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MYSTERY1
A fine old iiolated country
place, with a murder story,
haunted pool and a general at
mosphere of the unuiunlt a
rich old American owner, with
a Spanish wife and a beautiful
daughter! a young resident
physician secretly in love with
the girl that's material enough
for a first-class mystery story.
But when the mother asks her
daughter and the doctor to be
come "nominally engaged"-
to discourage the advances of
the family butler why, you
get a hint of the unusual qual
ities of this story of mystery.
CHAPTER I.
Itnln hnd been foiling for five dnys
.when I first saw Hartley honse. The
place had so much local distinction
that n village not far from the estuto
was named Hartley, for It.
Even when drenched and dripping
In n storm which had lasted for Ave
days In lato May, the spot was beau
tiful and charming; It had antiquity,
that rare thing In a new land. Its two
thousand acres, handsomely arranged
for decorative and agricultural pur
poses, lay along the river bank, with
nu Indented and Interesting littoral
whero the river was two miles wide.
I had been an Interne In St. Julian's
hospital, and at the close of my last
year Dr. Hrownoll had asked me If my
arrangements would make It possible
for me to undertake a case which he
thought might bo profitable and In
teresting to a young physician. It was
that of Mr. Homer Sidney, tho owner
of Hartley house.
"I never saw so Rtrange a will to J
live," Bald, the doctor when he dis
cussed tho circumstances with me.
"Tho old man Is Indomitable. For that
reason he Is Interesting. Ho lives be
cause he wills to live, for some tre
mendous reason of which I know noth
ing. It In enormous. You may live to
see him die; I am afraid I shall not
end ho Is seventy and I urn fifty."
I decided to accept. It may have
fcsen professional weakness, but In ad
dition to the financial certainty offered
thcro was a professional Interest
aroused. If Dr. Brownell were at
tracted by a human being's will to
live there certainly was something su
perhumanly Interesting about that hu
man being.
Tho recollection of Hartley as I
first saw It remains as an enduring
Impression. The long downpour of
rain had given the place a spiritual ac
cent. Ono felt as if tho soul wero
saturated.
It Is only occasionally In n normal
mind that weather works a spiritual
effect. I thought my mind was nor
mal, but 1 felt the spiritual depres
sion. The way from tho station for thrco
miles was through ordinary American
small farm land. Then It changed ab
ruptly. Antiquity began to show. Tho
driver said wo were In the Hartley
wounds.
I was so depressed by tho rain, by
my own uncertainty, by thinking over
tho decision I had mado and seemed
nbout to regret, by the dismal pros
pects or Pt least the uncertain pros
pects thai I should havo been glad
for any sustaining human association.
At the end of my Journey I soon found
Mich association and was thereafter
happy In It, but npproachtag the placo
ytu apprehensive. My driver had
ticcn, If not unapproachable, ut least
stupid and dismal.
It Bomewhat astonished me when
suddenly he began to talk. Wo wero
then about a half mllo from tho house.
"I wish you had come an hour
earlier," he said. .
"Why?" I asked.
"I'm not a coward," said tho driver,
M nt least, no more than usunl, but !
don't Uko to bo In here alone, a.ud
I've got to go home alone."
In a iashlon he expressed what
might havo been my mood If I had
known irtDro of ttio place. I eould
Hympathlre with him. Tho rain had
done this for me.
"What havo you to bo afraid of?"
I asked. "Is something haunted
around llcro?" It seemed as If go
beautiful n spot ought to havo this In
terest. He stopped his horse.
"I'm going back out of hero like a
scared pig," ho said, "that Is, if tho
old horco can stand It. But you're go
lug to live hero foi n while, and I'll
Ktop a Qilnuta to sjjuw you whero they
Bay the ghost wa)s."
Ho pointed to where tho river, had
eaten substantial bit out of tho bank,
making a pool or tiny bay. Tho road,
swerving toward the river here, was
within thirty feet of it.
"It Isn't natural for a man to kill
his brother," suld my driver, "aud
something unnatural comes of It. A
man killed his brother there, and some
thing unnntural has como of It. That's
why Til bo Just ns well satisfied to
get you to the house and myself back
out of hero before dark."
