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Show SPANISH FORK. UTAH THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. haunted It doesn't look never lie perceived the as ingly. Hi china of manner said he here. seemed more positive and active. the of place, hot Jovlullty I necked tangible dark. before out Hello, doctor he eald, me to got got company and Juit your company. H you've was virtually the complete subThat you would only drink wine I gl.ost-- the e stance of the Hartley houseon cane a nmn leunlug picture of a A broken pipe In the laundry made Uonun.ee river. of the It necessary to call a plumber from by the edgecontent with It. It had to be Hartley, and to get quick service, car a wae agreed that we should (end which One evening In late October, for the man and his helper, a high up and brought chill The day was pleasant, and for the had fumed a new produced Mr. Sidney wind. sake of the drive I went with the He had a strange flash driver. The plumber was a fat man phenomenon. I went to hla room When of strength. of the comic type. I thought he must 1 found him walking about he the embodiment of all the plumbers' after dinner If he walked Jokes. They seemed to have created without help. Ordinarily, his was strength. him ; lie was the product of the condos. at all. Hd he i tccaslutiiilly I ran do It, doctor, I even asked him If he were sure he usualI comes. had ull his tools. I thought he would said. "The strength however." he sure to send ns back for a wrench. Iy pay for It next day, "Id be very careful, then," I sug He was amiable, laughed af anything or nothing and was saved from being gested. "Yes, but you do not know how a nuisance only by an abounding anionca In a was which Infectious. mal optimism grateful It Is to feel vigor to walk continuing Driving through the Hurtley house while, he said, room. In the back and the forth we came to and the pool, grounds, I sat down and wafehed him without Harkins chuckled. plumber named Thus far, whenever he or something remonstrating. It was astonishing to had else amused him, he had laughed. Now see hln. so agile nnd strong but I he chuckled as If In recollection of an learned that timid prudence was very confessed my Inabilexperience richer or deeper than any Ineffective. I had he had been talking of. ity to understand him. He did nof seem to want to continue That place Is going to he rememI have been life for the purpose of preserving Its bered by me, he said. out here only once since the night I sensations but for the purpose of some made a bet 1 was not afraid to sit on accomplishment. His conditions were the bank here for an hour. Theyve so pleasant that It might be reasonable Evlgot a good many stories of this place to desire a prolonging of them. In town. I had been drinking a little. I dont do It steady, but once In a while I get out. Youve got to do It to keep the house going huppy. Give the wife something to talk about. My wife would rather scold me titan eat, and she loves her food. We were at the White Pigeon, having a good time but thinking of going home, when some one started on this Hartley house story. Everybody had something to say, and I said that there was no ghost that could scare ntc, at least no ghost that ever was within a hundred miles of Hartley. That's where I made a fool of myself. Ive got to admit thats where I made a fool of myself. I bet five dollars I would sit an hour on the bank at this place. I forgot all about the dogs, or Id not have made the bet Anyway, they didn't bother me. We got an automobile and drove out here. The fellows left me at the pool and went a mile hack. They were going to take my word for It. I was to stay an hour and then start' walking hack. At the end of an hour they would start toward me and pick nte up. They hnd beer and sandwiches. I hnd a couple of bottles and What Are We Drinking Tonight, Jed?" some cheese and crackers. I wasnt afraid of that place. I'm dently he was not set upon that. He w.ns not afraid of any place unless I get not trying to accomplish anything. lie to thinking about this one. It was did rothlng. He had no unfinished was work. And yet his will to live, I knew, along tn October. A hoot-ow- l somewhere back of me, and there was was a will to see the fruit of somea whippoorwill np toward the house. thing. lie seemed to have a spiritual "I'm used to hoot-owl- s and whipIncentive; something that bad other poorwills, but I hadn't drunk more than a physical Impulse controlled him than half a bottle of beer before even and gave him resolution. I was marveling at his strange acthese things began to sound different. The current of the river kept knock- tivity when Isohel nnd Mrs. Sidney ing af the big rock ut the up end of enme In. Mr. Sidney proposed whist, the pool, and you began to think that and we began a game. The wind