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The tangy smell of homemade tomato sauce awakened the senses as Lynette and the others returned to the lodge. The tables were set for lunch. A buffet – featuring tortellini in a creamy tomato sauce – awaited their dining pleasure. This was what the lottery ads always described as ‘living large.’
Once all of the guests had eaten, Claudia asked, with a touch of melodrama, “So you want to know more about the evil MacDonald brothers, do you?”
Damien, taking the cue, resumed the morning’s history lesson.
“Bryan MacDonald was the worst of the lot. He had no respect for other people and he would either bribe or beat anyone who got in his way. It was the early 1920s, remember - a time when the church had a very heavy influence. Most young ladies saved themselves for marriage and felt if they were intimate with a man, they would go to hell.”
He cleared his throat and continued, “Bryan MacDonald fancied a girl from town by the name of Evelyn Ray. Miss Ray was a legendary beauty who had dreams of becoming a teacher. She refused Bryan MacDonald’s efforts to bedazzle her. Her rejection only served to make him more interested.”
The guest who played John MacDonald punched his pretend brother and said, “Just like your real life, buddy.”
“We’re in character John,” Bryan said. “You’re no prize either.”
Claudia started on the next part of the story. “The townspeople of Harrisville hosted a spring festival to celebrate the end of a harsh winter. This particular day began calmly enough, with a pancake breakfast followed by a piano recital at the church.
“In the town centre, all of the townspeople met and shared a meal. The MacDonald brothers were there and they were giving sample shots of whiskey to some of the men to entice them to buy their...

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...rd voices. They check the lockups and no one is there.”
“Tape recordings?”
She shook her head, “I used to think like you. I met one of the local lawyers, by chance, when I was having lunch in town. He had a meeting with a client in one of the cells and heard mumbled voices as well. It was surreal. The leader of the ghost tour had us walk the grounds of the jail and when you walk on the grounds it feels colder in some sections. The jail’s now closed except for its holding cells.”
“Also, we snapped pictures,” she said. “The guide said on certain nights you can see a white formation and within it the picture comes out. I took a few shots and when I had the pictures developed there were two orbs of white light outside the jail, but I saw nothing when I snapped the picture. Anyway, I should stop talking about ghosts or you will think everyone in Harrisville is crazy.”

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