What the Gray House Hid @ The Mystery of a Haunted Mansion -~ <r by Wyndham Martyn Ww Copyright Martyn THE STORY Hilton York country Hanby, merchant, prosper has place—the Gray near Pine Plains. Miss a former tenant of the house, warns him that is under nu curse. Further ing wetalls impressed upon Adolt Smucker, Hanby's secre. tary, by a man who claims to have been chauffeur for Sir Stan- ford Seymour, former occupant of the ‘The Hanbys laugh off the warnings, as some form of practieal But they are shocked when they hear that the caretaker whom they have put in charge of the Gray house, 8a man named Kerr, has ously nurdered ais friend Pelham. The starts for the new home ton, a clerk of Smith, the from whom tianby bought Gray h explains to Pelham, that a dan- gerous pond near the house In which several children drowned, t heer he urges Pelhag pur Gray house alarme- the are place foke been mysteri. Hanbv consulls family Apple. Douglas and ugents the ine, rp heen 18 gince « “y on tance “Fell {ater Fhe vol one there, but never a happ) MM." . “1 am satisfied that with proper care thease nocidents sey11l¢ Lave avoided.” “*Thut's what been the real estate people said when they wanted you to place, buy the All they Mr. Hanbs in your heart of hearts you know is some inexplicable but i." not They lied, naturally want is their commission there dreadfu. Curse on “1 am credit weak-minded enough to such nonsense.” He sw ke with unusual violence “With common pre caution the accidents could have been avoided.” “Whe told you so? “A Mr. Appleton.” realized that be unt employee of the firm which sold the house, Appleton had seemed to alter during the interview. In the he ginning he had seemed to believe thar something beyond human Hanby suddenly was lle re culled how expianation hovered about the Gray house Then hie had become brisk and businessiike, ind had spoken of carpenters’ esti- nates, “Of the firm ot Douglas & Robin. son?’ There was contempt in speaker's voice. “Il see! Merely one of their clerks. May 1 ask what pre. caution that he could suggest would have saved tne life of your tunate caretaker?” “That wns due to one of the ven dettns common to the underworld,” Far away the musical lnugh came over the wire, “I don't see anything amusing In that,” Hanbhy snapped. “But you will,” sald the unknown. “Ir sirikes me as very, very funny. May | usk you if You ever saw Hed Chaplin, Mr, Hunby ?” No” he returned, *j don’t relish that sort of thing in lite or in death.” “1 did. He was six feet In height, had hair of reddish brown, and car ried hiuself very erect. This was a pose. Le was pretending to be an ex- soldier, lis usual habit was to slink along furtively, like the murderer he wis. Now, Mr. Hanby, you fre six feet fn height, ang You walk ns erect. ly as ever a West Pointer did, We "did not know you had engaged a man to watch the Gray house. Red Chapin was not killed because of a vendetta, He wus mistaken for you!” “1 dun’t believe a word of It!” Han. by sald violently, “It would he safer for youn and your family it you did. Next time there will be no mistake I” “Are you threatening to kill me?” the unfor. Agaln the musical laugh was heard. “That would be most unwise over the telephone wires, wouldn't It? No -—we fire warning you that it would be safer to take your family somewhere else. \Why not a trip round the world? Or there are wonderful places In Long Island. You wlll tind Pine Ulalos very cold in winter,” “If this is a joke, it's a rotten one” Hanby cried angrily. “It Is more a joke to me than to you,” sald the unseen woman, *I scarcely think your family will eon: sider It a joke when you are found dead; but perhaps they may. One never knows, Well, this Is your last warning.” At this point Hlanby wns cat off, lle shouted for Junior Junior, starsled by the unusual vigor of his father's volee, came running. “I've just had a long-distance.” sald “It is very fmportant that from what station it Futher Sherlock, do his father. I should trace was sent, Now, your stuf!” “You het!” uit educated continued Hanby, library with Mr. Pelham, know what happens.” replied Junior engerly. woman who