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Show 1 Page 7 The Murray Eagle. Thursday, June 13, 1929 " What, the Gray H a TKe Mysiery of I Haunted Mansion THE STORY Hilton Hanby haa purchased country place tba Gray bouts, near Pin Plains. Miss Selenoa, a former tenant, warns him that the bouse ta under a, curse. Further alarming details are impressed upon Adolf Smucktr. Hanby'a secretary, by a man who claims to have been chauffeur for Blr Stanford Seymour, former occupant of the place, Tbs Han-by- a laugh off the warnings. But they are shocked when they hear that the caretaker of the Gray bouse, a man named Kerr, baa murdered. been mysteriously Hanby consults bis friend The family starts for the new borne. Appleton, a clerk of Douglas and Smith, tbe agents from whom Hanby bought the Gray bouse, explains to Pel ham, that a dangerous pond har tbe bouse, In which several children have been drowned, has since been filled tn, but be urges to dissuade Hanby from occupying the Gray house. Hanby and Junior learn that the caretaker was known to the police as "Red Cbapln" and bad a bad reoord. Hanby considers asking Leslie Barron, long an admirer of Cella, to Join tbe bouse party. Mrs. Hanby declares she likes tbe house. Pelham becomes a mem-pof the household, with the official title of "house detective." Over the telephone Hanby Is warned by a woman not to subject bis family to the dangers of the Gray house. Leslie Barron d arrives making four members of tbe Hanby household. A phone call from a man who declares be Is an old acquaintance of Hanby's and Interested In ornithology, but whom Hanby cannot Identify, urges him to preserve a part of the grounds as a bird sanctuary. Tbe idea appeals to Hanby and be makes the promise. The Han-by- s take possession of tbe Gray Pel-ba- Pel-ba- m er able-bodie- W. N. Marly n XT. English address. , Manor, Mary, Budlelgh Martyn Listen! 'Seymour Ottery St. Salterton, Devon shire.' That mHkee the Gray house fade into nothing! On the top left hand corner It says. Telegraph, On the fop right-hancorner It says, 'Great Western station, four miles.' " This was tbe missive that Hanby read alond: Bovey-Traeey- room. "I never saw him so before. Try and make him laugh at It, Bill." Hnnby's mood of depression pnssed very qulrkly. New dnlly Interests so crowded one npon the other that there was no room for gloom or In d trospectlon. The Parkers did not come. Parker's stomach, after many unheeded warn Ings, had finally rebelled against Its owner's habit of taking three meat meals a day. Julia Parker wrote that her husband .as about to be operated "HILTON HANBI, ESQ, "My Dear Err: "Owing to a fishing trip In Norway my answer to your letter haa been unavoidably delayed. "During my atay In your country my chauffeur was the one now tn my service, Richard Betterton. He la Ave feet nine In height, weighs one hundred and forty pounds. Is dark, pale of face, with an aquiline nose in fact, as you see, In every respect differing f.om the Impostor who claimed to have beld this position. "I am, my dear sir, "Faithfully yours, "STANFORD 8EYMOOR" upon. One day, walking down the drive, a small, florid, neatly Hanby met dressed man approaching the house the sort of mnn to Inspire confl dence even among the most suspicious. "If he's a salesman." Hanby reflect ed, "I'm gone. A man like thnt could sell me anything I" The stranger bowed politely. "Mr. Hanhy. I believe?" "Yes," replied Hanhy, wondering what It was he was about to buy. "My name Is Appleton Frederick Tou are probably unaware Appleton. of my existence." "On the contrary, you are expected when the bnss season opens. You were kind enough to give my friend Mr. Pelham some Information about 1 resign as boe man." Bill Pel-hasaid. "I am now the house detective. I report for work here and bouse. CHAPTER V Continued ?; pert Itr h-- nbi" brP EGG PRODUCTION