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Show The Murray Eagle, Thursday, July 11, 1929 MM Hid Wliat the Gray Howse a THE STORY Hilton Hanbf ha purchased country place the Gray boune, near I'lna Plains. Miss Belenos, a former tenant, warn him that the bouse le under a curs. Further alarmtmt details ars Impressed upon Adolf Bmucker, Hanbys eflcretary, by man who claims to have been chauffeur for Sir Stanford Seymour, former of the place. The Hanbys laugh off the warnings. But they are shocked when they hear that the caretaker of the Griy house, a man named Kerr, ha murdered. been myaterlously Hanby consults bis friend The family starts fcr the new home. Appleton, a clerk of Douglas and Smith, the agent from whom Hanby bought the Gray house, urfres Pelham to llanby from occupying tb Gray house. Pelham becomea a member of the household. A phone call from a man who be la an old aoqyalntance of Hanby'a, urge him to a part of the grounds as a bird aancluary. The Hanhyi taks possession of the Gray house. A atransrer Introducing himself el Frederick Appleton, calls at tb Gray bouse and Is welcomed because of hla Interest In bird life. Hanby engages Appleton as bis mystery Is agent The Selenos out of a Job explained. 8mucker, after the loss of his position with embittered becomes Hanby. against him as the author of bis misfortunes, and plans revenue. Pel-ha- dls-aua- pre-aor- CHAPTER VII Continued 13 Fie turned away and mnde for the sanctuary. Tlie wire netting bird about It he climbed nimbly, and then' unheeding thorns and brambles, he crept like the hunted thing he was to Its black center. Suddenly be rie felt stepped Into oothlnjrness. himself falling. Then enme a blow, and he was no nore nware of time and space- on add- When Tim Hanby, Intent ing a white owl to bis collection, had carefully aimed his twenty two at the creature as It sut on an elm brnnch. he had not been prepared for the extraordinary Intervention that saved Its Ufa As his finger caressed the tripper, there came a bloodcurdling scream, and some large animal bnd sprung from the base of the tree. Tim felt t hit t It was do disgrace to Que Im niedlnlely. Hunhy had not been near his office for two months. An hour's dictation cleared up his correspondence, and he went to the Hardware club for luncheon. "Hello, Douglas!' he snld. stopping at the table where an elderly, mnn was aiding. "I called you tip this morning, but you were busy." "Glad to see you," Douglas replied heartily; "I've missed you. What's It like to be landed proprietor)" The heist life In the world." llanby declared! "but t darned sight more to do than I thought Why did yoo recommend me lo bny those farms?" "A sound Investment. They'll be wanted for country club some doy. ilow are your Improvements coming gray-hntre- longT "They ere finished, thanks to your admirable Appleton. Douglas, how could you let a jewel ef a man like that got" There was a curious smile on the heavily lined face of the real estate man. "So Appleton has been op there again, has he?" Inquired Douglas, j "Again? What do you mean?" Insu, "The Cray house holds some what lar fascination for hlm-th- at's Ton ask why I let hlra go I mean. Tou call htm a Jewel. I did that for more than thirty years." And yet you refused to raise his pay. and stuck some Jackanapes over better him. 1 thought yoo were business man than that" "Tell me Just what be snld," Doug Iss returned. lie listened to llanby In silence, "1 "Now henr me." he resumed. I didn't refuse to fired Appleton. raise his pay. and I put oobody over blm." Ton fired Appleton? Donglns, you boon entry I What for?" "O.nlenslt.ly because he was drunk nd Impertinent." "Appleton? Why. he never drinks!" Another reason was because be had deliberately mHed me as to bis family life. Tet a third was because ho had manipulated accounts. I don't mean that he took money from me. to I riieno Ihst he hsd robbed Ivu-I mean specifically that Paul. fey for years be had beco charging other clients for the money he owl to cf fed repairs on the Gray house. mnt hsve r "On my houscr Douglas nodded. "For years he has been Interested for the Inst ten yesrs. lo your boo Another thing Southard nyway. called me up a month or so ago, to man like you. ask why I allowed turn wllb a lovely family, to buy where people died from had drains. For the last fe years Appleton has kept clients from buying thnt house. Too ask why. I can't etptnln. Ask I did, snd was told lo go Appleton. lo h- -t." "The Appleton I mean Is mm of sixty, plump, smiting, and married to an Invntld to whom he la devoted, lid culls himself Darby and his wife Joan." took my Appleton. a II upon myself to see her. There was another Illusion pot.e. site Is as lnall't. hut as to te!ng devoted, a tells hot openly be whihea a'.e Thai's Tite Mystery of Haunted Mansion -- Hy- "It seems Impossible!" commented Dlna, at the end of her husband's , Wyndham Marly n GET CHICKS OUT OF WET