Show THE OLD CASTLE there three boys who had recently finished their four years of college they believe in ghosts and were ready to prove they any such things to prove their theory they decided to investigate an old castle which according to the people who lived near it was haunted tho the boys were willing eo co spend all their summer vacation it mac necessary essary to solve the mystery they bought plenty of 0 provisions dmd bedding tor for a long stay they cook an old negro along to help with the cooking while they investigated when they got ott off the train they persuade persuade the negro to go ao anywhere h near the castlo castle so BO the boys seat next him back bach home tho the boys took their belongings around to the bicle back pt tho the castle and wont went into the kitchen tuo the dust was very thick joe bugge to clean it up so ao tho the rest ot of the first day was spout in cleaning up the nud and preparing tor for tho the night thoy wont to sloop but about midnight they avero awakened by it 11 voice vitting vi tyIng leave this house or you mt elittie bo be killed tot night 11 frank leaped up but tho the person was kono gone there wits no wore sloop that night and tho the next morning tom was wag determined to go homo home lie took his belongings and started tor for home telling the others that they would be ba sorry it if they stayed there any longer tuo the investigation began by the two boys following one ot of the halls and going in alt all iha the rooms and searching each one ona carefully tor for a clue to holp hilp solve the mystery they counted ten an windows on the tha inside when they hey went outside they counted eleven windows on the same wall biank went inside and poked his head out ot of all the windows joe marked the window that r prank missed there was a pond of 0 water below this window which was in a room with out a door they started to fill the pond with sto stones so they could climb up on a ladder they got the job almost done that day during the night frank went wenta to sleep but joe stayed awake until acoman in black was seen coming down the stairs with a razor in her hand phe he started toward frank but joo joe shouted and frank woke up lie saw his danger and jumped up and started to chase chasa the woman in black but she disappeared so frank went back to bed the next morning they filled the tha pond and put the ladder up frank climbed the ladder raised the window and went ment in the small room there was a trap door in the floor frank raised this up to see two women in w white bite asleep in a large room below frank started to slide down a rope which was hanging from the trama frame of at the trap door when he got about halt half way down one ot of the women stirred and frank climbed back up as fast as he could and closed the trap door ile he told joe about what lie he had seen but joe want to see tor for himself that night frank decided to try and capture the woman in black as she came down the stairs A little before midnight frank tart start ed d off to try his luck luck at catching the lady after taking faking off his shoes ho he started up the stairs with a flashlight in his hand in a ti few minutes he be heard the woman in blank hi ark coming down the stairs when the woman was about abou t to run into him frank flashed the light square in her face As she screamed frank dropped the flashlight and grabbed her hei frank made her tell all she knew after a a few minutes of coaxing this Is the story she told there was a wealthy man and his wife who had b built u ailt the castle they had a baby girl ki r I 1 and a nd they had hired her to take care of the baby the father v was as shot by soma of his enemies and the mother became sick and died I 1 have have kept the girl in aln the castle ever since and she is now nineteen years old the nurse went to get the girl and they all went to franks home they bawled frank out for not staying with them IL BACON |