The Ghost at Dawn's House by Ann M. Martin & Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin & Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 1987-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Somehow Jeff and I had managed to forget about the power failure. We had burst out of the passage and into my room, and I had slammed the wall shut behind us before we realized we were still in total darkness. It wasn’t very comforting.

We flopped down on my bed, breathing heavily.

“It was the ghost!” I cried. “And he’s carrying a grudge that’s probably a hundred years old.”

Cre-e-e-ak. Cre-e-e-ak.

Jeff and I jumped a mile. “I think the ghost’s in the passage right now!” Jeff cried.

I’m sure I turned pale. I felt my knees go weak. “I’m calling Mom!” I announced, wondering if I could stand up without collapsing.

“Oh, good,” said Jeff. He grabbed me at the waist, and followed me out of my room and into Mom’s. We looked like two little kids playing choo-choo train.

As I reached for the phone, Jeff said helpfully, “I hope the telephone is still working.”

I drew my hand back. “What if it isn’t?” I whispered.

For a moment, neither of us spoke. At last, I reached my hand out again. I picked up the receiver and brought it to my ear very slowly. Halfway there, I could hear the dial tone. “Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you,” I said to no one in particular.

I figured Mom and her date would be at Granny and Pop-Pop’s by then, so I called their house. Pop-Pop answered the phone, and I got carried away and told him we were having an emergency.

When Mom got to the phone, she sounded breathless and nervous. “Honey? Are you and Jeff all right?” she asked.

“Mom!” I exclaimed. “The power’s off here, it’s all dark, and there’s this secret passage from my room to the barn — I know I should have told you about it, but I didn’t — and Jeff and I looked in it, and we have a ghost.”

“We heard noises!” Jeff shouted into the receiver from behind me.

“Dawn. Slow down. What are you saying?” asked my mother.

“I found a secret passage in our house. A real one.” I paused. “Mom, the power’s off here. Jeff and I are in the dark, except for a flashlight.”

“I understand that, honey. But we’ve had power failures before. Now what is this about a secret passage?”

“You know how I’m always looking for one?” I asked.

“Yes.”

“Well, I found one the other day. I promise it’s not a figment of my imagination or anything. But I kept it a secret. I didn’t even tell Mary Anne.”

“And where is this passage?”

“It runs from under the barn — there’s a trapdoor in the floor — to my room. You know the wall with all the molding? It swings out into my room when you press a corner of the molding.”

“Are you positive, Dawn?”

“Yes. Cross my heart and hope to die. And tonight Jeff got bored, so I decided to show him the passage. We’d almost gotten to the other end when we heard these noises. It really did sound like —”

Mom interrupted me before I could finish.

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