| Show what the i gray house hid y the mystery of a haunted mansion f by wyndham martyn W N service copyright by wyndham martyn THE STORY allton hanby has purchased a country place the gray house near pine plains miss Se lenos a former tenant warns him that the house Is under a burfe further alarming details are am pressed upon adolt hanby a secretary by a man wl o claims to have been chauffeur for sir stanford seymour former occupant 0 the place ther bys laugh the but they are shocked when they b ar that the caretaker of the gray house a man named kerr hae been mysteriously murdered hanby consults his friend pel ham the family starts for the new home appleton a cleric of douglas and smith abe agent whom bought the gray bouse pellam to die duade hanby from occupying the atay bouse considers asic ne leslie darron kocg an ad of cella to join he house party mrs hanby declares she bukea the house pellam become member of abe household les lie barren arrives making tour able bodied members of the ciari by household phone call froc man who declares he Is an old acquaintance of JIan bya and interested ID ornithology but whom hanby cannot identity urges him to preserve a part of the grounds as a bird sanctuary the idea appeals to and be makes the promise the bys take possession of the gray bouse A stranger introducing himself as frederick appleton calls at the gray bouse and s welcomed because of his interest in bird life hanby foresees trouble in connection with work to be done on the estate with which he 1 1 and gladly en gages appleton as bis agent CHAPTER VI continued 11 wll said les presently you give me the idea of being constantly on the watch ahat do I 1 get five and a quarter a day for seriously bill what mikes you look as if jou thought there was something menacing around do 1 ghe myself away to that ex tent how artless of met 1 thought I 1 was just registering farm lion 1 I seen you stalking around at night hy let me in on it you know im not likely to spill it bill a man to man what 1 jou loub so darned anxious bill belham lowered bis voice As man to man I 1 ea here Is dan per I 1 have made bome very remark able discoveries you eien because ulna has some psychic way of knowing when her children are worried and this Is not a matter for joking aeres junior now hl bill junior shouted coming toward them a lawyer lady all the way from rew yorki dad wants you lo 10 come bill pellam looked at les with triumph you see that every one ot mi statements has been I 1 st it cd distinctly that she had come from evv york to see me her shoes were bought at abe one city in amerlois they are sold glove could come on tte avenue 1 recognized the crumb of cake on her secand t liln a made only by may ma y ellzabeth e bew york branah the house made his way to the big hall the briba t slon at woman was introduced as doctor bv era 1 I hold degrees in medicine and law slier sald 1 I really cant say whether im here today as a lawser or as a psychopath isell said hanby the great sel boos mystery Is about to be cleared up 1 can hardly agree that it Is a mys tery objected the visitor at all events I 1 m glad vou came anil not your vengeful client ache Is dynamo of energy tittle you know doc tor ayers commented U one regard hur als a dynamo lie Is alie iund af pf dynamo which uses uh its rime for a few moments and lien ama peril als of inertia during o 0 current is being generated erinc future use 1 am not sure that 1 knol cde of dynamos Is sound no doubt get my ajder her with you toy ell nit was for a month she is intensely denous bow too in fact even to come here ani bound to say ene made ver on me hanby said t Is her unfortunate way she cultera intensely delusions of cuilon she particularly loathes and despise men unjust unjustly 1 believe aliat liat la her interest in taisy house froin alch she was evicted tor paiement of rent that 8 the thing come about mr canby you dont mind it 1 smoke a cigarette do you I 1 must ask you to be pa alent for a few moments it ts a truism to pay that everything Is rela the it very well then if you or 1 or miss belenis be lenos believe in hearts that some one thing or an other apparently insignificant in it self Is the most vital thing in our lives that thing s actually the most important this Is modern teaching teach ng the trouble Is that we judge he in teresta of others by our own stand ards she turned to bill pel ham music to you may be the most important thing since tubal cain a time I 1 despise it to me a fine symphony orchestra represents music at it apotheosis I 1 knew it declared bill gratified 1 s 1 d n t think you quite under stand said doctor byers a tittle puzzled 1 think we do remarked canby what you mean 1 eliat the thrig your client wilt seem very insignificant to us what Is her in terest firmy house and why did she undoubtedly the poor creature