spoke—an with =a “I'm in Let wis a wortan youngish tne me volee™ as his friend en vas something different The look of inde. was gone, “HII, you Ilqok as if you were ahout to scrap with and rather enjoyed the prospect.” Pelham looked uj tered. There abour him termination now, sSaine one, “That's exactly how | feel,” llanby “Bill, it 1s nothing new to =n tive-dollur-u-day detective to hear that sald. on his shou! mind danger: but gow ders, beonsclious was right—I am In that 1 feeling of depression has Bill, your five dollars and twenty You can the ter for an insurance policy won't need word ! know it consciously, the Rune, salary is now five cents flay. use extra q You iothes, probably any Dinas mare Not a cot ie Iwo stood Mrs men into the up as Caine room thrilled In my cried “The Ilmpertinence that your ‘I've never been so {ife!” she of the creature, In assuming He saw It all up the telephone up bedroom, and tened to the whole conversation, “Which is it to be? he “Around the world or Island 7 “It's going fo be Pine Piaing.™ declared. “Hil, you didn't the voice, did you? heard It only recognize that it had lis asked Long ahe recognize before, I could was the volee of an educated woman, youngish and perfectly at ease.” “It was an Eoglishwoman's volce™ Dina asserted, “I'm not sure. The Inflection might mve been put on to deceive, More over, lots of our actresses get Into that way of talking. You'd surely think that throaty contralto of Elsie Ferguson's was English, if yoo didn't “Never know that she wns born In Manhat tan" “This woman sald, “and [I'll prove suy, ns we do, ‘around the world She sald ‘round the world. The Eng: lish always do that. An American woman would say ‘on Long Island.’ If you recall it, she sald ‘in Long Island.’ That's like the English. They say ‘in the street when we say ‘on the street.’ I'm certain It was an Englishwoman,” Mrs. Hanby paused as Junior came In, wearing an ulr of lmportance, “The call came from a houth nt Grand Central,” he reported, “It's impossible to trace It any more than that, It wasn't long distance ar all.” Hanby rang the bell for Mary Sloan “Why did you say t was wanted on the long-distance?’ he inquired, when the mald appeared, “The lady sald, "I'his Is long-dis tance. | want Mr, IHiton Hanhy!'* When Mary had gone, Hanby turnea to his wife “The distance English” ft. She didn't wns Dina have the instrument, must enoken from because it sounded like a Very carefully done! still w woman same long «lis ina, with tance, do you int to go through LY ig “Of course | I'l have any ng ty man? Dina’'s eyes flashed, nt her closely, It wus a him, It wus a woman fight tike a tigress wha was dear to her. Pelham knew that would sway the Hanbys together, as they Invariably did, were not to be deterred, “As the “1 realize that peded, 1 only of this alone, Safely in n to be necompanied the house detective, or he resigns Do woman do! other YOu suppose n Ld | threaten Pelham looked new Dina to who would to save the man word of his Standing they no he sald, . lents have stum. recommend that no ! should ge ! household umbers ! house detective,” my ci member up there All expeditions are hy All ! the suid 1eCtis pust be traveling expenses incurred by paid “Inds tortedd, “Sometin nerfe modern enough household where are like mother you parents, all of them t nE moti nm - vamp “She 12.” Iaughed nnhy “When 10 oe tices her ever | try ape, she pra devils files on me Pe you think les for a whole sum. im up at Pine Plaina® ite him with ot} le retorted, “7 * hit could wr ia looked nt how engerly he invita tion feos knew sbout this I've made plans for a “1 accepted Ins week,” nid “as soon as Junior new house, golf cotrse “Who volee?' Celia She an unusual “I'm not going to give myself awny before your mother and ali these wit nesses, away and dance. We will Join you presently, When she had gene, Hanby turned to Pelham, “Dina and | the others to knew, dif ferent, We shan't for a month, and things may have explained themselves by then” “1 hope not,” sald Bil want to earn my money,” (TO BE CONTINUED) niready.” was the Indy with the lovely asked, knew that she had