"Get along, then," I said. "It looks
Uko nn ordinary place to me."
"To mo too," s.ld my driver. "And
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I don't want It ever to look extraor
dinary." "Who was killed there?" I asked.
"You'll learn the story soon enough,"
su Id the driver, "If you're going to stny
In this house. You'll learn It better
than 1 can tell you."
At the great coach entrance of the
old house I paid the driver and let him
go. He was anxious to bo gone. It
was growing dark. Then I begun ring
ing the bell.
At the third ringing there was a re
sponse, In the form of a servant, a
man, butler or doorman, past middle
uge. He was crusty.
"What do you want?" ho asked.
I explained thnt I was Dr. Michel
son and wanted nothing thnt I was not
wanted for. I did not like his manner
and was not Inclined to Ignore It or to
propltlato Irim ns ordinarily one
would. He had, nt first sight, an ex
traordinary power of exasperation. At
the time I did not understand my
weakness, hut nftcrward I did. The
man was abnormal as rfn Irritant.
Thus my appearance at Hartley
house was so unfortunate thntjf the
servant's contumacy and my resent
ment had had another moment, the
door would have been shimmed In my
face aud I should have been walking
back to Hartley station. At that hesi
tant moment In my fortunes, a wom
an's voice Intervened.
"Jed," It said, "who's there?"
The servunt opened the door wider,
and Isaw u ludy, a South American, I
thought.
"I am Dr. Mlchclson," I said.
"Yes, doctor," she replied, "we havo
been expecting you. I nm Mrs. Sidney.
Where' Is your baggage?"
"I havo only a handbag with me
here," I Raid.
"Come In," sho said, "Jed will tako
It."
He did, but made me sco the 111 na
ture of his reception of me and of his
duty. He had also, at the direction
of Mrs. Slduey, to show me to my
quarters.
"Jed," I said, In my room, "wo hnvo
not made tho best start for two people
"A Dollar Won't Make You Welcome,"
He Said, and Left Me Lo6klng at the
Coin In My Hand.
who may havo to live together for
somo time."
I offered him a dollar as a peaco
offering.
"Aro you going to stay here?" he
asked.
"I am supposed to," I said.
"A dollar won't make you welcome,"
hit said, aud left mo looking at tho
coin In my hand.
I wns called to dinner and had It
nlono In a large dining room. When
I had finished n maid told me that Mr.
Sidney would bo glad to see mo If It
wero convenient for me that ho did
not need me professionally, but that
socially he would bo delighted If I
could como to him.
He wns sitting In n large arm chair
In n great room with u great fire
place. Later I perceived tho fascinat
ing details of tho room, but Just then
Mr. Slduey had nil my attention.
Dr. Drownell had told me of tho re
markable will to Uvo which I should
find. It was Instantly apparent. Tho
old man was wonderfully alive. Ho
was abrupt but smilingly and charm
ingly courteous. We talked for a quar
ter of an hour, casually. Then ho
saI4:
"I know you nro tired, doctor,"
"Not at all," I said, Interested tt)
see more of him If I might.
"That's .your good nature," ho said.
"And wq, certainly do not want to wear
you out fn one day. Wo only wanted
to see you. We shall get better ac
quainted, and wo hnpo you'll Uko us
and bo comfortablo and happy here.
We havo a fashion of trying to bo
happy. 'We nro going to say good night
and allow you to eqttle yourself to
new stfrroundlugs In privacy. It Is the
kindest thing wo can do. Jed will
show you to your room.' Jed, take
care of Dr. Mlchclson. Good night,
doctor."
Mrs. Sidney stood beside Mr. Sidney
as he was speaking. I had thought at
first seeing her that sho had been
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very beautiful and that now she wns
very unhappy. Seeing her ugaln, I
retained my first Impressions.
