Wkat the House Hid
THE STORY
I York Hilton merchant, Hanby, has prosperous purchased New
a
country place—the Gray house,
near Pine Plains. Miss Selenos,
a former tenant of the Gray
house, warns him that the house
is under a curse. Further alarm
I inp details are impressed upon
Adolf Smucker, Hanby’s secre¬
tary, by a man who claims to
have been chauffeur for Sir Stan¬
ford Seymour, former occupant
of the place. The Hanbys laugh
off the warnings, as some form
of practical joke. But they are
shocked when they hear that the
caretaker whom they have put in
charge of the Gray house, a man
named Kerr, has been mysteri¬
ously murdered. Hanby consults
his friend Pelham. The family
starts for the new home. Apple
ton, a clerk of Douglas and
Smith, the agents from whom
Hanby bought the Gray house,
explains to Pelham, that a dan¬
gerous pond near the house. In
which several children have been
drowned, has since been filled in,
but he urges Pelham to dissuade
Hanby from occupying the Gray
house. Hanby and Junior learn
that the caretaker was known
10 the police as "Red Chapin"
and had a bad record.
CHAPTER III—Continued
—6—
It was his first opportunity to see
n man with a price on his head.
Death had revealed with marked
emphasis the unsocial qualities with
which Red Chapin had been dowered.
What he had tried during life to hide
was now plain for all the world to
see—the loose mouth, the short crani¬
um, the thrust-forward jaw. Junior
shuddered a little.
“What do you suppose he wanted the
Job of looking after an empty house
for?”
“It’s my belief he was biding,” said
5he policeman from Kingston. “I’ve
checked up on him pretty well. He
kept himself to himself in Kingston.
He received no callers or mail, llis
landlady says he was suspicions of
strangers. Red was always one to fre¬
quent pool rooms and places like that;
but this trip he kept away from them.
Why? He knew they was after him.”
“Who?” Junior asked eagerly, for¬
getting that he was listening open
eyed to a policeman ignorant of psy¬
chology.
“The man that bumped him off. We
shan’t probably ever know who. We’ve
got Red, and somebody eise'll pick up
bis pals when their time comes.”
The policeman pointed to the dead
man’s big, roughened hand.
“That’s the hand that squeezed the
life out of a Salt Lake City detective.
Strangled him in a telephone booth, he
did, and not a soul near by heard it.
That’s the hand that shot half a dozen
men. Look at that face, Mr. Hanby,
and, when' you see another like it,
watch out!”
“I will,” Junior said quickly.
He envied the professional his poise
at a moment like this. So occupied
was he with this intimate touch of
crime that he did not notice until the
car slowed down to pass Atnenia that
he had again missed the Gray bouse.
“Wow!’’ he said, a mile or so further
on, “you missed that truck by little
less than an inch!”
“You exaggerate,” replied his father.
“It wasn’t half an inch. I’m in a
hurry to get home. BUI Pelham may
have news.”
They did not speak again for some
time. Then Hanby surprised his son
by asking questions concerning Leslie
Barron, the youth to whom Celia gave
a good deal of her time.
“Les is a peach,” said Junior warm¬
ly. “If I were he, I wouldn’t stand
the way Celia behaves. One day she’s
sugar and the next vinegar.”
“I’ve seen that,” Hanby returned.
“Thats’ not unusual. 1 did not mean
that. Is he courageous? Would he be
a useful man In a tight place?”
“You ought to have seen the scrap
he put up against a strong-armed
waiter that tried to put him out of a
roadhouse last April! The waiter was
an old heavyweight pugilist, and he
certainly could punish. Les knew he
was outweighed and outclassed, and
he had a chance to duck; but he isn’t
that sort of a mother’s boy. He was
out for twenty minutes.”
“That’s interesting,” his father com¬
mented. “I didn’t think the languid
Les had a fight in him; but you don’t
expect me to approve of a rowdy boy
being thrown out of a questionable
roadhouse, I hope?”
“It wasn’t a questionable place,"’
Junior retorted. “You’ve taken mother
there. Les isn’t rowdy—he’s just fas¬
tidious. He complained of a big fly in
his coffee. That roused the waiter
to fury, and he said that Les could
drink it or not, but he had to pay.”
