Barnabas accompanied the grieving Kansas farm girl, Mary Anne to the island family crypt. She had picked some tropical flowers for the deceased sailor, and she had a small piece of costume jewelry that she wanted to place inside the coffin as a token to her dear departed friend, Gilligan. But when she got to the site she couldn't bear to place the objects in the coffin herself. She collapsed in a heap on the ground weeping!

Barnabas leaned over her tenderly and took her gifts from her and boldly lifted the lid of the bamboo coffin himself. And an arm shot out and grabbed a hold of him as the vampire, Gilligan, reared up and took a bite out of Barnabas' arm!

Barnabas cried out in horrible pain and the girl jumped up and fell back against the rocky ground helpless as Gilligan leapt out of the bamboo coffin and swept over her, muffling her screams!

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"What a lovely scarf you are wearing, Mary Anne, but, my dear, you are a bit pale?" Mrs. Howell commented on Mary Anne's outfit and her complexion as she mechanically served dinner to those gathered.

Mary Anne chuckled nervously. "I'm afraid I used a little too much powder on my face. I'm not as good at wearing make-up as you and Ginger are!" Mrs. Howell agreed. "It's something you grow into my dear." Mary Anne smiled and reached toward her scarf to make sure it was fastened well.

Julia arrived at the dinner table and asked the others as she sat down, "Have any of you seen Barnabas? I can't find him anywhere."

"Here I am, dear." Julia turned to see her husband standing there with his arm all bandaged up! She immediately got up and rushed to his side. "What happened to you? Let me see that!" He held up his arm and spoke calmly. "It's nothing, really. Just a little hunting accident. Well, cooking accident may be closer to the truth. I was just preparing these rabbits," he held up a bunch of skinned rabbits in his other hand all tied together. "I fixed them "kosher" style. I bleed them dry, and I stupidly cut myself in the process."

Julia suspiciously raised one eyebrow while the rest of the castaways heartedly thanked Barnabas for the addition to their evening feast. Off in the distance, the sound of howling dogs joined the incessant nightly chatter of monkeys and tropical birds.

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