Jed preceded mo through corridors
to my door and left me surlily. As he
closed the door I thought I heard an
other sound than that of the clicking
of the latch. I had. It was the throw
ing of a bolt 'on the outside: Jed had
locked me In. I made sure of thin. ty
trying the door. It could not be
opened. Hero wns nn astonishing sit
uation for a first night In 11 place. My
Impulse was to make a no'lso and ask
for nn explanation, but on second
thought I did not. My room was on
the second door, and I saw, looking
out of the window, that It would not
he Impossible to make a descent on
the outside In nn emergency. I de
cided not to begin my stny with a pro
test against any habits of the house
or occurrences In It. In the night I
wns awakened out of n sound sleep
with nn Idea that I had been disturbed
by noises, but nothing I could hear
sustained It, and I went to sleep again.
I was up early, dressed and found
that my door hud been unbolted. I
examined the outside of It for n bolt
nud had dlfUculty in finding one, so
Ingeniously had It been concealed. The
knob seemed n part of the decoration
of the panel, and the bolt wns. of thin
steel. I found It only by finding the
socket Into which it could be shot. .
The rain had stopped, and although
the woods were dripping, there was a
glorious, radiant sunlight. The effect
was exhilarating. It worked n spiritual
change. Man, said tho morning, was
made to be happy.
Exulting In pleasant emotions, I let
myself out of the main door and re
joiced in the beauty of the plnce and
the moment. I took n short walk
across the lawn townrd the wood.
A gardener asked me If I were the new
doctor nnd said If I had leisure during
the day he wished I would come to
the cottage beyond the gardens. Ills
Infnnt had n' cough.
Tho house was astir when I re
entered. Jed was the first person I
saw, and to my astonishment he was
not only civil but pleasant nnd candid.
"Did you have n fair night, doctor?"
he asked. "Sometimes a first night la
a new place Is disturbed, and I owe
you apologies. We have had here oc
casion at times for locking doors oa
the outside as well as on the Inside,
and, last night I forgot myself and
threw the bolt of your door. I am oc
casionally In liquor, and Inst night I
had a touch too much."
I smiled at' his candor and said
something Jokingly In comment.
"A servant cun't be blamed, doctor,
for that," he said, "If his master leads
him Into It. We have coffee before
breakfast. I'll servo you anywhere.
The morning papers are In the library.
There's a porch off it with a good
vlow. It's my favorite spot of a morn
ing. I recommend that you have your
coffee there."
Ills friendliness wns amusing, but I
found his suggestion good, and being
fond of coffee, enjoyed It with a half
hour of magnificent view nnd a cigar
ette. The morning ;ns odorous after
the ruin.
Tho house was n charming struc
tural disorder of L's and wlngv,
porches and balconies. It was very
old, and one could see where different
generations had contributed to Its
growth. Tho walls wero backgrounds
for hollyhocks or support for climbing
roses or Ivy. It had plenty of sun
light, but dense white oak woods came
close up.
I held myself In readiness to attend
my patient at his convenience, but it
wns ten o'clock before I was sum
moned. Mr. Sidney was pleasant and
animated.
"We must arrive nt a schedule," I
suggested. "This Is a little too late In
the day to satisfy Dr. IJrownell's Ideas
of what my duties ,nre."
"But, my dear doctor," he said, "I
do not wako until nine. I need my
sleep. I do not go to sleep until one."
"I should advlso early hours," I said.
"Of course you would, but you must
remember that you arc dealing with n
man, nt the end of his life, trying to
make tho most of It. I like to remain
nwakc lute."
"Then you must," I snld. "I shall
consider It settled to see you at ten."
"And, I hope, sometimes to sit up
with me until one. Do you like chess ?'S
"I never played."
"Luckily, Jed does, Just well enough
to Interest me and have me heat lilm.
Do you like wine?"
"A young doctor does not drink."
"Luckily, Jed does. It is a great
satisfaction to have some one whom
you can beat at chess and whom you
can see enjoying wine. Doctor, I have
yielded to my friend Browneil's de
mand for constant attention, hut as
you con see, there will, not be a great
deal for n physician to do. I eat well,
I sleep well, and so long as my sensa
tions are pleasant, I want to live. They
nro not always pleasant, but mostly
they uro so. I'd like to have you as
a new friend In tho house. I llko to
ho talked to. I llko to be read to.
Will yon relax nnd be Just n friend?"
"With pleasure," I said, "so long as
nothing Interferes with the physician."
"That's a bargain," ho said. "At
three o'clock this afternoon you sliaU
read to me."
