Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-11-18
SYNOPSIS.

brother, Arthur Dobson
CHAPTER II.-Michelson meets Isobel.
Mr.. Sidney's daughter That night he ia
awakened by wolnan's screams and finds
Jed, intoxicated. threatening Mrs. Sidney
He intervenes. Next day Mrs Sidney
mates light of the incident and urges MI
chelson to keep silent about it,
CHAPTER 1H.-After Nicholson has
been short time at the house Mrs, Sid
ney urges him to consent to the announce
inent of his engagement to Isobel, saying
It is merely precautionary. Satisfied there
IS Welghty reasOn,for such an extraor-
d1nary request. he complies. Isobel later
rage.
CHAPTER 1v.-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 time ago when he saw the ghost"
at the pool. Jed relates the story Of the
CHAPTER VI.-That night Nicholson,
wandering in the grounds, sees a figure
standing by the pool. but does not inves-
I!igate. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney and Isobel
son meets an acquaintance who tells him
OF tragedy at Montevideo which seems
to Nicholson to have hgaring on the
mystery OF Hartley house.
CHAPTER VII.-The Sidneys return,
and few days later the appearance Of a
foreigner, apparently 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
cheison has caller. Philetus Brown,
lawyer, acting for a. mysterious stranger,
whose name is Dravada. The lawyer
leaves copy of a document stolen from
MIR. 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 mousse is burglarized
and Jed's room ransacked Nicholson be-
NeveS the thieves have secured possession
of Mr. Sjdney's diary, containing the sup
posed confession, which led had purloined.
CHAPTER X.-Michelson gets mes
sage from Horwich. small town nearby.
cident man has been killed and a wom-
an badly hurt. He finds that the dead
man was the lawyer. Brown, and the
had engineered the burglary
CHAPTER Killed returns and tells
how he had been kept prisoner by Brown
and Dravada. they seeking to force him to
disclose the whereabouts of the diary He
tells Nicholson the thieves did not Sc
cure the document which he has in
safe place. Morgan. head Of a detective
agency. visits Hartley house. and warns
Nicholson that the sailor, Dravada, has
put him on the trail Of the mystery and
that he will follow it, Nicholson refuses
to allow the family to be blackmailed.
CHAPTER XII.-While awaiting devel-
opments Nicholson, feeling that he cannot
win her, asks to have his engagement"
to lsobel broken off, but both she and her
mother refuse to consider it.
CHAPTER xIII.-A few nights after
ward. while Nicholson is locking up the
ing mysteriously: Unknown to Jed. Mi
chelson watches him. Mr.. Sidney appears.
clothed for outdoors. and leaves the house.
IN frantic haste later By
Mr.. Sidney. who brings the information
that he has seen an escaped convict, and
has q telephone message sent to the peni-
Tertiary.
"Mr. SIdney's life is open. honorable
anu tuiI VI IIVtutIE uuI SOOu AOA Atty
years back" Morgan continued. 1--WE
have investigated very thoroughly.
But fifty years back. Mr.. Sidney dis
appears. evaporates. There is no Mr..
Sidney that can be found. We And
young man of twenty. and nothing
back Of him. There we stop. 1t Is
a blind alley. You come to nothing
but wall. That stopped investiga-
ton.
snow, go good deal by lunches
call 1t intuition, guessing. inspiration.
1t Is not good detective method.
don't claim it's good detective work.
never work on bunch and neglect
q rational method. but frequently
when do work on a bit of guessing
we get results.
tive been working. around here. on
a guess that was SO wild when 1t first
started that 1t seemed too preposter.
GUS even for me. I'll tell you that we
are not investigating Mr.. Sidney any
more. We are looking for another
person. and I believe we are going to
find him. Then we are going to ind
some one else. Doctor. tell you, IL
you don't know 1t, as you say, It Is
the strangest case ever have known.
It is one Of hate. Mind, I'm only
guessing"
That touch was 80 impressive that
] betrayed an emotion. He saw it
" had you there" he said.
''Mr. Morgan" said. "you viii NOT
believe me. and for that reason It Il
useless for me to say and keep on say.
Ing that, know Of nothing here
could help you on. You suggested
1 something 70 me Just now. and yos
saw that Jon had done 90. Bnt stha