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ranch. I think the story is that a family was mur-
dered there and that from time to time a woman
carrying a child appears in the original house—
that’s the ghost.”
“Well, I came back a few days later, alone, and
asked if I could stay. The owners said that I could
stay the night but that unless some other guest
failed to show up, I’d have to leave in the morning.
That night, a family moved out—the son had devel-
oped appendicitis—and I moved in. That was in
1934, and I’ve been coming up here on the plateau
every summer since then. I knew the minute I got
up here that this was where I would live.”

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