DURING SUMMER Poultry Men Agree That It Depends on Best Care. Fuclng poultry men during the sum mer Is the problem of preventing a rapid drop In egg production with the coming of warm weather, when eggs bring good prices. Standard egg production In New Jersey for June U 13 eggs per bird, for July it is 16 eggs, and for August, 13 eggs. Whether or not a flock makes standard production during these three months de fends entirely' on the cure It Is giv en by the poultry man, announces the poultry department of the New Jer sey agricultural experiment station. According to the station, successful poultry men agree that good summer egg production depends on attention to little details of management and not on one outstanding fnctor. Cull Ing the flock, for example, ts not the most Important factor In obtaining standard production, but Just one of the muny factors. In fact, culling should be last In the effort to hold For hot me akfast s fgif tnc . a -- -- n . V v for warm weather the So rich in the Toasticsl Post Food, and so tempting to appeenergy you need,yct light tite. And ao easily digested that it releases its rich store of energy quickly for either work or play l That'a why it is called the Yake-u-p Food. During these warm days serve it for hreakfast off luncheon or supper. That family of yours can'tj help hut like it lender hearts of choice white J corn, delicately flaked and dehciously liavorrl( and toasted crisp. And how they'll henefit hy its quick energy I Remcmher, there's just one way to get the Wake-u- p Food ask for Tost Toasties In the red and. package. yellow, r)EAL BREAKFAST mew . production. The laying house should receive at tention first, as a means of holding egg production. All windows should he opened to provide good ventlla tion and to keep the house cool. Lice and mites are often the cause of the flock falling off In production. Careful Inspection of the birds and coop should be made once a month for these parasites. It Is considered a good practice to treut the flock for this house." body lice by using sodium florlde or As I waa In the neighborhood. I any lice powder. Generally, one treatment Is sufficient for the entire took the lllerty of coming to see your POSTUM COMPANY, INC, BATTLE CREEK, MICH.' summer. The roost, drop boards, and Improvements. I have always been nests should be painted with any coal much Interested tn tbe Gray bouse." I "I shall be glad to show you over tar product as a means of controlling If and ask your advice. I find every the niltes. When such cannot be ob day that there are a lot of things tained, a mixture of kerosene oil and about country estates that they don't old crank case oil from the tractor teach boys on farms these Improveor automobile can be used to advan (k ments, for Instance," tage. Mr. Appleton'a manner was almost Heavy consumption of mash, so lm jr r 'V enger. portunt to heavy production, is ob "May I ask what they are?" tained In the summer by feeding only "A big swimming pool between the 8 or 10 pounds of grain to each 100 tennis courts and the house, a new birds; keeping mash always before C i w. Co. I garage for six cars, a Japanese tea the birds; and keeping the layers conhouse, and a dozen smaller Jobs." NapoUon't Lucky Stone fined to the house where they will el Oil Tanks of Aluminum Government Will Test The great Napoleon firmly belleTed riothing pleases the new owner ways be near the mash hoppers. Oil tanks of aluminum are being Value of "Paper Mulch" In the good fortune attracted by diamore than the opportunity to exhibit Other factors found to be Impor used In the effort to obtuln a conwas tant In feeding are: a daily supply tainer for storage of oil which will Mr. Appleton his property. Government plant experts are en- monds, and well be might, since It was bored by nothing, ne begged to be of fresh green feed such as dande- realBt