THAT'S DOBSON. sis. = Dr. John Michelson, i ing his career, bec 8 ysician and compan Sidney at Hartley is an American, id and ri and very de- live, house iney a semi- is wi “haunted pool’ " m of a f CHAPTER IV—Continued. Onur gentlema entire in interesting - works We teresting him, interested, but 18 engaged in cataloguing which had He was tteation to us. HI eSs, ey looked at him for a few you say was his crime?” the warden. ; said Mr, Williams, know his story. He is the his brother. living in Dobson house.” I looked at the frail, white-haired man with a sudden shock of interest, This wus the man who had created the ghost story at Hartley house. He was fumbling registry cards and writing on them. He was frail aad He had been once, by legend, a sturdy, muscular, brute. He was feeble interested in catal Mr looked “rh not protected prison.” he “It thought necessary,” the warden. “Escape from here not be impossible for an agile man who killed «3 ihe insignificant. crael now RUIng. room. 0 well i Sidney about the he other parts of 1% does seem to ns the the said is not said might it “He Is the Man Who Killed His Brother” is not Impossible from any part of the prison. It can only be made improb- sble. It would be easier from here, but still difficult. But this old man would be in a harder prison of depri- vation and friendlessness outside than he is inside.” “Do you mean that he is the man who made the ghost story I bought with my house? Mr. Sidney asked. “That's all there Is human of your | suid the warden, | “It is wore than most ghost stories | have,” said Mr, Sidney. : CHAPTER V. I could not believe the slightest par- | in the ghost story. 1 alistic. But as the legend of the pond took shape, my Imagination began to am ration- | ye substance to its shadows, ‘ot the place was genial and cordial, Joviality the note in the house. An aging nig naturally have heen t might Impatient, whims He might his demands But and time Sidney's was dom- | sick ost. He have { had have upon Mr. Sidney considerate, A ent in bed. When he was nd he i chair, have been aad crochets, irascible and acceptance of service, heen in wns always cordial great deal of the he sg I bed 0 and great Mr. Sid FOO. fashion 400n d, but want it. for the want ogether in irinnds of His per- ary. Every But aston. 2 % * SiGOey presente f morbi mm was extraord house felt it. Mr which, as it mani itself in expressi -and it was the only fashion I saw it for savage hate, nquest o one in the ighing thing about Was an occasional emotion fested his ne th a long time-—was one of It was only by coming on him not expecting that I remember that the first I saw the expression on his face I was dumfounded. That I was not expected in his room was entirely without inten tion on my part. People who were ac- to being with him walked into the room without ceremony. His and bath were to side. living-room he insisted without formality. he this. 1 saw time was ne customed hedroom His open one should be On the occasion I speak of I had come in quietly, but it was without intention Algol his His eyes were closed, and on of % large chair with on malevol was almost demoniase, It startling that the of it sped me In my step and made me uneasy, afraid, except that with Algol about the caress was al was an expression <0 sight more than almost Sidney was quiet, ane hand he stroked ®ead and ears. The most imperceptible In motion, but Al purring loudly that the filled the otherwise quiet room. malignancy, hatred, concentrated essence of feroe- ity—~in Mr. Sidney's face would have stopped anyone. To one who had af- fection for him as I had, it was ab horrent to see him so. It was a con. fossion of something I did not want fo know. 1 was in fear that he might hear me and, opening his eyes, find that I had him. 1 was embarrassed weertaln what to do. It was a silly predicament, as I saw afterward, My part was quite simple. I should have pald no attention to any such EOL wins #0 «} sound 1 Iie malevolence—the discovered man's face and have acted perfectly The common-sense thing-—and I con- It Indicates the as tonishing shock of the thing that I was What was the expression in an amiable, charming man's face, to knock a sensible person out of all his senses? Here was a dozing man merely toying with a cat's ears, and the very sight of what was expressed in his face, made me numb, I cannot understand it now, the ter rifying sensation being one which dis appenred as the recollection of ‘the emotions faded, What I did was to back toward the door, open It as quiet ly as I could, back out, and then re enter the room nolsily. Mr. Sidney was looking at me smi). ingly. His charm of manner never seemed more positive and active, “Hello, doctor!” he said, “1 company and just your company. you would only drink wine!” * - * . . » w needed If A broken pipe in the laundry made it necessary to call a plumber from Hartley, and to get quick service, it was agreed that we should send a ear for the man and his helper, The day was pleasant, and for the snake of the drive I went with the driver. The plumber was a fat man of the comic type. I thought he must be the