Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 15

THE EVENING, STORY The Queer House. HB old car occasioned amuse- ment and inquiry as it toddled down the beautifully ofled and burnished highway which flashed in ends in money masqueraling on wheels, It Lad no- cover, it was patched with boards from packing boxes, its horn was a squeak and it Jolted and rattled and roared like a rusty thrashing machine. The back end held much shabby gear and the seat held three persons, a young de- termined looking man, a tired but patient woman and a wan little girl that was held by her mother's arm. “I'm going to turn off here and get out of this traffic,” Ben Robins said as they came to the point where a dirt road branched off under many trees. “It is fearfully hot,” May sighed, and she looked u\xlol‘;ly down into Peaches’ small face. eaches belled her name just then, so pale and wist- ful was she. “Are we most there, mummy?” she asked. ““Most there, darling.” Yet when May Robins sald thfl.t she had not the least idea where ‘‘there” was go- ing to be, save that it must be a place which afforded cool and shade and living water. For the doctor who had ordered them out of the city on Peaches’ account had been most peremptory; the child's life was at stake. ‘“Take her to the country,” he had said, as if all they had to do was to snatch a purse and go. Little he knew of the real condition of affairs with the Robins family—how Ben had been out of work for two months and how the savings account, rever large at best, had dwindled. But Peaches must be saved, so Ben had bought the old car for thirty dollars, patched it up, loaded it with essentials and set forth gayly on a camping expedition which sheuld restore Peaches to health. ( It was now five o'clock of a tor- rid afternoon and they were baked with the sun which the motion of the car had only slightly alleviated, choked with thirst, dusty, hungry and worn out. And still no place had appeared that seemed suitable; the rest camps were too crowded, and other spots were damp after the heavy rain of the night before. It was delightful in the new road, quiet, refreshingly cool, and green, with thickets and strong trees. And finally a stretch of lovely thin dark ‘woods. ' May was beginning when she espied a little gray cabin set among the trees shyly like some wild woodsy thing. There was a stir go- ing on about the place; at that mo- ment a young woman came out of the front door with her arms full and climbed into a smart red car in which evidently her husband was waiting. they are moving out!” May Stop and ask them Instead of stopping Ben turned the old roadster into the rude road and they approached the cabin and the two young people who were just leav- ing. “Hello! Pulling up stakes?’ Ben asked in his pleasant way which never failed to win a cordial re- sponse. “You bet we are,” answered the young man while his wife climbed in; “we couldn't stand it any longer, though we'd hired it for a month.” “What's the matter?” Ben asked, pulling the old car to a standstill. “Ghosts,” answered the young ‘woman earnestly. he place is haunted. 1 wouldn't stay here an- other night if they'd give me a mil- lion dollars.” 5 “You are ng,” Ben said, smiling. “I'm not. The womah's eyes flashed. “If you'd heard the awful murder story, to say nothing of the disturbances——" she shuddered. “I don't know whether it’s haunted or not,” said the young man, “but we're going. We can’t go quick enough.” And they started. ““Here, wait!’ shouted Een. “Can we have this place? Is there any- thing to hinder?"” “Nothing but the ghosts; rent's paid up for a month, and I'll present it to you. You'll know a lot more when you come out of these woods,” and the man drove rapidly away. “What’s ghosts, mummy?" Peaches. May laughed. “Nothing that will asked “That'3 the pine, and it's good for you,” explained her mother. Tomorrow,” Ben said, ‘I'll look up our landlord, or\mnybe he'll look'us up. Meanwhile we're cozy as bugs in a rug. Presently the moon came peeping through the trees and after the silence end the freshness had restored their tired bodles Peaches was placed in her hammock, where she fell instantly asleep. Ben and May also slept pro- foundly on the rude bunk which they had spread with their mattress and blankets. May awakened first. She had been awakened by a strange sound. She listened a moment. Somebody was on the roof, treading softly; fingers tapped at the pane and there was a constant, sighing of ~pine boughs. The ghosts! She tried to smile away her fears. And yet—a creepiness ran up to her spine. She snuggled closer to Ben, who moved. anything?” May whispered. The sounds continued. Ben got out of bed. He took the stout cudgel he had lald beside the bed and pounded on the ceiling. “Get away!” he shouted. That, of ‘wakened Peaches, but the sounds ceased. ““Was it the ghosts?" the Httlo girl asked. “I'm afraid, mummy.” “You needn't be, darling. Daddy won't let anything harm us.” Peaches fell asleep again, and so did May, although she had an idea that Ben stayed awake until dawn. They were breakfasting when an old man appeared with a basket of fresh eggs and a pail of warm milk. “Hello!” he said. “Changed tenants, eh? Where's the Barkers?" Ben explained. The laughed. ‘Poor fools to believe that tommy- fot,” he said, “They've been talking Grandma Gl“nl. she always tells great stories about this place. But I've lived down there under the hill on my farm for 40 years and I know there’s nothing wrong with this place, except the squirrels, maybe. They run round on the after chestnuts old man achllbcm mthnu- otopcpainm.'ucqndc WORKS like magic on any kind of corn, no matter how old, where it is, how bad it hurts. One touch and the pain goes. Almost unbelievable. Then the corn shrivels up and goes. A scientific way that dancers, walkers, actors, doctors and millions use. Beware of imitators. Get the real “Gets-It” at drug stores. Costs only a few cents. “GETS - It"— lhommmtmlowomthcn It I were you I'd get the chestnuts my- self -.nd scare the pesky .qulrull way."” May, looking up, saw the tree. M that moment a chestnut fell on her shoulder and a squirrel came out and chattered angrily at her. She laughed gayly. Then Peaches laughed. And Ben hu‘h.d ‘The ghosts were laid. THE END. CONSENTS TO APPEAL. Sargent Allows Navy Tobacco Case to Go to Supreme Court. The Government will consent to a review by the Supreme Court of a case involving the purc] of nearly $500,000 worth of tobacco by the Navy Department during the wa.r from Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., it was announced today by Attarncy ‘General Sargent. The Court of Claims held the to- bacco was acquired by the Govern- ment under a contract d not power of eminent domain and that interest on the purchase could not be allowed. Mr. Sargent believes the questions involved sufficient to war. rant submission of the case to the Supreme Court. F urniture Carpets TWO. DEAD, 3 HURT IN WRECK OF AUT Touring Car Traveling at H‘igh Speed Turns Turtle Near Dan- ville, Va. By the Associsted Press. 2 DANVILLE, Va., July 2i—P. H. Davis «f Norfolk, a representative of the Ford Motor Co., and Miss Virginia Howard of Danville were killed al- most instantly last night and Miss Ruby Howard was seriously injured when the big touring car driven by Davis turned over on the Danville- Martinsville road at Bachelor's Hall, about 9 miles from here, Mrs. Allen Howard and little daughter of New Orleans,, also passerigers irf the car, escaped with slight injuries. Reports sald the car was traveling at a rapid rate of speed. The road by |at that point is being hard surfaced, andattempting to turn off the pave- ment the machine turned over, with its occupants hurled upon the road- way. e nolse of the sliding tires was heard three-quarters of a mile away. SNEAK THIEVES BUSY. Panes of Gll- Removed rmm ‘Win- dows in Two Homes. 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