page 16, March 8, 1978 - Nerth Shore News

A ‘reader has | chided me :

‘gently. ‘It seems that in “-left, to see the. Lady: of: the

pursuing the ghost of Merlin Take. ‘about’ some: trivial”. oo
the Magician forthe kids’. matter, ‘commanding - the ..
_traditional Halloween spooky Spirits to continue. work until oe

” story last October I placed -.
Tintagel Castle in Wales,
_ rather than Cornwall. That is --
a trick eyen. Merlin ‘would
_. have found difficult! ene
‘It bothered ‘me, so” that
evening I: retired to what I _
refer to as my. ‘‘Settin’.
andThinkin’. Room’ and.
there, in a puff of smoke and
a bit of necromancy ° ‘that . .
Merlin. would have been — . : be Rand _
proud of, I disappeared and .
Ol’ Bill Clark appeared from a
the shadows.

his return. a

him ‘captive: with ‘her spells.

He ‘never returned, and
(there being no unions: in
those days) the spirits are
‘still hard at it!

- back into the. shadows, but
_. . there were still spooks in'my
~ little room, because a ghostly

q. hand reached out and turned _.

| the pages to the flyleat of the

hook he had take

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heard ever since, while they :
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‘Unfortunately,’ ‘Merlin’ ‘fell = mands that I ask. the readers:
into. the clutches, of the —

--enchantress Vivian; whokept “When did you. last see. a

. receiving : an: encyclopaedia.
Well, ‘or Bill shuffled off “

friend, | aimost_ “‘Bity years,
. later? | °

en from the —

magic stil works, “Stay.
‘around a while..... 1 think the.

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— ‘the. “ghost on. my_

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For that. matter, when did
you. -last.: hear. of (a child

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ancient dust and the fragile

past.

or Bill turned | the: pages :

slow! iy and then beckoned to

me. ‘His finger pointed to a-
page and the mystery of

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Merlin’ Ss ghost was solved! |

So, if you go to Dynevor, i in.
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Cave, you will find that it is

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upon the spirits to construct
a metal wall about the city of

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