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During my spare time I wnlked
about the grounds. A part of the es
late, about thirty acres, which seemed
to be architecturally Intimate and re
lated to the house, was completely In
closed by a twelve-foot brick wall sur
mounted by sharp spikes. It was built
beyond the river's edge, and was con
tinued out Into the water in a heavllj
buttressed fashion. Only a good swim
mer could have rounded It and come
Into the place. It looked .like a care
fully but strangely designed protection.
In the dog kennels were mastiffs
aud a number of Airedales. I. said to
Jed that it seemed as If precautions
had been taken against n perceived
danger. lie had been titrable during
the day, but his face clouded Instantly.
"The wall was here when Mr. Sid
ney bought the place. I)ttt wo are In n
way Isolated," he said shortly. "It Is
reasonable to take precautions. It will
be a precaution for you not to go roam
ing the grounds tit night. The dogs
are not friendly then."
Ills surliness wns easily passed over.
I was good humored and wished to
prove It.
"I have heard of the haunted bay,"
I said. "What Is Its story?"
"Every fool In and about the place
talks of that," he said. "You'll get too
much of the story only too soon. But
that Isn't why we have the dogs. We
don't take any stock In ghos'ts In this
house."
Ho was offended and went uw'ny. At
three o'clock I saw my patient again,
and he wanted me to read to him.
I read to him for an hour. Then he
took a nap.
I had been told that any time I
wanted to go to town I might tell one
of the chnulTeurs to take me. I needed
u thin tile for the bolt on my door. It
annoyed me. I did not ask that who
ever threw It at night should know
that It was gone. It suited my pur
poses better thnt It should be gone nnd
the person who" used It should think
It wns still there. Therefore, after
reading to Mr. Sidney I went to town
for a thin file.
I got my file, nnd for greater so
ciability on the return trip I took the
sent beside Charles, the driver.
As we passed the pool, Cht.rles re
ferred to It.
"What Is It?" I asked. "What's the
story?" -
;a man killed his brother there,"
said Charles. "He Is n.w In tjie pen
Itentlnry at Alwlck lor lire. Ills
brother's ghost, they say, come- bnck.
I've never seen It, but' some peojjle say
they have."
"Who were the brothers?" asked.
"They were the sons of the people
who used to own this place the
Dobsons." He did not say anything
more of it nnd I did not question him.
I used the (lie on my bolt, leaving
ono end of-It In the socket. It could
be thrown, but It could not bur the
door.
Love at first sight.
tTO UK CONT1NUKD.)
HUNTING THE SPERM WKALE
One Taken Off West Coast of Scotland
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for Its Captors.
A graphic account of the hunting
nnd killing of ji sperm whale Is told
by one who took part In It'. Starting
from the west coast of Scotland the
whaler made for Itockall, n lonely
granite pinnacle that Juts out of the
Atlantic about two hundred miles west
of tho Outer Hebrides. Why the
whales go there Is a mystery, but In
enrly summer schools of them muy be
found In the neighborhood. The look
out soon spies a "blow," that Is the
fountain ejected by tho whale as It
comes to the surface to breathe. Away
goes the whaler In pursuit. After
some tense maneuvering tho whaler
gets Into suitable position, the skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoon gun nnd
n harpoon Is embedded in the mon
ster's body. The whale disappears
taking yards of hemp line with him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately a second harpoon Is fired
nt him and he goes down with yards
f cable rattling overboard. About
fifty minutes later he floats on the
surface of the water, quite dead.
Immediately the sailors full upon
him. Air Is pumped Into the carcass
to make It buoyant, his tlukes nre
trimmed off, so that ho will float In
tow, and tho whaler makes for Scot
land again, with n host of screaming
birds In her rear. This particular
whale realized live thousand dollars.
It was a full-grown sperm, cbout sixty
feet long,
Sickening Discovery.
The teacher had read a chapter from
"Tho History' of tho American Revolu
tion" and Raymond had then heard the
word "breastworks" for the first tlnio.
Tolling his mother the story when he
got home, ho said: "When the British
got up In tho morning and saw tho
Americans nn the. opposite shje of tho
hill, they throw up their breukfnsts."