interrupted conversation, Go - don't want Celia Junior is he going and Pelham. *1 Joston's famous Beacon hill ae quired that name in 1634 when King Charles commanded the Massachusetts colony to surrendér its charter and an. nulled all innd titles, The whole of New England suddenly found itself partitioned among a favored few in the mother country, nnd the thumnb of a royal governor general bore down hard. At the head of a commission holding the powers of life and death over the colonists was ab archbishop who hgd acquired considerable repu- tation us dn heresy hunter. The colony was only four years old, but in no uncertain spirit it rebelled and soon after John Endicot's sword had sloshed the red cross from the royal ensign at Salem a fort was erected nt Castle island in Boston harbor, Cltl- zens drilled earnestly on the common and In the small towns around. As a menns of quick communication a ben. con wus erected on the highest ewl. nence of the ecapital—and that hil was named, for as long, probably as America endures, — Detroit News, —— — African Tribal Language One of the greatest ditliculties of missionaries In the Sudan ies in the perfect babel of Inngunges existing among Its many tribes, a great chal. lenge to the ambitions linguist, as there are no hooks of any kind amony them, and no teachers, Added dim. culties are the various intonations ot ench word, a wiong tone being used often completely changing the meaning of the word. Recently it has been discovered that In one tribe seven difterent tones are peed, —————— And Probe and Probe We may not be so much on pre. venting disasters, but how we do probe ‘em !-Nushville Banner, Circular Flares ~ on Fashion Card Style Is Becoming to Most Women; to Stay Another Year, Writer Says. Window shopping ought to be the height of fun but sometimes it Just makes us discontented. Have you ever thought why? asks Jane Warren Wells, In Farm and Fireside, I think because it is often we feel the beautifyl dresses cannot belong to Either they wreen {GO shown they cost when we us, too much or are know we or muyhe hlue gn are pale, youthful Pe rish or times they are too le {OO retiring av > om “STR . oy Se — Short Wrap Accompanies Summer Evening Dress Rep { summers short wrap to the evening gown full and is the hip and seen In wraps of spring persuasion, Earls i the little evening coal, instead of being left free to fall ns they held closely to the Lips In a wide swathed girdle or are worn wrapped about the figure snugly. tuflles of depth and softiy draped fluttering scarfs serve the pur pose of enchanting the neckline and make use of long tassels or hoge bows to lend a feminine In- variably there is a line evil. dent at both the and front of a wrap of this kind, the popularity of lias frilly kkirt fingertip length arrivals of are some vory touch, one-sided hack Tulle Danglers Adorn New Evening Apparel Squares of tulle attached te choker necklaces hy one corner and left flont- ing to form fragmentary cape collars for summer evening wear are a new Paris idea, The couturier who launches the idea uses the tulle capeneckliace with dunce frocks of tulle and taffeta. Usonlly the floating ends of tulle cov- er the back of the decolletage only, Clrenlar tulle foresleeves on bended and pailleted evening or cockiall Jack: ets are another dea of the dressmak. er who sponsors tulle trimmed neck. 000s, | Pickled Pears, Peaches Add Pleasing Variety Pickled frulls are a part of ning business in most households, plek- led penches and crabapples be- Ing favorites and adding a pleasing variety to the win- ter fare, Clin stones best peaches, I stick a in each peach, logely the can- pears, make the pickled and few cloves and in Jars. BwWeet pack c¢ widen Then pour them spiced Gray. gar i ion of thre over vine- Grace Viall i proport one of Pcarl Gray Crepe Frock, Fox Scarf, Black Shoes Gray and black Is a color combina. tion of importance this season, The picture shows a charming outfit, with the frock of pearl gray crepe, a hat of black felt trimmed with gray straw, a silver fox scarf, and black shoes and purce. 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