The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31

needs is doctor, not a
J. T97%S detective"
8cSSlkS4 do listen, Rand"
5Ss3SSI urged. when you have
1ZLlS heard me out you can
refuse the case just as
Rsily as you can now. I'll take only
minute or two of your time"
well. get on with it, then. But
ou know"
Il know that you haven't a supersti-
Gus cell in your brain, and l thought
hadn't either, but when l tell you
bat | saw"
Rand smiles in that ironical way OF
is, and / hastily began another SEN
|nce.
"You know" I said, that knew, in
/ general way who the Dauvers were,
bcause my mother lives within a few
ock of their house. However, they
+ ave not occupied it for a long time,
ecause Mr.. Danvers stayed in Europe
)r many years, as most of his inter
Is were there. There is a caretaker
no has cottage in the grounds, and
the servants have been retained,
b that the place is beautifully kept
b. Mr.. Danvers died suddenly of
Dme trouble which no one understood
hd was buried on the other side-in
ally, believe. The mother and Miss
anvers, who is about twenty, and
er brother, who is a year younger,
ave just returned to America, with
le intention of living in the spacious
ii house where both of the children
ere born.
'As you know, l went there to call
st night. They were evidently glad
renew the acquaintance and tried
| make me feel very much at home,
T. 1T I soon saw that they were all
readfuly nervous. Suddenly there
as a choking kind of a scream from
be back Of the house. Danvers and |
Ished out, following the sound. He
semed TO know what TO expect, for
card him mutter: My God-again!"
nd he led me to a small hall back of
be staircase, meeting, on our way, a
aid who gibbered out her terror at
and then ran on.
You can smile, Rand, all you
Lease, but l tell you what l saw-ac-
lally saw in that commonplace back
all-would take that smile off of your
ice At first, it just seemed to me
nat there was a very queer arrange
cnt Of shadows along the floor and
b the wail--and then l saw that
lose shadows moved, and that they
' ade the figure of a tall, thin man.
.DulGn't make out what the motion
as like, until the shadow seemed
.lddenly to intensity; both Danvers
nd l backed out of that hall, and we
Fere cold with fear, Rand-say what
ou, like TO me, but l tell you | don't
ant 10 see that shadow again, cut
ng its own throat with a long, ugly
boxing knife-ugh."
as It always in the same placer"
"Yes."
"How is the hall lighted?"
with single gas jet"
WAS the gas lit when you saw the
|haGow?"
"Yes, but it was turned low"
Where does the shadow appear-I
lean where, in relation to the posi-
on Of the gas jet?"
i Beyond it as you look in from the
Font eutrance-down the hallway"
Docs it ever appear when the gas
not Nt?'
4 "N-nO, I think not"
\ How many servants have the Dan
Rrs?"
Five or six, think"
/ besides the caretaker?"
yves"
4 Seven or eight, in all. Quite a
etinue for a small family. Did you
| ny all the servants were retained dur
hg the years that the family were in
,urope?"
yes, they were"
"What was the nationality OF Dan
ers?"
English or American, | suppose"
you suppose, eh? Where did you
ay he died?"
He is buried in Italy, but don't
! know where he died"
Miss Danvers is a dark, tropical
/ ort of a looking girl, isn't she?"
"Why-yes; but how"
ITS the sort you always admire,
sn't it?"
Yes, l must say l am rather par.
ial TO dark hair, being such a sandy
haired Scotchy myself"
The boy is dark, too?"
mo, he has light hair and pale blue
tyes, like his mother, but his skin is
warthy. 1t makes an odd combina
ion"