Inthings were reaching for you out of creased In violence, and the log fire the dark. Id have given ten dollars to grew In comfort. We hnd a pleasant quit, but I got so that I didn't want to game, disturbed for me only by speculations ns to the cause of Mr. Sidneys move. I felt safer sitting still. Then I Began to hear things that I strange animation and strength. don't suppose were making a noise at Shortly after ten oclock the ladies all. It may be It wns rabbits In the said good night, nnd Jed came In with bush. I nearly died when I heard a a fresh log for the Cre. The wind had cry about! fifty feet back of mt. I did been Increasing In volume, sound ami hear that. I guess a ferret had got a power. I was thinking of lied. Sit a while longer, doctor, Mr. Sidrabbit. You know how a rahldt cries like a baby. ney urged. "Jed nnd I shall be the I was sitting In the open, and I better for some other company. This thought I'd feel better If I got my back Is the sort of night we like to sit up to up against something. So I crawled enjoy. Estheticnlly one ought to make over to some hushes ami sat' down be- the most of such a night." hind them. Jed went out nnd presently ennte In Maybe I had been there a half an again with two bottles of wine. "What are we drinking tonight. hour, feeling scary nnd uncomfortable, when I heard a regular jell. There Jed?" Mr. Sidney nsked. I thought the evening suggested a wasnt any fooling about that. It sounded like some one being hurt but warm sherry," said Jed. I think It does, said Mr. Sidney, yelling not so much because of the hurt as because he wns mad. There is body and a live soul In louve heard follows talking about sherry. their hair standing on end. I never Rut certainly, I suggested In knew what It really meant before, hut alarm, you will not drink sherry," my hair Just stood right tip. i felt Indeed not," said Mr. Sidney. Jed like some one was trying to scalp me, drinks It for me, ami I watch him. You and I was gooseflesh all oer. must have a glass with him one. It hnd been Hark on account of Hell hnve a dozen I don't just ask you to clouds, but Just then the moon came follow him but Just one," out nnd lighted up the place. There Jed opened a bottle, nnd when he was a man standing on the edge of the offered me a glass I yielded. I wanted pool, Just about where I had been sitto Increttse the sense of ting. He wus leaning with both hands comforts against that shrill protective wind outon a cane and standing perfectly still. side. He didnt seem like a nmn. He looked" Jed drew a comfortable chair close like one, but you hud a feeling that he to the fire nnd took his wine in lnrge wasn't one. but appreciative gulps. I took mine I don't want ever to be o soared In small but appreciative sips. The ngttln. I didn't know who had yelled, fire roared, and the wind howled. but I thought this man hail, and I Jed, drinking by gulps, soon was exdidnt think he wns n nmn. i thought hilarated. Mr. Sidney end I had been he was a ghost. I'm mu Whnt rational. We had been I think now, hut If 1 had talking, 1 re to, I'd say of the rail, substitution of a Syrian thut I saw the ghost of mis' place of Immortality, concerned chiefly nnd anybody that wants to Imu-- rHn Idea with precious metals and stones, for laugh, lie can come down ,ore the north European idea of Valhalla, night and get cured of l.nighing when Jed began to sing, ami with I couldn't move for a while, The gusto and affection opened another titan stood still, leaning on pjj cane, bottle of wine. The wind 1 watched him grew In hi until to feel that I could use mv 1 again. It Is n night for any of the living don t know why I wns mi r,., )llt j dead about a I was. place," I said. crawled away tlnmigh the "I like n wind that has many brush for n hundred feet or s, voices," said Mr. Sidney. "It produces I got up and ran. eert'ain or sensations emotions that are prlml-fiv"I heard that yell hdnmi me agnln It Suggests a threat and Increases ' 'or ran a the sense of sheher nnd comfort. We Vi ni'd the sit like fellows who were waning f,,r ,m. peasants nhoui the Th,,v and are inclined to didnt poke any fun at legemu" They looked ut me and got that aaotnol lie start'd. I paid the bet. h n il(, have any laugh on me. n,. Story of the Doh.oi, Murder. one of them would connnight now." When was this?" I Mv j "Four or the yeais ultl the plumber. "Some time in C'lnher. Sometime we siay hac an l We came to the bouse, ice- '"'I be went Islature one that will into the laundry to (h the repeU, IM'es. It laws than parses r - Illusfratod bg Jrwinfiyerr THAT'S DOBSON. Dr. John Mlrtielnon, Synopsis. Just beginning bla career, becomes realdenl phyelcian and rompanluu of liomer Hidncy at Hartley liouae. Mr. Sidney la an American, a old and rich and very da alroua to live. Mra. Sidney la a Spaniel) woman, dignified and