ie mad said hanby desire me not to live here 1 should ike to know how my family cin dese crate it I 1 think that was the word she used all she wants to do said docton beyer Is to be allowed to remove she burled here she iad great trouble it seems that smith referred her to a mr appleton who had complete charge of houses and properties list ed in tills county A most 1 nelous man uan said mrily 1 I know him well perhaps ler haps too conscientious sly client haeng vavid dislikes emmeri abely declared him to be a libertine scoundrel find thief your client asserted canby should he in the county asylum tor the insane I 1 ade 1 neither danger ons nor likely to a charge w the she be liLves that appleton the eviction tn or der to glicr it need not hae att n so drastic agtie lid not refuse lv the rent because site wo without means slie refused because pin lri alterations ere no arr lert out tl e were not in the contract that appleton lif legally slip hid no cne P I 1 sure that appi diio rheed her she was to klinl af wi nt to t 11 e lien alp me atack bhe mide another lo 10 ant the plate sl lilii Pi lii inith they re ferreal her to and he rotund guv asked it empty I 1 n en App lelin not recommend tier to old silo hi imbed it as a 1 or yell billeted bil leed in him implicitly it seem cun blaic such reliance on him ot an to hose who know him canby reloris unable to ste why appleton be thus sl celeni to tenants to allow liet to she hart hurled but again lie abile ton 11 one ten ant a mr seymour seemed likely to oe agreeable but appleton that he informed mr seymour that a tenant has no legal rifet to allow any excavation without the consent of the owner ms coryell like most mr seymour was afrula of offending any such statutes as hedge about landowners and had to refuse lie laid the blame squarely on appleton my client having no legal adviser at the time behaved with preat she hired men to go there bv night ani appleton bobbed op tn time to pie vent them from entering 1 regert ro siy that 1 made a regrettable gret table scene 1 nin bound to say 1 am to her allanby remarked 1 I had e very unpleasant interview with her what has she burled why did ste bury it mr canby doctor dyers said in her pleasant voice forget for a min ute blut she offended ou her as a lonely old woman grievously deceived by a man forty years ao 3 she the fars to embittered Is she the arst to turn to what we call lie lower animals ou mean those bugs dugs 1 I o 0 those dogs the dog Is the orly that has ever unde an alliance with man the only animal that 0 III brave biath foe is ifs owner the only really thing tn the world doctor biers looked about her ou have everything one of the loveliest women in america for a wife children riches and this home mv client has nothing bur her love for dogs the second shod of her life was when four of her d s ere poisoned here I 1 suppose if I 1 tell you she believed hat appleton did it you hlll salle undoubtedly the poor creature ie said allanby ills voice was not so vindictive now it was true he thought thit lie had everything health happiness freedom from monetary a friend like bill pellam insensibly his mood softened she had leaden caskets made and buried them out on a little lawn where a sundial stood it shocked her immeasurably to leam that mr seymour bad removed the dial and made a tennis lawn she Is now in a position to pay for any damages I 1 may I 1 am here 0 o make you an offer for this house considerably in excess bt what you paid for it it Is not in the market replied allanby then will you let he have the little d c removed canby smiled a little 1 suppose you know that my fam lly who are to that grass court will be singularly pleaded ahe Is prepared to pay io money will buy a grass tennis court he reminded her Is that a refusal does it mean so much to that old bomin it means so much that you would not believe it all canby said go ahrendt put the lawn was not wrecked with a sharp steel probe the house detective discovered the leaden boxes they were dundei the net the was skillfully done hven junior did not know it had tik en place biow that it Is all over said doc tor I 1 am tn task mrs if she nill accept this emerald hanhy could see eliat the stone set in a pendant ans of great value e think of it he de dared liy not my client now that glicr all fornin an Is clear I 1 certainly north t 0 ahe I 1 a very kalile wonna I 1 lease no tice that she did n t offer this a a bailhe if yon do art it her dl are I 1 fam to throw it the take M alil dina inter chib ie aruther of the I 1 ve wanted its the n ost georgec iii I 1 ve avei seeni adu never totra me so tie reputed ilin leali 1 it hilve ande you to know there was you could not ehe IM ali it p alie lie said old e ul she peair hie men nf nt piny on her und 11 if slips now I 1 in gild hut as a it ha alv TO BE CONTINUED I 1 |
