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asked him what he was staring at. The Captain said that he had seen Helen MacDonald (a very close friend of Ronald's) leaning over Ron— ald's bed and staring at him. Later is was learned that she had died that very night!298 Another story concerns Donald Beaton, the first Beaton at East Point. He was working at the Cape (near Beaton's Point) when he found some bones and some coins protruding around the cliff. He decided to take the skeleton home and put it in the attic. There he questioned it about the hiding places of other buried treasures. He despaired of this task and left. When he returned home later, he. found his wife and his children in the lane waiting for him. They explained their was a terrible racket upstairs. He had to give the skeleton a proper burial.299 Another story concerning John Beaton (Donald's son) is told. In the early days of the settlement one had to take your grain to McVane's Mill to get it ground. One day John Beaton took a horse and proceeded to go to McVane's. However, by the time this was done it grew late. A thunder and lightening storm blew up. Mr. and Mrs. McVane implored him to spend the night. He refused stating that he would go even if he met the Devil on the road. He proceeded home with the thunder crashing around him. He did meet "old scratch" and his dog was mauled. He threw sticks at it and then tore home. Soon after he hauled up his stakes and moved to the extreme western part of the Island (Edmont Bay Area). There his descendants live 3111.500 The third incident occurred around 1915 or 1920. Stewart MacIntyre went to Percy Beatons to visit. Margaret Beaton and Mrs.

Beaton were away visiting. Only Ella or Josie was home when Mamie