The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-10
The Mystery of
 Hartley House

CLIFFORD s. RAYMOND

Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS Copyright by George II. Doran Co. "The night I am reminding you Of he met Richard DobsOn at the pool and recognized him. The poor old fool, Dick. had walked out of the peniteu- tiary. He had every opportunity 10 do so. The warden would have let him out if he had asked to go. He was helpless outside, He did not have a place to get a rag or a crust But he wanted to escape.
 "There must have been something in his mind about this night and this place. Arthur DobSon found his broth CT standing by the pool. l was 30 feet away. hidden ny the bushes. J couId see the two old men in tho moon light. and when Arthur pohson began to speak, I could hear distinctly
 "NNcU. Richard" said Mr. Sidney, we are here again
 "RIcharI Dohson Quavered m a weak. seniIc tone, almost a faIscltn: Who are youT
 "Tm your brother Arthur said Mir Sidney. What are you doing hcrcT
 oRichard DonSon must have felt that he was confronted by a ghost He made a shrU little sound. aS an old woman might ! was paI>ted. The situation was tremendous. ] dUut know what would happen, and ] d.anr know what Co do. Mir. Sidney was calm as an oyster.
 "I am your brother Arthur Rich ard he >oid. and am not dead. I haven't been dead. Nou didn't EN me. I have been living iH tha old place comfortably while you have been In prison. No one would ne- Iicve you gr you told that Nou are old and half crazy If you were avt of prison. you would die ol >taaNa- ton and exposure lu 2+ hours , al not a ghost, Richard; ! am your lv ing brother
 There was a lot Of malevoleuoe In NIT. Siduey'S tone. tremendous amount of hate. Richard D0h>0l ur- tered the Quiyering quavertuc Hr'e cry acalu and started to run. As he got under way, he shr.ckeS. Iy so1ud- ef like an old woman'> >aries-
 MT Sidney started after him. He had that cane you saw him take out Of this room. That was rhe nae he was beaten down with.
 "I think for a moment he wa.-os 70 ku Richard. He aour,shcd the S'cS and yelled. Richard being i1 f-"D. zv ot fright. was stronger 01 his logs than his brother. He was of "-" .Na bush. NIT. Sidney stumbled and .n'. He got mp rather slowly. gs " n. were either hurt or as if his s-reu9-. w"-n leaving him. ] cou'5 hear U,..a-s shrleksnC farther of In The nu~M
 "Wnau MT Sidney got up. ha -~0a. toward the house. and ! gan .n "cat him here and found you,"
 Jed rocked a while, and ! did Go. say anything.
 "I am decidedly shaken" ha Ss'5 after a while. q was very fnua os him. and am a useless old man. an alcoholic of no account eN-rp, ra h.m, and he is dead"
 There Is only one thing ro 6o." ! said "Richard Doh>aa must ae ou his way to freedom tomorrow. We shall have Co sec to tIat."
 Jed aroused himself for an Instant "You copy-book moralst" lr said. "You would interfere with a -ou.ar lovuble mans magnificent hate just because he is dead and yorr >r-uDlns have become important Nou ought to choke. Let the brute Dick Nohsoo rot in prison. It's his desert
 Tt cant be done, Jed" ! said. TO morrow we'll so to Alwtck prism and explain"
 
 For me to act without telling Mrs. Sidney was impossible. and lt was ale most impossible for me to take the subject up with her. l saw her only for a moment, told her tha-. being ac-