the corrosion caused by the gaged In a thorough test of the "paper the famous "Regent" dlumond of shown everything. He had no critilions, lawn clippings, and weeds from sulphur contained In the oil when mulch" which has been used experi- France, on which be borrowed large cisms, ne congratulated Hilton HanThis the garden; and a constant supply of taken from the ground mentally In some locations with a con- sums of money, that made blm em by warmly. In siderable cool water. to the degree of success. The pa- peror of the French. Later when the Is a serious matter fresh, clean, "Yoo will make this," be declared When production fulls below 50 per dustry. for It Is necessary to renew per mulch was first suggested ly a mortgage waa lifted on the huge stone "one of the stately homes of Amer cent. It la time to start culling, If the tanks constantly lu some of the Hawaiian pineapple grower, who cov- he had It set trluuiphunlly In the but ica, Yon have a genius for this sort ered the ground with on Impregnated of bis sword. the foregoing factors mentioned have fields. of thing." been carefully followed. paper which permitted the shoots to Anions the treasures of York min find their way through tut entirely Only In one matter was bis view Hint to Employers weeds that the copy England, Is an Anglo-Saxoopposed to that of the owner. He nsually ster, In suppressed nationalities of two Mixing men which and of between the the thought that the ground given over Provide Natural Shade gospels; this Is the oldest relle plants team will result In a great- grew working to the bird sanctuary would do ad the ground of Its vltullty. In In the cathedral. for All Young Poultry er work output than If one national- sapied It was a great success as mlrably for ornamental gtass bouses. Instance this ts employed, according to An Ideal rnnge will provide natural ity alone some small truck patches on as "My wife and I wouldn't think of jvoll director Ilulme Kdwin Dr. Mcllvnln, shade where the young birds may find such a thing," nanhy asserted flrmly. Those W2x Dance of tbe employment service of a large where the exxrlnient has been tried "We are for the conservation of bird protection from the hot summer sun. In different parts of the country. The ami all TV K UST pay the piper Many poultry flocks do not have this 1'hllndolphln Industry, says l'opular government exerts, however, will not life, Yoo may not know It, hut our 111. ho suffer U ouarry of natural protection, say poultry spe Mechanics Magazine. rarer species of songsters are in serf on the official shoe know an muke subject report dancing in new V tight cialists of the Pennsylvania State col not shake AlkntFoeK-K- aa ons danger of extermination. That until they have tried It out thoroughly into your thoea It takrathefiictKXi lege, so some means of protection bird sanctuary Is a hobby of ours, and have conducted experiments wlih from the ahoca. and makes dancing and It will not be disturbed while must be provided. Moving the colony which the different kinds of paper or w alkie- a ml joy. houses cornfield Idcul a near makes we live." offered as suitable. have range conditions. Sunflowers planted Mr. Appleton wrung his host's Stoat sllmvnts start front poor HmlrtWl intea-tin(aotiaueauonararmi-ronattpationhand. Hanby wos surprised at the around the colony house also will pro A Reminder vide satisfactory shade. If the colony paon.aap ntahlr. uiMlcrmlna health emotion written on this cheery, on ml maka Ma town! la. lonirht try N) The beautiful I'eggy Joyce was talkhouses a be moved corn near cinnot Natura'a lined face, ing to a girl reporter uhout advenTOTtiualanortlinarrlaiaUv. KaehnwK) field anil sunflowers are not used. "If docs yoo credit, sir." he ex Will ail In miorua your and nt turesses : spclita you of thai lMvy, Kvrr. tirplraa faauiif . "In my Ignorance I have some form of artificial