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Narrative Essay: The House At The Elletshore House

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Have you ever heard of the Elletshore House? Why, of course you have. It’s kind of a big deal around here in East Tennessee. Anyways, legend has it that 5 years ago, Duke Elletshore and his wife Amy Elletshore moved into a house around the corner in my neighborhood. Everything was going fine, but one day something horrific happened. Duke Elletshore mysteriously died in his sleep. They did tests on him and he had no known cause of death and it was clear he had not been murdered by his wife. After about two weeks everybody just forgot about it.
One night I was out taking the garbage when I saw a mysterious figure moving in what was now Mrs. Elletshore’s yard. I ran over to my friend, Jamison’s house and told him to get out here. We
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