rail cent. Jed, the butler, acta Ilka a privileged member of the family. Hartley houae la a fine old laolated country place, with a murder atory, a "haunted pool," and many watch-dogand an atmoaphere of mye-lerThe "haunted pool" la whara Hlchard Dobson, aon of a former owner of Hartley houae, hud killed hla brother, Arthur Dobeon. Jed beglna operatlone by locking the doctor In hla room the very Drat night. Doctor John flxea hla door ao he can't be locked In. Ha meeta laobel, daughter of the houee and falla In love at flrat eight. In the night he flnda the butler drunk and holding Mra. Sidney by the wrist He Interferes Mra. Sidney makea light of It John buya a revolver. John overhnnra Jed telling Mra. Sidney he will have hla way. In reply aha aaya alia will not healtate to kill him. Mra. Sidney aaka John to ronaent to the announcement of hla engagement to 1 ho he I. The young people conaent to the make believe engagement. Later they find It la to head off Jed, who would niarry laobel. Jed trlea to kilt John, but the matter la amnotheil over. John, though "engaged" to laobel, eonceala bla love. Copyright byGorje HDoranCo Thats all there Is human of your ghoHt story, said the warden. It Is more than most ghost stories have," said Mr. Sidney. CHAPTER V. stunt-Invali- e, CHAPTER IV Continued. Our charming nltl gentleman couM not go through the entire Institution, anil the warden led him to the most accessible parts of the Interesting place. We saw the riiltnn chalr works und the honor tuey In the gardens. We also took one glance ut a tier of and peeped Into the dinlng-lml- l nd Into the chapel. The warden would have had us stay to dlnttpr. 1 hnd to forhld this. It would have been tM much of a physical strain upon Mr. Sidney. I knew that the little diversion wus Interesting him, and I wus glad to have him Interested, but I did not want to fax his strength. Tin the doctors servant, he said. Til look Into the library If you dont mind, warden, and then well obey the physician. Warden Willlunis led us to the library, which contained a large collection of books. An elderly convict was engaged in cataloguing some new volumes which had Just been taken out of boxes. He wus Interested and paid no attention to uh. Mr. Sidney looked at him for a few minutes. What did you say was his crime? he asked of the warden. Thats Dobson, said Mr. Wllllnms. You must know his story. He Is the man who killed his brother. You are living In the Hobson hpuse." I looked at the frail, white-haire- d man with a sudden shook of Interest This was the man who had crented the ghost story at Hartley house. He was fumbling registry cards and writing on them, lie was frail and Insignificant He hnd been once, by legend, a sturdy, muscular, cruel brute. He wus now feeble and interested In cataloguing. Mr. Sidney looked about the room. This does not seeiu to be so well protected as the other parts of the prison, he said. It Is hot thought necessary, said the warden. Escape from here might not be Impossible for an agile man. It cell-hous- I could not believe the slightest particle In the ghost story. I am rationalistic. Hut as the legend of the pond took shape, my Imagination began to give substance to Its shadows. Yet the place was genial and cordial. Mr. Sidneys Joviality was the dominant note In the house. An aging slclc man might naturally have been testy. He might have been Impatient, have had whims and crochets. He might have been IriiKclble In his demands upon ami acceptance of service. Ilut Mr. Hidncy was always cordial and considerate. A great deni of the time he spent In bed. When he was not In bed, he sat In a greut chulr, and very often a yellow Persian cat rested on his knees. It was a difficult If aot dangerous matter for any one else than Mr. Sidney to touch the cat, numed Algol. The Winking Demon," suld Mr. Sidney, fingering the cat's ruff as It lay on his lap, and purred. I knew Just enough of the star Algol and Its variability to understand the whimsicality of an old man's naming a cat for the, winking sun. Algol In Mr. Sidneys lap blinked at me, and the old mans genius for understanding and classification seemed uncanny. Mr. Sidneys room wus of great size. It had two fireplaces and a large cove of windows bulging toward the west At the smaller of the two fireplaces he hail his breakfast. Either at the large fireplace or tn the outward bulge of windows, he hnd his dinner. In spite of the Persian cat, Mr. Sidney had three canticles In the room. Algol respected them after a fashion thut I thought uncertain. I have seen a canary sitting on the cat's head, but I thought It wns a decided case of mis-- , placed confidence. Algol wanted that canary and would continue to want It He was deterred from natural action In the matter by hts affection for the strange but kindly master who wanted cuts and