The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12

thirty; Do you think can see yandam tonightf What
stwhy; yes YOU surely viii be able to him to.
night. He hasn T stirred from the house since his
sages from her direct when she had got strong enough
in her new world. The rappings come at twelve
then shall plenty Of tanss %s and osst
nseda bother to with me %1 give gs o a6S card
nieht@oh, by the way, don't give out any of the
facts you have told me-
idly over toward the upversity this promises to be
an uncommonly difficult case
of everybody concerned in it. Even the view Of tho
Star, that il is Of suicide due to overwrought
at might even be q natural DEATH Craig added.
as fo9 IT ns that
am going to do tonight will tell me much, however,
took out little Instrument which looked ike two hor
zontal pendulums suspended by fine wires Tcre
of s' each h pendaam PC % bore needle which touched
circular drum driven by clock work Craig fused with
| had long ago learned that in applying a new ap
paTatus to doing old things Craig as dumb as
an oyster, until his work was crowned with sue
We had trouble in getting in to see MI Van
me, for had seen him in public "a number nun OF times
1t was as the co[Gpers physician s had sal said The
papers curious daubs of paintings handsomely framed
and PHOTOGRAPHS hay 9verexposures should have
and Kennedy quite him over by his admiration for
them:
explained where and when they occurred They pro
ceeded from little cabinet or closet at end of
Craig carefully noted everything about the room
and then fell to admirlHg the spirit photographs If
5'The best Of all do not display, they are too
precious - said the old man fWould you Like to
Craig sssented eagerly and vanda~ left s US for
tered he
he deposited the mechanism he had brought from
the box in which he had brought the mechanism 50
that it. would not appear that he had left anything
ArtfulIy he led the conversation along lines that
past twelve. The moro they talked the uncanny
did this house and of spirits seem TO In fact
was rapidly reaching the point where could have
that twice something incorporeal brushed
Rap! rap rap' rapl rapi
Five times came curiously hollow noise from
Keep perfectly still-don It move hand or foot
1ss eS s3 fSfs''f'n
Rap! rap! rapl came the reply.
rs Mary strong enough to speak to me tonightf''
..Is she happy''
''What makes her unhappy What does she want'
Will you spell it out!''
Then after pause, the rappngs started slowly and
9 to spell 9 II s2 el fef e
ter the n fg gaRs t for m eight &
last it complete;
She thinks you are e, not well; She asks you to
Tell her will do it tomorrow morning Is there
Rapl rap! came back family;
John, John, dom go YETI pleaded the old man
IL PERHAPS rR is9 we he @ the
warning of his wife,s death three nights before
'|Won t you answer one other question:
Fainter, almost
For several minutes the old man sat absorbed in
realize that we were in the room with him With diff
Guilty he took the thread of the conversation where
eve We're talking about the photographs he
said slowly. ''I hope soon to get one of my wife as
she is now that she is transfgured. John has prom
sed soon. -
He e his So pepa5atery to
moment he was out Of the % room Craig dartsd ted Int into
Then he began softly to tap the walls. At last he
found the side that gave noise similar to that which
IT. E' for he hastily skeehed on aa envelope plan of
that of the house. noting on 1t the location of the
Kennedy almost dragged me back to apart
nent be in such hurry to examine the apparatus
Of ruled paper wound around the two revolving drums
some minutes with evidently growing satisfaction
At last be turned to and said, 'Wslter, here is
1 looked obviously at the irregular up-and-down
the the Uas he sad H UP the
nor to call him up the first thing in the morning
Still eyeing with satisfaction the record traced
on the sheets Of paper be lighted cigarette in mat
much flesh -andbood ghost this John It walked up
TO the wall back of that cabinet raped, listened
old Vandam, raped some more, got the il
wanted, and walked deliberately away. Tho cabinet
you may have noticed, is in corner of the
with one side along, the hallway. The ghost must
have been in the hall -
But who it?''
''Not so fast, Walter laughor Craig "Isn' it
enough for night that we have found out that
much7''
Fortunately tired, certainly should have
dreamed Of rappings and of "John'' that night. !
awakened early by Kennedy talking with
over tho telephone. 1t was Inspector O'Con-