HOUSES Long-continue- d as making things unpleasant around the brooder houses for the owners who take care of the flocks. "The brooder houses ought to be moved to grass sod," says K. L. head of the poultry department of the Ohio State university. "Even If the chicks are moved only 50 feet, from bare, muddy soil to grass, they will miss a lot of the Infestation of parasites which have made their homes In the old runs where the grass has been destroyed." Coccldlosls or white diarrhea results from the activities of a parasite which will infest the soil where chickens have been kept for a year or more. Sanitary measures which Include moving the flocks away from the Infested soil, have been found more satisfactory control measures than trying to treat the disease with medicine after It hns started In a flock. Under the conditions which have existed for a month or more, the parasites have Da-ka- n, Eggs unfit for food cost farmers from one to three cents per dozen. Approximately 17 out of every 100 eggs marketed are unfit for human consumption, according to the United States Department of AgrMilture. This means a loss of about $4,000,000 annually to farmers. An cpg buyer of Clinton county. Indiana, recently re ported to Purdue university thnt one half of the eggs delivered to him were not good enough to eat Two principal causes for the large volume of Inedible eggs are as fol lows: Improper care of cges at the farm, and neglect In marketing them more frequently, according to E. It Menefee of Purdue. Quality eggs can be produced on corn belt farms if producers will fol low the suggestions which he makes. Itemove all the males from the flock Immediately. Mules are not noc essary for egg production and fertile eggs will not keep their quality In warm weather. Remove all broody hens from the nests promptly. The body tempera ture of a hen Is 100 degrees and will reduce the quality of the egg In a few hours' time. Gather the eges twice a day In hot weather and place them In a cool room promptly. 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She wni over HMy years old and had been a leading singer for over tldr when, attracted by the op ty yen portunlt'rs whhh Ihe role of Carmen gives, she undertook to sine It at Wi'h b t Co'cnt Ct.rdrn, Uindn. '! h SlIII l ;itillful, Iter ul'pe at its atmnrct at J bet Iw I in ever when they're narrative. "I begin to suspect myself," BUI murmured. "Appleton I" "It took me that way when I first heard It but It cannot be doubted. W. N. U. Servlc He came here to get the opportunity Copyright by Wyndham Martyn to be In nnd near this house, and to see what was going on. He has a! I've were dead, so that he could marry ways been coming and going. the younger woman be runs around heard something that may bear on It a little. I got It from Mrs. Appleton. with." Her brother was a very rich man llanby put his bands to his head. "This Is too much!" he murmured. but he speculated and died In pover"Remember, I bad blm In my house ty. There were a few years when It looked as If she was going to be for a month." his heiress; and Appleton was going "I bad hlra for more than thirty years. Up to the time he met this to use the legacy to buy the Gray musical comedy person she must be house nnd make It a fashionable roadhouse. He snld there was a fortune forty now he was a good buslmnd Now be takes the woman out to In It. Fishing, golf, swimming evHe has money saved, dunce halls. erything thnt was needed for a res! dentin! hotel. but he's spending It I have never Perhaps rondhoiiie' Isn't Just what he mennt, but that been so utterly deceived In any one was Mrs. Applcton's term." His wife, who Is religious, thinks he's "But If her brother died In pov possessed of a devil, end maybe she's right She snys he has any amount erty, where would he get the money I to buy this place?" Bill asked. of money, had his books exam Ined, and he hasn't embezzled one "I don't know. I admit that It cent All be has done Is to divert doesn't solve the question why he should still be Interested In It There money from other houses to the up keep and repair of the one you're In. Is no solution, as far as 1 see, and You've no kick coming. He saved yet we know thnt something Is going you money. What was be doing for on here, or something Is planned to you?" go on, and thut we stand In the wny He told Douglas and they want to remove us. I wonHanby explained. what his Improvements bad been, der If we ought to consult the potheir cost and the time In which they lice!" were executed. The real estate man "And get all kinds of ootorlety! made calculations on the back of a Oh, HI), don't think of It! Nothing menu card. Fortunately Hanby bad bas happened not even a tramp." exuet particulars as to dimensions "D n It" said Hanby. "I'm a slm "Here's another puzzle I" said pie type. If I like people, I trust Douglas. "To complete the work Id them absolutely. I go the limit for that time