canaries to live together In amity. I know I never fully grasped Mr. Sidney's scheme of life, but I thought that he found existence Ironic. Ills graciousness and his cheerfulness, I thought, represented the garlands of his conquest of morbidity. Ills personal charm was extraordinary. Every one In the house felt tt Hut an astonishing thing about Mr. Sidney was an occasional emotion which, as It manifested Itself In his expressions and that wus the only fashion I saw It for a long time was one of savage hate. It was only by coming on him when he was not expecting me that I saw this. I remember that the first time I sdw the expression on his face I was dumfounilod. That I was nof expected In his room was entirely without intention on my part. People who were accustomed to being with him walked Into the room without ceremony. Ills bedroom and bath were to one side. His living-roohe Insisted should be open without formality. On the occasion I speak of I hnd come In quietly, but It was without Intention to surprise my patient. He was silting In his large chair with Algol on Ids knees. Ills eyes were closed, nnd on his face was an expression of malevolence that was almost demoniac. It wns so startling that the sight of If stopped me In my step and made me feel more than uneasy, almost afraid. Mr. Sidney was quiet, except that with one hand he stroked Algol about the head and ears. The caress was almost Imperceptible In motion, but Algol was purring so loudly that the sound filled the otherwise quiet room. The malevolence the malignancy, hatred, concentrated essence of ferocity In Mr. Sidneys face would have stopped anyone. To one who had affection for him as I had. It was abhorrent to see him so. It wns a confession of something I did not want to know. 1 was In fenr that he might hear me and, opening his eyes, find that I had discovered hint. I was embarrassed and uncertain what to do. It was a silly predicament, ns I saw afterwnrd. My part wns quite simple. I should have paid no attention to any such phenomenon as the expression on a mans face and have ueted perfectly naturally. The thing nnd I consider myself fairly sensible was apparent afterward. It Indicates the astonishing shock of the thing that I was unable to act sensibly. What was the expression In nn amiable, charming He Is the Man Who Killed His mans face, to knock a sensible person out of all his senses? Here wns a Brother." dozing man merely toying with a cats not Impossible from uny part of the ears and the very sight of whnf was son. It enn only bo made Improb- - expressed In his face, made me numb. I cannot understand It now, the terIt would he easier from here, I still tlillicult. Hut this old man rifying sensation being one which dis. ulfl oe In a harder prison of tlcprl-Io- n appeared as the recollection of the find ftlemllessiiess outside than emotions faded. What I did was to ''' hack toward the door, open It ns quietIs IhsliU. Is man ly as I could, back out, and then rehe the mean that Do you made the ghost story I bought enter the room noisily. t Mr. Sidney wns looking nt me smil h m? h ie? Mr. Sidney nsked. common-sens- e h 1 e. -- hl.-a- (& a package k before the Avar (eja package during the war The Flavor Lasts So Does the Price! ACCEPTING NO MORE FAVORS Somewhat Peculiar Reason for Refusing to Act as Pallbearer Any More. Negro's Alabama, a negro team-drive- r came home one night and found his wife highly agitated. Jeff," she said, "you know dat Asa Rogers wife Sallle Is dead. Aint you goln to he a pallhenrer at de funrl?" "No, I nlnt," answered Jeff, with unusual positlvencss. You aint? Well, wasn't you a pallbearer nt de funrl of his second wife, Melissa?" " Sho I wuz. Hut dnt ain't En wuznt you a pallbearer nt de funrl of his first wife, Mantly? Whut you mean, you ain't goln act tils time? "Liza," he said, "suttlnly I wuz a pallhenrer at th-funrls, en I done de best I could, hut I'm tcllln you now I aint acceptin no mo favors from nobody whut I cant return." London In Salt" at Old Least Pravtd Swab That He Was Not Trifled With. n The sailors are iMvIngtb seems, anti not a few are idn Into the wilds of the westr salt irpra to be "sip Worked on n farm since ; the sea? he was asked. Yes; on one." What did you dor "Well. I helped with I end sort. We hoisted wheat Into to belt. A real old farmer nnd nsked hatch, and straw came out bows, while the other etui to bags hung onto her etx told me It wns n thrashing I hut I knew he was trying to -- the only thrashing nrntindt! what I did to the swab. Paramount Duty. Doesnt the sheriff spend u Different Though. deni of his time nt the The ngltntor had talked long and Yes," repl leil Cactus J I can not be still," he sudInstead of being on theto"5 wildly. denly bellowed. "The words thnt come law breakers? 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