shade shotil claimed. "Men." she :ild wlih a lauirh, "comafe, be feed fnirely vegetal)! MiU, bug placed on provided. Old given no thought to such matters I Hay, n. i. Alton pare girls to lilies. U-- t them remema frame ultout two or three feet slnive I did It was rrlmlnnl negligence, lilies." are there ber that tiger will the ground give the needed pro not know." Salesman With a Car Can tection. ' fct monvr on our product. Everybody hi "As a matter of fart." Hanby con a single winged word hath hung aKara On irnpfcl. Intfelilns ntwrtfiw--W nt necaaaary. reswd. -- I was just as heedless as rit for aur plan, h ynu avrry the tlfsllny of nations. Wendell We liNATION 41. Hrtr. HI T CO. you until a month ago. Mr. Bayllss Make Fowls as tO nreadaay, Nrw lark Hy. New Tevfc. At Druggists I'hilllps. Always only 25c whom I met at the Metropolitan club Profitable as Possible told me all about It. I rather think tor Va lilt Ohio CnrtMralUa rWka Maaar Ulxt.l tommiwkm. orruiNd be Is president of the Ornithological There Is a great teinptullon for the H7i nulTcr tcith teaming atari tmmxlUtiv Onod fur II SOS Va futnl.h alk. flrllvar and wHkI society." yailv. poultrytiinn who Is ambitious to equtd avlnu tpM"r a'inaraaary, "The nsme seems familiar," said the records made by other. Naturllldf., Daylna). OUka, (a, lT lr-lr- r our of "One an national one to hens wants make his Appleton. ally nny thorltlcs. If I mixture not. I think as protitbli as possible, and as :he WlirN litlriirn Ointment, brcjue of it slo-lut-e W: TA PAKKfcK'S I have rend a notli-of one of his rule generally applied Is in keep a HAIR BALSAM ind snliicptic snd hrling piopcrtict, in books on the subject." hrn only to th end of her tirnt laycombination w iih Clutirura Soap i uruuipmc J in Kaatnrae tow ao wns - Vl f ad-- d Itai Appleton ing year nnd then replace her with sightseeing null. the tfriimeiit of pimple, n rnu, ttuhrt, iitiuiioa. ,2 ttrautr to t.r. hlnr. not luncheon. would of let Hanby high egg pro snd til forms of skin troul lrt. pullets, the effect refuse to stay to the meal, despite the duct Ion on the luylng hens nppan-nllIn for . SHAMPOO-- I. FU)RFSTON ninorml 5'' ar t "V. fail that he bad a neat package of Is negligible as hhe la sent to pot be Htr Hain. WkrUi rnMHviHMi nh t .tk-of l drtij. ti rrnla hj fc.,ra-f- i an Sufl. sandwiches and fruit. fore any rtll effects of force find(.ata. iiiu Wka,l'aljif!, N. I. The Interior of the home charmed ran with Interfere her ing laying. Jt- -' ttr.t h r. him greatly, He was filled with ad M miration at the rules of the Snwio Mistake With Gccfc X Choose a Profitable Vocation ary club Tbe critical family circle A common ltM' 0.f mUtnke made In raising rn iha by , approved of blm. A Ban thl til tatijM Ml CTO P.B CUNTINTKDl them upon geese Is to try to a. aara llei V.n.VRI. lutki arai i s rr grains without sufficient gracing. If t TH MMM WIHt. the geene have good green ford they or iiKAt ir 1 1 i.i i ii it mr aii will need but little sdditlonnl. Crlt J ssi rtirt ind. in Demons and oyster shell should always be to During the summer a . "J'V' rT..metly M.Hrtt t tM r.h method consist In providing I la Ilium. """A fffai. f.s eiS.r If neighbor, tbe whole making a lnr H'lumrd fli"d f ejunl parts of crn one feed a Kit at National tl1at . I'aa I't'S". Similar sands are found meal, bran d.iy Ing noise. and ground nata. During tn China. In England Is a mountain " Aemla WaJrtrd T nandla el.tlw li"W the winter the smne grains are satise A summer anj mnamilfr IHl llnraaraand Hmmrm which howls In anrh a way that for kM h n. al but atcamcd clover or Alfalfa ltK free .n.tatir doors Hit factory, Tanlira, rtlshta! Sprsy all rmn-ta- l mrrly tt wss supposed to be the hsunt mairh imrta and tainilowa tlmrj, an J In a few . bay should be added. email Vulrain.a, nam.ly of demons. This Is Cross fell. In a it has momenta, after vspor hiiila. lk,nrta I'ihI. atttH.