Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-11-25
SYNOPSIS.

owner OF Hartley house. had killed his
CHAPTER II.-Michelson meets Isobel,
Mr. Sidney's daughter. That night he is
awakened by a woman's screams and finds
yed. intoxicated. threatening Mrs. Sidney.
makes light OF the incident and urges Mi
chelson to keep silent about it,
CHAPTER II1-After Nicholson has
been short time at the house Mrs. Sid
ney urges him to consent to the announce
ment of his engagement to Isobel. saying
It ts merely precautionary. Satisfied there
Is weighty reason for such an extraor-
informs him Jed seeks her hand In mar
rage.
CHAPTER IV-Mr. Sidney visits the
pententiary at Alwich and sees the man
Dobson. the slayer Of his brother. and the
the haunted pool.
CHAPTER VA plumber. doing some
work at Hartley house, tells OF his fright
some time ago when he saw the ghost"
at the pool. Jed relates the story Of the
Dobson tragedy to the doctor,
CHAPTER VL-That night Nicholson,
wandering in the grounds. sees a figure
standing by the pool, but does not inves-
o
leave on a trip to South America. Mcneil
son meets an acquaintance who tells him
Of tragedy at Montevideo which seems
to Nicholson to have bearing on the
mystery OF Hartley house.
CHAPTER VII.-The Sdneys return,
and few days later the appearance Of
foreigner apparently a sailor. throws Jed
ever, denies any knowledge OF the stran-
gers identity.
CHAPTER VILLA few days later Mi
chelson has caller, Philetus Brown. a
whose name Ia Dravada. The lawyer
leaves copy OF document stolen from
Mr.. Sidney at Montevideo. which seems
Sidney. Nicholson refuses to have any
dealings with the lawyer, and the latter
threatens publicity. Mrs. Sidney admits
she knows the circumstances but will not
-divulge them.
CHAPTER Ix.-Jed is kidnapped from
Hartley house. The house is burglarized
and Jed's room ransacked. Nicholson be-
lieves the thieves have secured possession
OF Mr.. Sjdney's diary. containing the sup
posed confession, which Jed had purloined.
CHAPTER X.-Michelson gets mes
sage from Norwich. q small town nearby.
him that in IN
an badly hurt. He finds that the dead
man was the lawyer, Brown. and the
woman one OF the house servants. who
had engineered the burglary
CHAPTER Killed returns and tells
how he had been kept prisoner by Brown
and Dravada. they seeking to force him tc
tells Nicholson the thieves did not 20.
safe place Morgan, head Of detective
Nicholson that the sailor. Dravada, ha.
put him on the trail Of the mystery anG
that he will follow it. Nicholson refuses
to allow the family to be blackmailed.
CHAPTER xII.-While awaiting devel
opments Nicholson. feeling that he canno
win her. asks to have his engagement
to 1sobei broken off, but both she and hel
mother refuse to consider it.
CHAPTER XIII.-A few nights after
ward. while Nicholson is locking up tn,
house. he meets Jed, who seems to be act
ch che @nS Watches him. Mr.. Sidney appears
clothed for outdoors, and leaves the house
Jed follows him. In a short time Jed re
appeers in frantic haste followed later b. b;
that he has seen an escaped convict, ant
has a telephone message sent to the peni
tertiary.
i - E., .
venture overtaxed his strength He fail
rapidly and the end 10 seen to be near
Morgan tells Nicholson he is sending dc
tectives to Montevideo to trace Mr.. Sid
ney's life In that city.
Mr.. Sidney. we found. had left brie
but explicit directions for his burial
This. in the case Of man with If
SO well conceived. was strange, bu
his wishes.s as we found them. wer
simple and startling. He was to
buried by the river. close to the poo
which had been invested with the ado
ed charm Of ghost-story. His grav
was to be marked by an snostents
tious stone. The inscription was t
be as he directed In note in seale'
enclosure to be opened at the tim
Mrs. Sidney thought appropriate.
1t might be. he had written, tha
Mrs. Sidney would not want the ston
erected during her life. Her wishe
were to be consulted. When the grav
was marked. II 1t ever was. the II
scription was to be as he directe,
Mrs. Sidney. acquainted with til
terms of this extraordinary mortuar
note. said that It was her wish to hav
the sealed envelope opened immediate
~ and its instructions carried out.
Christmas night had set in. and Ii
place was a fairyland Of glistenin
white. Far-off-church-bells sounde
family across the snow. In the Il
Screasing cold, following the abatemel
Of the storm. timbers In the old houi
creaked and snapped, and when one
the people Of the house. on an Outdo'
chOre. passed within earshot. the sour
Of footsteps was audible and the crtl
crunching which. even o does 4 biz