Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-22

r.-..-. needs Is doctor. not q
a':4 WIN detective" -
l ANoA DO listen, Rand" I
XE~ urged. when you have
E12X0 heard me out you can
refuse the case just al
easily as you can now. I'll take only
q minute or two of your time"
well, get on with it. then. But
you know" -.
II know that you haven't q superstt.
tious cell in your brain, and thought
hadn't either. but when I tell you
that I saw"
Rand smiles In that ironical way OF
his, and hastily began another sen.
tence.
you know said. that knew. in
a general way who tho Danvers were,
because my mother lives within . few
block OF their house. However, they
have not occupied 1t for . long time.
because Mr.. Danvers stayed In Europe
for many years, 90 most OF his inter-
ssts were there. There 10 q caretaker
who has = cottage in the grounds, and
all the servants have been retained.
20 that the place IL beautifully kept
up. Mr.. Danvers died suddenly OF
some trouble which no one understood
and was buried on the other side-in
Italy, believe. The mother and Miss
Danvers, who Is about twenty, and
her brother, who is q year younger.
have Just returned to America, with
the intention Of living In tho spacious
old house where both Of tho children
were born. ~. .--~s.-1-z
! "As you know, went there to call
last night. They were evidently glad
to renew the acquaintance and tried
to make me feel very much at home.
but ! soon saw that they were al
dreadfuly nervous: Suddenly there
was a choking kind of q scream from
the back of the house. Danvers and
rushed out. following tho sound. He
seemed to know what to expect, for
heard him mutter: my God-again!-
and he led me to q small hall back Of
the staircase, meeting, on our way,
maid who gibbered out her terror ut
US and then ran on.
lyon can smile, Rand, al you
please, but I tell you what I saw-ao.
tua]ly saw in that commonplace back
hall-would take that smile of of your
face. At first, 1t just seemed to mo
that there was very queer arrange.
ment of shadows along the floor and
on the wall-and then saw that
those shadows moved, and that they
made the figure Of q tall, thin man. I
couldn't make out what the motion
was like, until the shadow seemed
suddenly to intensity; both Danvers
and I backed out Of that hall, and We
were cold with fear. Rand-say what
you like to me, but tell you don't
want to see that shadow again. cut
ting it's own throat with long, ugly
looking knife-ugh!" j;
SIS it always In the same place7"
EYES,"
slow is the hall lighted?" Il
with single gas jet.'' y
-"Was The gas lit when you SAW the
yhadow?'
: Eyes, but 1t was turned low"
where does tho shadow appear-I
mean where, in relation to the posi-.
ton of the gas JET"
Beyond it as you look in from the
front entrance-down the hallway"
"Does it ever appear when the gas
ls not it?"
"N-no, I think not"
"How many servants have the Dam
verso"
Five or six, think"
"Besides the caretaker?"
i EYES," -
"Seven or eight, In all. Quite O.
retinue for a small family. Did you
say all the servants were retained dur
Ing the years that the family were IN
Europe?" i
j Eyes, they were"
J what was the nationality of Dan.
VERSE" So. i
English or American, suppose"
"You suppose, eh? Where did you
ray he died?"
'He Is buried in Italy, but I don't
know where he died."
Miss Danvers is dark. tropical
sort of q looking girl, isn't she?"
"Why-yes; but how"
: TITS the sort you always admire,
isn't it,"
Eyes, l must say I am rather par
tial to dark hair, being such a sandy
haired Scotchy myself"
s'The boy is dark, too?"
mo, he has light hair and pale blue
eyes, like his mother, but his skin 10
swarthy. Il makes an odd comblpa,
tor" 49, --.-..--..--