-atna "'.T tons Intn local eondl where '". mo flics full etfertivertf, all Westmoreland, snd ," Wia. Saakatne, H'llanc OH IHnwfU, Oian. Grain for Gecsc produre a gale with several peculiar qulnm ill he dYa.l. Al kill It Irs, hog sit J anta. lor hot oache, Including so awe Inspiring IIomIiIi Mvln Geese Miotild not he fed bard grains, TT I lit Fprsver. remits ue the scream that at timet cso be hear) but mixed In feeds what are kill or ground lo insects, (iuifantred for mllra. known as mashc and fed In a moist money hm.k. Witter long stute. A good ration for goese would Can! ttotrl. TrM Maawlmta t timala le thri parts of yellow corn meal, Difficult for Stoat Sitters Mwaailala) Hnd-4.rf imp-M-M of four one wheat of bran, part parts Vlaaa Tht uvn.tmfm I -- art A beauty e J pert snys one shoulc To red dog flour or flour middlings. Wrtt0 r4 eaafy walk In surb a way that one seems to this add A per irnt of meat scraps snd float Well, we saw one of the super season during the lajtrg tr breeding llnot Old glrlS In Our nrtjhliorrinoi mm i ssv.wLa .karma h 15 per cvnt. At atl times I per cent tt do looked to she ant, like trying fine sifted sand and one half per of Saiflahe City, No. tn a grouf W. N. barge making headway cent of fine table salt Any kind f wsBaBaaaawaatBasBjBaajBTa iwelL New Orleans Itstee green feed will Lela ml Corn ImlL i Plaices IPdDST Bife'J ffdHASimiES "If He's now. a Salesman," Hanby "I'm Gone." Reflect-d- , n t guessed wrong : lout tbe chauffeur who blew Smucker to a feedl" Hanby waa worried, lie had al most banished the affair from his mind. Now everything came back to blra vividly, particularly the woman who threatened blra with death. "Well, we're dug In here now," be observed, "and It will take something more than vague threats to turn as out" CHAPTER VI There was a letter for Mrs. Uanby the package of mall. "Who's been writing to you. Dinar her husband Inquired. "The Parkers. They've been want ing to come here, but I told thein we weren't asking any one till we had l got used to the place. It would It to have any outsiders yet I shall be finding new wonders every m!n ute for a month. Besides, we have no saddle horses yet, and Julia ts mad about riding. That reminds me that I must order a habit and a si te saddle." Hanby was still thinking oi the mysterious warnings. "Ifa funny," be remarked present ly, "that any one should take the trouble to feed "murker for nothing There must be something behind It." "Junior and I will find out," said BUI. "H'a beneath the dignity of the lord of the manor to sleuth." "The first letter I opened." contln nrd Hatiby, pursuing his train of thought, "was from an undortakei noted for the simplicity and dignity of bis funerals. He Includes flowers The next was That a thoughtful! from Seymour. I'erhnps I shall now be called to the telephone to tnlk with another unknown cntiverxiillonnllst." "My motto Is eternal vigilance. said Pelham. "Carry on your bust as usual your faithful hawk no In "Not a bit," he suld. "Mine la an open, modest nature, shrinking snd simple. Von Interest me strangely, CWIa. Why did yoo drop mer I went back to school," she said, "and there was an adorable being who taoght us music. 1 wanted to practice Beethoven ten hours a day." Why did yoo drop blmP "He was sent away for kissing a tcher or. rather, forAfterbeingthatcaught l.es klaxlng a teacher. rather amused me, I was then an emotionally old woman of seventeen." Are yoo really fond of LesP asked Pel ham, I knew!" 1 "I thought one always knew." Not in these times." said Cella "One meets so many boys. U' Is on What about probation this aummer. a twlro before breakfast ? There's a ergeoua high dive Into twenty feet of water. I want to boot Junior at back diving, .'loose. Bill. gHe me a lesx.n P Youll have to make It right with Won," be said "I'm hie man In chief, and I