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Someone knocked on my door one night when I was
reading. I opened the door and came face to ___1___
with a strange man. He was ___2___
a pair of black spectacles and a tuxedo, ___3___
was rather unusual, especially in this warm climate.
In his ___4___,
he held a cane. It occurred
___5___ me that I had seen this man ___6___
but I could not recall when or where.
"Can I help you ?" I asked him.
The man did not answer, but pointed his cane in
the ___7___
of the backyard. When I refused to let him ___8___,
he took off his spectacles and glared at me. Held ___9___
a strange force, I could not move. He wasted
___10___
time in walking straight to the backyard. As he
passed me, I ___11___
a cold chill envelop me. It was very strange. ___12___
before in my life had I encountered a person with ___13___
power over me. A sudden impulse to scream came ___14___
me, but no ___15___
came out of my mouth when I ___16___
to scream.
The man suddenly reappeared, carrying a small
white box. As he vanished, I realized ___17___
he was. He was the previous owner of this house who
had died several years ___18___
. Rumor had ___19___
that he buried the ashes of his wife in a box in the
backyard. I shuddered ___20___
the thought. That was my only encounter with the
dead !
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