he must have worked many them, and they can have everythlog more men than you paid for. I know I've got This gives me pause whatprices and labor scales la New York ever that means." He put his Land state. It amounts to this be went on his wife's arm. "Come and dunce up. to you to get the very Job yoo with me, Delilah, ere I challenge Bill pressed on blm. Wby? Search me. to mortal combat I" Hanby search me! Another thing-- be "Not a care In the world I" snld must hnve paid for extra workCell a, a little later, watching her men out of his own pocket, so that parents and talking Intermittently to he could get the work done by a cerLes. tain time. Again you may search "Why should they haver be an mel" "Come to that why ahould swered. Hanby frowned. you hnve any cares?" "He may hnve wanted the workmen "Life bores me," the girl yawned. off the premises for some purpose of "1 talked like thut In the beglo his own." nlng of my sophomore year. It used "What purpose?" Douglas asked. to make quite a hit You've forgot"How should I know? By the way, ten to ask wbut Is life. I always did did you ever deny permission to a thnt" former tenant, a Miss Selenos, to go "Les," she snnpped. "1 hate you! back and dig something up from the Your apperceptions are nebulous." garden ?" "That's a new one, I admit" be "I denied her right to do some exsnld. "I'll use It" cavation. Appleton told me she was "To others girls?" a maniac who wanted to bomb the "Why not? If you won't have me. place. 1 turned It over to hlra. AnyI must try my luck somewhere else." In he what said?" thing "You have an attenuated soul subHunhy told til in of the affair of stance, Les." Miss Selenos and her pets. "Feed It wltb affection. It will ex"I don't mind admitting thnt Apple-to- n pand." bas destroyed a lot of my faltb . "The main trouble with yon Is that lo mankind," Douglas said presently. me la any way. you couldn't "He was the one man I would have I know all surprise mental reactions. your wagered my soul od as being square You never Jump off the road. I could and while." surprise you, Les, and I've a good "Ever see the woman mind to." Cells "Perhaps I That was how It all came out I ought to tell you paused. the whole romantic ran out of gas near Mlneola, and bad affair." to go to a very third-ratroodliouse. Leslie Barron looked at her, frownThere was Appleton, lo a neat tuxing. The word "romantic" spelled edo, doing fancy atepa with a good danger. I looked at biro looking "Let the clutcb In," be commanded. very hard. I couldn't believe It was "Yoo are not the only man here," he." Douglas luughcd a little. "He she said. "Last night when you were had the d d Insolence to say that if playing pool wltb Bill, I went out to I annoyed his lady friend by making the swimming pool. It wss midnight at he'd knock ber, baby eyes my I went out to pick some asphodel." block off. Next morning he dldu't "What'e that?" , try to make excuses. He bad a "A romantic blossom to be found and he told me much of what In most gardens of verse. Let, I met he had concealed since lSUO or therea most adorable, godlike man. He abouts. It appeared that be had a! a looked me wild at like faun and and me me huted envied ways my then disappeared lo a cloud of star good luck." Douglas grew almost Irritable. "No more about Appleton, or dust" There was something harder and I'll cbnnge my table!" more resolute about Leslie than Cells llanby did not get back to the Cray bad ever seen before. She bad an He snld a few uneasy Impression that there were bouse until late. words to the younger people and then depths la bis nature as yet on asked DIna and It 11 to come to the plumbed by ber; but she would not tell him so, library. "I've had a great day," be an "Don't be rough," she said, and nounecd. took her hand away from bis. "Don't "Incidentally I have dis covered that my Judgment of charac scowl at me so." ter Is no better, let's say, than Bill's.' who disappear "Codlike stranger "And me a bouse detective!" C1II In star dust Interest me," he snld cried. "Your reason totters 1" slowly. "I'd like to break bis d- -d "We've all been deceived but Lea.' neck I" cried Dlna. "Oh. LIU. you're "But yoa couldn't." she answctod Joking! That "Ho Is much more splendid Hum you "Dlna. light of my life." ;i!d llan are." by, "If there Is a more thoroughjolng "You admit talking to hlrcT old hellion than Mr. Frederick Darby The young uiaus tone annoyed I'liknlik Appleton, kt me learn his Cella. dlNhnnorcd mime. I've seen his Jono "I admit nothing." this afternoon, and I know what I'm "I accuse you of talking to him," Ill begin persisted I talking about Listen! whose voice was husky lib what Douglas told me and then "Of course, If you listened," ht come to my Interview wllb that poor said airily, "why should I deny It?" crippled old woman. (TO OB CONTINUED AT T p roSTVM CO.MrA.VT, LNG, DATTIX CJlf.tK.MlCJL corn A;; Flu hex j! y 'V t uel i j,n-o.l- UU V' ' v v j Wt |