Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-10-28
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1.-Dr. John Nicholson, in
terne Just leaving hospital, becomes resi-
dent physician at the home OF Homer Sid
ney n Hartley aart house: Mr.. Sidney is an ole
peculiar atmosphere of the house ane
grounds. and the surly attitude Assumed
oy Jed. MI; sidneys butler. impress Mi
e,oHs uni h Later he hears The
where Richard Dobson. son of a former
owner Of Hartley house. had killed his
brother. Arthur Dobson.
CHAPTER I1.-Michelson meets 1sobel
awakened by woman's screams and finds
Jed, intoxicated, threatening Mrs Sidney
He intervenes. Next day Mrs. Sidney
MAKES light OF the incident and urges Mi.
chelson to keep silent about It.
CHAPTER IH-After Michelson has
been short time at the house Mrs. Sid
ney urges him to consent to the announce
ment OF his engagement to Isobel. saying
Is weighty reason for such an extraor-
binary request. he complies. Isobel later
informs him Jed seeks her hand in mar
rage.
CHAPTER IV.-Mr. Sidney visits the
penitentiary at Alwich and sees the man
Dobson, the slayer of his brother. and the
one about whom revolves the mystery of
the haunted pool.
CHAPTER VA plumber, doing some
work at Hartley house. tells OF his fright
some t1ne ago when he saw the ghost"
at the psol. Jed relates the story Of the
Dobson tragedy to the doctor.
Z CHAPTER VI.-That night Nicholson.
wandering in the grounds. sees figure
tigate. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney and Isobel
leave on a trip to South America. Michel
son meets an acquaintance who tells him
of a tragedy at Montevideo which seems
to Nicholson to have bearing on the
mystery OF Hartley house.
CHAPTER VII.-The Sidneys return,
and few days later the appearance Of a
foreigner. apparently a sailor. throws Jed
into an agony Of apprehension. He. how
ever. denies any knowledge Of the stran-
gers identity.
' CHAPTER VILLA few days later MI
chelson has caller, Philetus Brown, a
Whose Ths
leaves copy of a document stolen from
Mr.. Sidney at Montevideo. which seems
to point to crime committed by Mr.
Sidney. Nicholson refuses to have any
dealings with the lawyer, and the latter
threatens publicity. Mrs. Sidney admits
she knows the circumstances but will no,
divulge them.
v 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.. Sldney's diary, containing the sup
posed confession, which led had purloined
CHAPTER X.-Michelson gets a mes
sage from Norwich, small town nearby
informing him that In an automobile &C
cdent man has been killed and WON
an badly hurt. He finds that the deaf
man was the lawyer. Brown. and the
woman one Of the house servants. whit
had engineered the burglary.
to meet the girl and the lawyer. The
scene in the Half Day barroom fol.
lowed. The Spaniard was determined
to have possession Of the manuscript
The lawyer was determined he should
not have it. They struggled as thu
lawyer tried to drive the CAR, having
several narrow escapes from thu
ditch.
Then the Spaniard. in a rage. aban
doKed all caution and threw himself
bodily on the lawyer, who lost con
troll Of the car and hit tree. Tha
was all the girl knew.
I thought Il while, trying to max,
up my mind what further to do witt
the girl. Finally l said: 20 "
agnes, l am inclined to comprO
mise with the law. l will prefer NJ
charges against you now, and withOu
that no charges ever will be preferred
against you If l may have you removed
to Hartley house. where YOU will have