Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag Volume 5 Story 11 - Clams

In which a weary traveller takes lodging in a quaint seaside cottage, only to be unsettled by tales of ghostly visitations and eerie nocturnal sounds that stir both fear and curiosity. Yet, through the mingling of locals' laughter and unexpected explanations, the mysterious night reveals itself to be less spectral and more human than first imagined.