Junior wondered why his father
should ask about Leslie’s gameness,
Mr. Hanby was in an unusually
thoughtful mood.
“You’re pretty husky,” he said pres
ently. “What do you weigh?”
“A hundred and seventy stripped,”
Junior told him.
“My weight to a hair. Les isn’t so
much, Is he?”
“He and Bill weigh a hundred and
fifty-five stripped. Why? Going to
promote some boxing exhibitions?”
“Nothing like that.”
“What’s on your mind, dad?”
“Sherlock Lupin, it would take more
than your admitted skill to find out,
because 1 don’t know my sell 1 apolo¬
gize for it. For the first time, the
Gray house gave me a shiver as 1
passed it This murder was the cause.
I don’t revel in crime. I hate ft. i
like people to be happy and harmoni¬
cas, Something Inside me leads me
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almost, invariably to dependable peo¬
ple. I wouldn’t have picked this fel¬
low Red Chapin to have watched a
dog pound, if he was half as bad as
you say. 1 took that man Smucker
over with the business, the d—d, dirty
anarchist I I caught myself calculat¬
ing my forces if anything unpteasant
happened up at the Gray bouse. Bill
Pelham would tackle a lion single
handed. He’s been proved. I won¬
dered a little about Leslie.”
“Dad, you don’t really think there’s
anything wrong with that new place?”
“I’m Not Going to Be Frightened Out
of It by Any Rude Old Woman.”
inquired Junior, his eyes sparkling at
the thought.
“I’ll have to disappoint you by say¬
ing no. It was just a passing fit of
depression. It has gone.”
“I’ll tie gone, too, if you don’t cut
the speed down,” iiis sou cautioned.
“Slow down! There’s a motor cop In
the ofliug.”
CHAPTER IV
Bill Pelham was waiting for them.
“Won’t take me ten minutes to get
into clean clothes,” said Hanby. “I’ve
got strange news, Dina.”
“So has Bill,” she retorted.
“Mine is of n tragic nature.”
“You’ve nothing on me,” said Bilk
“I’m in the wholesale tragedy busi¬
ness.”
Dina, Pelham, and Hanby discussed
the matter in the library. Hanby
listened to what Appleton had told his
friend.
“Then Smucker wasn’t lying,” he re¬
marked. “Appleton corroborates his
story. It means that some one wants
to prevent us living there. What could
the reason possibly be?”
“I give it up,” said Pelham. “Do
you think the police have the right
dope on the Chapin murder?”
“What else could it be?”
“That these same people who want
to keep you out started to terrorize
you by murdering him. It may be that
he was an innocent victim. Of course,
we know that he was wanted by the
law, and that in a sense his removal
is a blessing to society, but all the
same lie may have intended to be an
honest watchman for the time being.”
“Dina,” said Hanby presently, again
conscious of his wife’s unusual depres¬
sion, “if you are scared at the pros¬
pect of going up there, I’ll open nego¬
tiations with Miss Selenos, who par¬
ticularly loathes and despises me.
Wiiat about it?”
“Think twice before you answer,”
Bill Pelham warned her.
“I haven’t even seen the place yet,”
she said, smiling. “I’m not going to
be frightened out of it by any rude old
woman. Hil, I believe she’s at the bot¬
tom of ail this mystery. I’m not going
to rob my Housatonic of his manor!”
“Housatonic?” Bill queried. “What’s
that?”
“Hii’s real name. At college you
called him Tony.”
“It’s a new one on me,” said Bill.
“Blame your Aunt Selina for it,”
FI an by declared. “She got me going
with her California rivers. I tell you
that old hag has a face like the Furies.
She may be mad and vindictive, but
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there’s something on her mind more
than a passing whim. I don’t know
but Dina's right. She said I should
meet disaster, ruin, and even death.
There’s some mystery about my pleas¬
ure house in Dutchess county.”
“Nothing will keep me away from It
now,” Dina asserted. “We shall have
four able-bodied ineu in the place all
the summer.”
