frightened.

Of what?

A silly game?

Ghosts.

Oh now listen, honey.

Maybe Zorba was a very strange man who...

... could see ghosts and do supernatural things.

But we aren't him.

We're just ordinary people

who don't have any supernatural powers and...

...don't want any.

Here it is.

The codicil 11.

If we don't elect to live in this house...

... it goes to the state as part of a park system.

And once we move in, we have to stay.

You mean we can't sell it even if we want to?

Nope.

If we don't live here, it goes

to the state. Golly.

Living in this house make a difference

between sinking and swimming.

Just not paying rent

saves half salary.

- Cy, why is it so cold?

- I do not know.

Window open I guess.

But it's freezing!

What's that?

The wind probably.

I'll say goodnight to the children.

Leave the door open!

Okay.

Yeah.

- Medea.

Come in.

Hi.

Hi.

Old Doc Zorba sure went in

for antiques, didn't he?

I sort of like them.

I hope you're not too upset by...

what happened.

Just a game.

I know. Silly, wasn't it?

I think all this spook talk of Ben's

is...got us all imagining things.

Daddy?

Yes, darling.

Do you really think there are

ghosts in this house?

Oh. Of course not.

Now. It's time for all pretty girls

to go to sleep.

Good night.

Don't worry.

I'll leave this open.

Fine.

All clear on the off spring front.

I'm going down and get a book.

Be back in a minute.

Thirteen...

Thirteen...

Thirteen...

Thirteen...

Any luck?

Luck?

Can't you read it, Van?

Yes I can read it. It's Latin.

Well...What's it about?

What's it about?

Cy.

At first I thought your uncle

was another one of those fakes.

But now I'm not so sure.

Here.

I found this in the university publications.

It's printed 10 years ago.

" The Professor who advertises

for haunted houses...

... so he can photograph ghosts ...

... is Dr. Plato Zorba,

a scientist of unquestioned repute.

Dr. Zorba's experience with ghosts

in many parts of the world...

... convinced him they are

unhappily earth bound ...

... because of unsolved problems.

Dr. Zorba has perfected a device

with which he can see ghosts...

... and is working on a method of

ultraviolet ray photography...

... which will enable him to take

permanent pictures...

... of the supernatural world. "

He wasn't a fake.

This....this is a record of years

of work in the world of spirits.

If any of this is true,

I don't say all, just any of it...

... then your uncle had penetrated

farther into the supernatural...

... than any man in history.

He captured 11 ghosts.

Captured?

Dr. Zorba proved, that if you could see

a ghost, you could control it...

... to a certain extent.

Yes, I think so.

There is a section describing exactly how

he made the lenses for those glasses.

It took him years.

And then traveled all over the world.

He found one ghost in a castle in Ireland.

Another one in the catacombs below Rome.

He caught one in a village in Italy.

Another one in Tibet.

I wonder which ones I saw last night.

Each ghost has a separate section.

This is the last one...

... Ghost 12.

You said 11.

Twelve.

"I, Plato Zorba, am the 12th...

Earth bound not for the crimes I've committed...

... but for crimes

committed against me...

... and which I shall revenge

before I be released...

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