want to keep my Job "Dlna and dad will be there U fore yoo. If yoo don't make haute." "Whnti Taking advantage of me "tike thnll I'll be to my bathing suit before joa are!" The two raced toward the hue Tbe swimming (.arty was not ready for breakfast until bnlf rant nice. a The meal was hardly begun package of mall wa brought tn. "I'm going to md a piinlKy o bombRik for It, when things are tn running order," Hanby commented, aorting It out "Tradesmen's Invito Uona, mainly. Here's one from a fotighkerpsle undertaker, wltb most attractive Illustrations of the Is ( eat In caskets." h'eit be held op a large square en teJoi, lavender colored, and adorned with a blatk roat of arms. "Budlelgb Salterton," he real "1 9cVI tell you. Wna, that 1 wrvte to Mr. Feymnur weeks ago, asking If be bad a chauffeur like the one murker Hanby frowned a little "U s odd thst his reply should come oa our first breakfast "What mws be snjT Mne asked. Hanby silt the envelope. ."In the center ts a crest," be enra- eoted. "Underneath la a simple MS: wax-wrapp- 9 "Bill," she said, "you most be fond of the Uanby clan to do this. Toor old Bill P 6he murmured softly. "Why poor?" he demanded. ' "1 know," she said wisely. Ton can't fool me." "I'm not poor," be retorted. "I'm rich. I have a family without the labor of supporting It. I'm much more sensible than you tmagine. 1 dore your mother. She married the man she loved. Three things might have happened to me I might have married another woman, and made tier nnbnppy; I might have become one of those aonr, cynical old devils who poison this earth; I might have drunk myself to death. I thought of doing all three at various times. I did try drinking for a year, but Ulna made ma feel like a d d coward. 1 am now going to use some of your modern terms. I sublimated my love Into affection for everything that was dear to your mother. That's why bear your superior airs with cheer fulness. That'a why I talk baseball cores with Tim." Tou love baseball," said Cells. 1 love you," retorted Pclharu. "About four years ago tbe summer ire bad a jous at Allenharst I cherished a hopeless passion for you," Cella confided. "It began when you wed to do those fancy back dives et the Allenharst pool, and was fanned to fury when you rescued that man from the surf. Did you ever sus I'll shaw slumbers not nor steepa tell you what 1 will do. nil." he sug gested briskly. "1 11 neat you turee sets out of four whenever you are I've been reading a book on ready. tennis tactics, and after committing It to memory I've burned It, so you can't rend It. Vou haven't a chanre!" Hanhy's mood was more cheerful "I wrote that book," be di'clared -Want to bet?" "Go and get Into flannels," Pelham told him. "Fill's worried." he added to Dlna. when Hnnhy had left the Service Copyright by Wyndham POULTRY vvW4vvyvvvvvvvvyvvvvv Odd Sounds Gave Rise peel Qood nat. ""Allen's Foot 'Ease ). oo-ia, 3s Skin Troubles Tyt-Vrt- 9 ' e ai (uticura rutiTV 't I Fiies and Mioscjuifoes ICi!! Belief amis-fnctor- South America bss a mooning mountain. At certain seasons a deep note booms from Mount El Brnmadot to formei tn the Chilean Andew days the natives listened to It with superstitious fesr, while even a whit man, bearing It for the first time. Is atsrtM at the mountain'! "power" Another curious mountain exists In Nevsda. though this one usually gives out a note resembling at first th Jingling of bells and ending with deep organ like swell, to both case tbe sounds are due to a ixsullar for mat ton of the earth, which under cer lata conditions ot weather allows the separate particles to rub sgalnst each other and to product onrsnny effeita Etgg Island, oft the Bcuitlun bss Its "singing sands," where at times escb grain rvU against Its In-e- r4 f ih hJ m FLIT lat. Jlt, krne fly-fre- ia r4 lt rrp"'" '" K-- a caBSiIaEiitj e-a ay. m ?4-1- BII saawaasaaawawasawassl |