embodiment of all the plumbers’ jokes, They seemed to have created him ; he was the product of the comics, I even asked him if he were sure he had all I thought he would be sure to send us back for a wrench, He was amiable, lnughed at anything or nothing and was saved from being a nuisance only by an abounding ani- optimism which ‘was Infectious, Driving through the Hartley grounds, we came to the pool, and the plumber—named Harkins—chuckled Thus far, whenever he or something his tools, house 1 Now he chuckled as if In recollection of an richer or deeper than any had been talking of. “That bered by here made a bet I w the bank got a goo in town, he to be remem “I have is going he once place me," sald, been out only since the ni not afraid an hour stories of as to Coir here for Thev've 1 Give about, than don't g a all as ' wus rabbits in nearly died wheh I heard ery about fifty feet back of me. | hear that, I guess a ferret had got a rabbit. You know how a rabbit « like a baby. “1 was sitting the open, and 1 thought I'd feel better If I got my back up against something. So I over to some bushes and sat down be hind them. “Maybe I had been there a half an hour, feeling scary and uncomfortable, when 1 heard a regular yell, There wasn't any fooling about that. It sounded like some one being hurt but yelling not because of the hurt as because he was mad. “You've heard fellows talking about their hair standing on end. 1 never what it really meant before, but my hair just right up. 1 felt like some one was trying to sealp me, and IT was gooseflesh all over, “It had been dark on account of clouds, but just then the moon came out and lighted up the place. There was a man standing on the edge of the pool, just about where I had been "sit. ting. He was leaning with both hands on a cane and standing perfectly still He didn’t geem like a man. He looked like one, but you had a feeling that he wasn't one, “I don't want ever to be so scared again, I didn’t know who had yelled, but I thought this man had, and I didn't think he was a man. J thought he was a ghost. I'm not saying what I think now, but if I had to, I'd say that I saw the ghost of this place and anybody that wants to laugh can laugh, He can come down here at night and get cured of laughing. “I couldn't move for a while, The man stood still, leaning on his cane, I watched him until 1 began to feel that 1 could use my legs again, | don’t know why 1 was so scared, but | was. 1 crawled away through the brush for a hundred feet or 86. Then I got up and ran, “I heard that yell behind me again. I'll bet nobody around here ever ran a mile as fast as I did. 1 seared the fellows who were waiting for me, They didn’t poke any fun at me, They looked at me and got that automobile started. J paid the bet, but they didn't have any laugh on me. There isn't one of them would come down here at night now.” “When was this?” I asked. “Four or five years ago,” sald the plumber. “Some time In October” We came to the house, and he went into the laundry to fix the pipes, in crawled 80 much stood “It doesn’t look haunted around here,” he sald he perceived the Joviality of the “but you've got to get me out before dark.” fis tangible place, That was virtually the complete sub- of the Hartley the picture of a man leaning on a cane by the of the river, Romance had to be content with it. * . » ® * . v stance house ghosts edge One evening In late October, which had Yurned chill and brought up a high wind, Mr. Sidney produced a new phenomenon, He had a strange flash | of strength, When I went to his room | after dinner I found him $walking about without help. Ordinarily, If he walked | at all, Jed was his strength, { “Occaxlonally 1 ean do it, doctor,” he sald, “The streng™ comes, [ usual ly pay for it next day, Lowever.” “I'd be very careful, then,” 1 sug gested, “Yes, but grateful It to while,” he sald, continuing forth and back in the I sat down and watched him without | It to | a0 feel how in a walk | not know vigor yon ix OnHee 10 room, { was astonishing 1 learned that timid prudence was ineffective, 1 had confessed my inabil ity to understand him, He life for very Bee to w ant of pres did not the sensations but purpose for the accomplishment, BO plensan to desire \ ¥ > ” “What Are We Drinking Tonight, Jed?" he + dently i pon tl Sit ¢ urged “Jed anc better for some other company. is the sort of night we like to git up t enjoy. to make the most of such a night.” Estheticaliy one ought Jed went out and presently car again with two bottles of wine, “What tonight. | Jed?" Mr. “1 thought warm sherry,” Jed “1 think 1 said Mr. Sidney, “There is body and a live soul ig sherry.’ ! “But are we drinking Sidney asked the evening suggested a sald t does." certainly,” 1 suggested In alarm, “you will drink sherry.” “Indeed not,” said Mr. Sidney. “Jed drinks it for me, and I watch him. You | mnst have an glass with him--just one. He'll have a dozen—1 don't ask you so | follow him—but just one” Jed opened a | and when he | offered me a glass 1 yielded, I wanted to the of protective comforts against that shrill wind out side, Jed drew a comfortable chair close | to the fire and took his wine in large but appreciative gulps, 1 took in small but appreciative sips, fire roared, and the wind howled. Jed, dribking by gulps, soon was ex- hilarated. Mr. Sidney and I had been | rational, We had been talking, I re | call, of the substitution of a Syrian idea of immortality, concerned chiefly with precious metals and stones, for | the north European idea of Valhalla, when Jed began to sing, and with gusto and affection opened ancither | bottle of wine. The wind grew in vio: lence, “It i= a night for any of the living dend about a place,” 1 sald. “1 like a wind that has many voices” said Mr, Sidney. “It produces certain sensations or emotions that are primi- tive. It suggests a threat and Increases the sense of shelter and comfort. We sit like peasants about the fireplace and are inclined to legends” not wittle, ineresse sone mine | The Story of the Dobson Murder. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Sometime we may have an ideal leg: fslature—one that will repeal more laws than It passes, ne BLOOM LIKE ROSES Frocks in Bright Colors for Midsummer, Cotton Brilliant Crimson Voliles and Flame. Hued Swisses With White Dots to the Fore, — The simile which likens the cotton far-fetched, observes a fashion writer, particularly when one come pares the efirlier frocks which the first Immediate wearing. soms the earlier Like spring blos- cotton frocks were modest the cotion in and as fresh as daffodils and violets. Now | frocks are blooming Uke the rose in the song, “In crimson splendor.” | No red for mer Brillingt crimson the fore, flame-cole with Only white hat worn ings, which somehow of | trimming first is too bright the midsum- | dress-up gown, volles are to and fwinses white dots, ck or a could be code #8 one jut black | excellent | BOme secret not look hot white hats are for getting off the beauty of the transpar- with fleld details a frock the y and frolie- tinted is 1 § through elvet DER Or % CREPE WAIST FOR FALL WEAR iF This ia an attractive brown waist of crepe, featuring Democracy gros- grain ribbon in two shades of brown, Dainty Frocks of Yesteryear Under Present Conditions Are Real Luxuries. It is a long time since the conturiers s0 much attention to that they look well in these sheer af- captivating of all feminine ap- It is a type of gown which the summers of a great part of America have made extremely well by American women, a type which sults them, and which they un-. derstand how fo weir to the very best advantage. But that it is extremely becoming to French women, as well, parel. when the weather is warm nttire, Frocks of this type used to offer an | agreeable opportunity for economy, for | in the old days the price of cotton fab! rics was low and strangely out of all | proportion to their charm. In these times, when the cost of living in Paris | has increased over 320 per cent and | everything but ordinary income has! gone up in proportion, cotton fabrics huge become more expensive than silk. en ones uses to be, Now the difference In a8 model made | of organdie instead of taffeta is too considerable to be worth noticing. | Long past ave those happy times when | 2 clever lady's maid could run up a! ttle lingerie frock which, with the | ————— Attractive garment for little miss displayed at the co.operative fashion exhibition in New York City. BOYS" AND GIRLS’ CLOTHING Garments for Youngsters May Be Made it Home From More Plentiful Remnants. nse artist's cotton, worn or contrast middy suits iceable also er-all styles young man of the recently brought of a man’s very dark blue i down each leg with Wool jersey cloth, the heavy weave used for women's sport suits and coats very in favor fot all boy for the coming mach present cool day wear. frocks.” all simplicity, are not “run ans ag all that, while the infinite cessories of footgear., hat gloves sod parasol, which turn them from a covering into a coftume. are such a serious item in the budget that one really thinks twice before attempt: ing a type of costume that requires special accompaniments of that sort Dress Sutton in Back. An Interesting point In connection with the advance styles In autumn frocks is the tendency to button many of them in*the back. the buttons show. ing and giving a real trimming touch. The attempt to fasten a frock invisibly in the back is always rather unsuccess ful, because rarely i= the fastening ace tually concealed, and, unless a woman has someone upon whom she can de pend to help her get into her clothes, the back fastening that is “invisible™ cost “littie for their apparen ty ip easily os { a buttons are used In the conventional way a dress can be fastened In the back without much trouble, FPongee Curtains Good. Some decorgtors will not recommend pongee for wirdows exposed to an un’ usual amount of sun, contending that the heat of the sun through glass rots the fabric. However, a judicious man- this fault negligible. For laundering purposes there is no fabric that stands up as does pongee, . A AO 50 AA AA. Among Favorite Models. Dark-colored orgundies, inclnding
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