“Four?" her husband demanded.
“You are not counting fourteen-year
old Tim as an able-bodied male, are
you ?”
“There will be you, Junior, Leslie,
and Bill."
“Me?” Pelham cried.
“Of course 1 On your own confes¬
sion, you've nothing to do until your
company Is reorganized in the fall.
Danger calls, and we need you. I’ve
already picked out your suite.”
“Dina, you are taking great chances.
Even dull-witted Hil, the last to scent
the danger, knows that I’m in love
with you."
“That makes you so much the safer.
You shall work, believe me. I’m crazy
to have some stately old-world gar¬
dens. You shall be my man with the
hoe.”
“I sign on here and now,” said Bill.
“Where are you going?”
“I promised to tell Tim about the
inquest. My children have the modern
interest in crime. Don’t go! I shan’t
be very long.”
Pelham looked at Hanby almost wist¬
fully.
“Hil, was that a joke on me or a
genuine Invitation?”
“Don’t you want to come?”
“Except for the reason that your
family is my family, that I shall live
rent free and make enough out of yon
at pool to spend an affluent winter
—no!”
“That’s settled, then,” said Hanby.
“Honestly, Bill, I shall be glad to have
a man tike you, with nerve and cour¬
age, around the house.”
“That sounds as if you anticipated
trouble.”
“Oddly enough, I do. 1 must be get¬
ting old, but driving hack today I be¬
gan to make excuses for not living in
the Gray house. Subconsciously, I was
actuated by fear. Most people patron
ize their subconscious mind nowadays,
but it’s the subconscious mind that
gives you the real danger signals. I’m
going up there, but I’m not going up
there with the idea that every pros¬
pect is as pleasing as it looks. I’m on
guard!”
“If that’s so, 1 demand a salary as
well as free board and entertainment.
Make it live dollars a day, and replace
all clothes stained with gore In the
exercise of my duty with ones of equal
or greater value. The trouble with
you Is that after piking along on
thirty thousand a year and a mere
duplex apartment, you’ve got twice
that amount and a thirty-room man¬
sion. It has gone to your poor weak
head. You are paying too much atten¬
tion to poor Aunt Selina.”
“You didn’t see or hear her,” Uan
by reminded him.
“She’s merely a crank. One morn¬
ing, thirty long years ago, in the bosky
dells that are now yours, she met a
rustic swain and pursued him with
love. Wisely he jumped into the lake
and was drowned. It is a sacred spot
to her.”
“What about the Seymour chauf¬
feur?”
“An ignorant, good-hearted, generous
man, fond of children. His simple,
untutored mind believes that evil
spirits dwell there because his boss’
children ventured on an unsafe bridge
and were drowned. Probably be has
a dozen kids himself. As to Red
Chapin, he took refuge there and was
killed by his pals whom he had ooubie
crossed. Perfectly plain, as I see It.”
“Maybe,” Hanby said slowly, “it Is
merely annoyance that the house I
bought for Dina should he mixed up In
this tragic business.” He spoke al¬
most irritably. “I hate gloom and
tears and death. When I first saw the
Gray house, I said, ‘Here is a place
where people have been happy.’ Pretty
rotten picker, eh, Bill?”
“Your family will take the curse off
anything,” said the other. “Dina will
have us all dancing as happily as ever.
Junior will bring his crowd, and Celia
will import hers. I miss my guess if
the result won’t bo a very interesting
mixture. Dance on!” he concluded
dramatically. "Outside your win¬
dows your faithful house detective will
be watching—the simple-minded sleuth
whose meager pay is five dollars a day
and extras. During the day I, shall be
hoe rnan in chief to Dina. At dusk I
am the house detective. I’ll get a
deputy’s badge, in ease I have to make j
arrests.”
There was a knock on the door, and
Mary Sloan entered.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Improved Uniform International
Sunday School
T Lesson T
(By REV. p B. FIWATER. D.D.. Mem¬
ber of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.)
((c). 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for December 15
THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT IN
INDUSTRY
LESSON TEXT—Deut. 24:14. 15;Mntt.
20:1-10; Mark 12:1-'J; Luke 3:14; Eph.
