The Ghost Breakers Page #6

The other side

of the mainland,

then about

a half mile offshore.

Would you like to

take me there? Tonight?

Sorry, only this morning my doctor

warned me against sudden shocks.

Even if he were wrong,

I wouldn't take you there.

You aren't afraid, are you? No.

No, but it's hard to laugh

off that voodoo stuff.

At night in Castillo

Maldito there are things...

There's no denying it. They...

They move about in

the shadows... They...

Look! That man.

What's the matter?

Is he a ghost? Looks pretty solid to me.

I beg your pardon,

senor, senorita.

You are Miss Carter? Yes.

I am Francisco Mederos.

Ramon was my twin brother.

I want to know why he was

murdered and by whom.

L... I have no idea.

You talked with him in New

York. On the telephone. Yes, l...

Then he was killed.

Why was he killed?

- I don't know.

- Miss Carter, I must insist.

You heard Miss Carter say she knows nothing

about... You will mind your own business.

I think it's about time

you... Hello, Francisco.

How are you?

I haven't...

I haven't seen this man

in a month of Sundays.

You gotta come over

and have a drink with us.

I've got Dolores with me.

You remember Dolores?

She meets all the boats. Now, come

on. I won't take no for an answer.

Very well. You will

see me again, Miss Carter.

Oh, yes,

you'll see us later.

Well!

I can do very nicely

without any more of Mr. Mederos.

Who is he? Oh, he comes

from an old Cuban family.

They own half the country

down here, a lot of money.

Would you like to leave?

Go somewhere else?

Only to one place,

and you won't take me there.

I think your father must have been as

courageous as your mother was beautiful.

Corny, but nice.

Don't you think we ought to

use more of that dance music?

Let's. And forget about

your friend, Mr. Lawrence.

The only way that he can get out to

Black Island tonight is by swimming.

The native boatmen won't

tie up there after dark.

Larry'd find a way. I wouldn't

worry about him if I were you.

I'm not, but after all,

it's my castle and my ghosts.

Pardon me,

Mr. Montgomery,

will you take a telephone call? Oh, yes.

Will you excuse me? I'll

be right back. Of course.

Entre rumores

de palmeras

Con el arrullo

De la brisa

primaveral

Como forjando

mil quimeras

Llega el alegre...

Do you mind if I run along?

I have several things to do.

Good night, Dolores.

Good night, my friend.

Good night.

Yvuelvo a vivir

la primavera

Que con tus ojos

En mi alma se clavo

Cuando febril

Mi boca

tu boca busco

Ycon amor

dulce y gentil

Un beso dejo

Come on, will you? You're

rowing slower and slower.

But my heart's beatin'

faster and faster.

And you told me you rowed

number four at Harlem Tech.

Yes, but we knew

where we was goin'.

Look, there's

a light!

Come on,

get going!

Lafayette,

we are here!

Lafayette's here, too!

Give me the rope.

Come on, Seabiscuit. Come on! Yes, sir.

Boss, don't you think we

oughta have our lunch now?

Pack in a little solid food 'fore we go

messin' around with them spirits up there?

Relax, will you?

It's only a quarter to 12:00...

and you know it's against union rules

for ghosts to walk before midnight.

Your watch must be slow.

There's one now.

I don't know why

you get so nervous.

That's probably the colored

caretaker Parada told me about.

She's just trying to scare

us. She's wasting her time...

'cause we're

scared already.

He must be the zombie.

I'll say he is.

What do you want?

Could we interest you in a

subscription to Weird Stories magazine?

Three more subscriptions

and I get a year at Vassar.

Wait a minute,

Aunt Dinah.

Well, let's go, Alex.

Alex!

Where are you?

Here I am.

I can row all right now.

I'm all rested.

Come on out of there

and help me up the hill.

Up the hill?

Yeah, come on.

Wait now!

Can't we detour around

that-a-way?

Do you see what I see?

I'm tryin' to hope not.

If you pay no attention

sometimes they go away.

How long since

anybody lived here?

Twenty years. But it's only been

two months since anyone died here.

Now why did I

say that?

I don't know.

Give me the flashlight.

- Look!

- Bats!

Guess they're scared.

Come on.

I guess there ain't

nobody home. Let's go.

Let's go.

Parada,

is that you?

Is that you?

Ghost has a cold.

Light a couple of

those candles. Yes, sir.

Alex!

Who does that

look like?

Why, that's

Miss Carter.

Oh, thanks.

Hey, wait a minute.

That's impossible.

Isn't it?

I'm befuddled.

"Maria Ysobel Sebastian."

Mmm, what a hot Spanish dish

you must've been.

Wish me luck, darling.

Hey, boss, you ain't goin' upstairs,

are you? Where those ghosts is?

Listen,

you stay there...

and if a couple of fellows come runnin'

down the stairs in a few minutes,

let the first one go.

That'll be me.

If somebody passes you,

that'll be me.

That'll be me.

Nothing under the bed.

Hmm.

Mr. Larry!

Mr. Larry!

Wait now!

Wait a minute.

You can't do that to me.

I know better.

Old man Mose

is certainly dead.

Come out of there

before I shoot!

Alex!

Honest, it's me.

You're bleached!

No, I ain't, boss.

When I gets scared, my

albino blood shows through.

Come out

of that dust bowl!

No, sir. You say

there wasn't no ghost...

and I saw him,

right over there.

So did I, but I still

don't believe it.

Well, I'm convinced.

Let's go home.

Mm-mm, not till I find out

who's tryin' to scare us.

And what a swell job

he's doing.

This is no

penny ante game, Alex.

Well, what are you

gonna get out of it?

Heart failure.

Come on. Let's find out

what that is and oil it.

"Maria Ysobel Sebastian."

That's all that's left of that

gorgeous girl in the portrait.

Boss, is that a mummy?

Yes, Miss Carter's

great-great-grandmummy.

I didn't mean it,

honest.

You think I'd pull

a crack like that...

In a place like this?

Must've been

a frog in my throat.

That's better than

having a knife in it.

Come on.

Hmm, old Don Santiago

himself.

That's the gentleman

we met in the hall.

He sho' gets around.

He's got a lot of spirit.

Well!

Now we know where that

ghost music came from.

I wonder where you

put the nickel in?

- Larry!

- Larry!

- Larry!

- Larry!

- Is that you?

- Is that you?

- Larry! Where are you?

- Larry! Where are you?

Is anything back there?

No, it's a dead-end street.

Larry! Ooo-hoo!

That sound like

Miss Carter's voice.

Nah, that's just what they're

trying to make us believe.

They can't fool us.

Yes, sir.

Here, help me down.

- Larry?

- Larry?

Stop clowning, will you,

please? Where are you?

Where are you?

Now. Now. Run away.

Run away before

it's too late.

Get out! Get out! Away!

Run away before

it's too late!

Larry, where are you?

Help!

Larry, help me!

Larry!

Larry] Alex!

Where are you?

Here I am.

Believe me, we aren't gonna get hurt unless

we find the real secret of this place.

Well, why do we

keep lookin' for it?

It is sort of ridiculous, isn't it?

Gesundheit.

What'd you say, boss? I

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