Boston Transcript.
IS SHOT AS HE FLEES
3rovlous Experiences With Burglars
Led" Auditor to Believe It Another
Visitation Police Fire
Four Shots.
Chicago. Charles C. Dietrich, forty-seven
years old, the auditor and
former secretary of the Windsor Fur
niture company, wns killed In the of
llciw of the firm.
A policeman, mistaking liltn for a
burglar, shot him to death.
The Windsor company hntl felt tho
iced of an Inventory. Dietrich, sec
retary of the firm for ten years pre
vious to January 1, 11)20. had been re
tained as confidential adviser. The
new seeretnry, George Lyons, had
isked him because of his long famil
iarity with the firm's affairs, to "take
Mock."
Decides to Work Sunday.
With n habit formed In 'JO years'
employment by the firm,' he went to
the office to work on Stimlny. Through
out the afternoon and early evcnlnp
no tolled on the books. '
Presently along the dnrk nnd de
serted sidewalk outside came Elmei
I. Bradshaw, n watchman for the Chi
cago Protective ifgcucy. Bradshaw
paused before the window.'
The glass was dirty. The old-fashioned
electric bulbs gave only a dim
tight. And half revealed, half shad
swed, Bradshaw saw a man lingering
the combination of the old-fashioned
nfp. He watched him for n moment.
Then he turned and softly, ran to a
telephone and called police 'headquar
ters. A flivver sqund, armed for action,
rushed forth. They drove up to the
leserted corner.
Meanwhile Dietrich had grown tired
)f his work and started to lock his
nemornndR In the snfe.
There came a tap on the window.
Dietrich looked up. Outside In tin
loom were several forms.
The Summons of Death.
"Come out here; we want to talk
to you; we're police officers," snld De
fective Sergeant Frank Lorenz.
Dietrich on another night months
igo hud observed ' forms like thnt
while working lnte They had been
robbers, bent on attacking the safe.
Hut at the moment they had shot nt
him he had balked them by slamming
the door nnd llcelng toward the rent
ot the place. And he tried thnt plan
gain.
His hand reached for the dangling
chain of tho light bulb that would
Lorenz Fired a Second Time.
plungo the room Into durknewi. At
the same time ho sprung to his feet.
But his hand never reached the dan
gling chain. A shot shattered the win
dow, uiKl as Dietrich ran toward tho
rear door, leaving the light on, Lor
enz fired a second time.
Dietrich fell. Two more shots
passed through the renr door before
his body lay still.
USES BABY AS POLICE SHIELD
Louisville Man, Armed, Holds Off Offi
cers Till House Is
Rushed,
Loutavlllo. Shielding himself he
hind a month-old hahy, held In his
arms, aud brandishing n pistol, ac
cording to detectives, Alonzo Slintp
thirty-live years old, kept them from
his house, flllcl with men, women and
chlldrc:, until squad tf police re
serves, with drawn pistols, surrounded
the place and rushu;! tho front door
Amid shrieks and cries from tht
women nnd children, Mireo of the men
were taken Into cuf.'ody, Police hir
Kiin search fcV five Mher men.
Detectives Hauler and Unglos had
fi'jw to the houso to servo two war
rr.rtts, charging grand Inrceny irgnlnsf
"Jack Boss and Bill Sharp," hut wcr
told the men wero not known thora
Alonzo Sharp said that ho held th(
baby In his nrms for Its own protec
tion and that he grabbed the pistol be
fore ho knew who the men weris
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Ma Wants a Change.
"Oolng nwiiy this summer?"
'Guess not. ' Pa nud inn can't
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"What's the matter?"
"Pa wants to go somewhere where
be can play golf, and ma Insists on
going to a place where golf hasnevei
been played."
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Hits the Stomach Hardest .
Chicago, 111. not weather upseU
the strongest stomach nnd causes berl-
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ds of J'
ous trouble for the weak ones, so
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Probably Did That.
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Jud Tttnklns says one beauty itbont
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Bears the
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In Use for Over HO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Custom
Total Collapse.
"She dropped her eyes."
"Thnt must have been the time hei
face fell."
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Aioro man i,!ou,uuu
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