3:5-9; 1 Tim. 6:17-19.
GOLDEN TEXT—As ye would men
should do to you, do ye also to them
likewise.
PRIMARY TOPIC — Kindness to
Those Who Work for Us.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Kindness to Those
Who Work for Us.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬
IC—Fair Play in the Day's Work.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC—The Golden Rule In the Work of
the World.
While some of these instructions
were given to Israel, showing what
God required of them, tve should re¬
member that He requires no less at
our band.
I. Treatment of Hired Servants
(Deut. 21:14, 15).
Political and Industrial power have
been used through the centuries In
the oppression of the poor and weak.
1. Oppression forbidden (v. 14).
The man who hires out Is usually
poor nnd needy. The employer should
not take advantage of his poverty.
2. Foreigners to have the same
treatment ns fellow countrymen.
3. Wages to he promptly paid (v.
15).
The laborer was to be paid at the
end of the day. The credit system
in industry tiie is greatly to he deplored.
It places purchaser at n disadvant¬
age, and causes a bad psychological
reaction upon his personality.
II. Fidelity to Contracts (Matt. 20:1-
10 ).
In this parable It Is clearly made
Known that there was agreement be¬
tween employer and employee ns to
wages and time. Though those em¬
ployed at a laier hour received ihe
same wage, there was no occasion for
complaint by those first employed, for
they received their wage according
to agreement. Fidelity to agreement,
Is essential in Industry.
III. Unfaithful Tenancy (Mark 12:-
1 -!)).
In this parable a valuable vineyard
was rented out to husbandmen. They
not only refused to turn over the just
returns to its owner, hut shamefully
treated his servants who were sent
to collect rental. Those entrusted
with possessions and power are under
solemn obligation to make proper re¬
turns therefor.
IV. Contentment With Wages (Lube
3:14).
One of the chief difficulties in the
Industrial world today is discontent
with wages. Oftentimes workers fall
to take account of the conditions of
business even to the extent of going
on strike and make demands as to
wages which the proprietor cannot
meet. Contentment with wages does
not mean that one should not be
ambitious to prepare himself for a
more efficient service and higher wages.
V. Reciprocal Duties of Servants
and Masters (Eph. 6:5-fl).
1. Servants are to be obedient to
their masters (vv. 5-8).
This obedience should be (1) “with
fear and trembling”; that is, the serv¬
ant should have a proper regard for
his master and an earnest desire to
please, him. (2) With singleness of
heart- Servants should perform their
tasks ns though doing them for
Christ’s sake. (3) Not with eye serv¬
ice. Acceptable service should he hon¬
est. not merely to please the eye of
the one who looks on. but as unto
Christ. (4) With good will. This ex¬
presses the spirit of service. It should
not primarily he for approval or pay.
Christian servants will perform their
duties with the same fidelity as they
would unto Christ. (5) Rewarded by
the Lord (v. 8). The Lord takes ac¬
count of our service in the common
rounds of life and will one day re¬
ward us accordingly.
2. Masters to be considerate (v. fl).
Just as servants are to give whole¬
hearted consideration to their mas¬
ters, so masters are to look out for
the best interests of their servants.
(1) Masters should desist from
threatenings. (2) They should be Im¬
partial in dealings with (heir serv¬
ants.
VI. Responsibility of the Rich (I Tim.
G :1 7-1!)).
Riches are possible to Christians,
but. most perilous. God charges such:
1. Not to he high-minded: that is,
to have a sense of superiority.
2. Not to trust in the uncertainty
of riches.
3. Riches to he properly used.
(1) To do good. Not for selfish
gratification, hut for the welfare of
others. (2) To be minister to good
works. (3) I ne rich are under obliga¬
tion to minister to the poor and the
needy.
Intolerable Pride
1 think halt the troubles for which
men go slouching in ora.ver to God are
caused by their Intolerable pride.
Many of our cares are but a morbid
way of looking at our privilege. We
let our blessings get moldy and then
call them curses.—Beecher.
Preparedness
Fie is to be pitied, indeed, who has
seen better days ahead of him, yet has
made no preparation for living them
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