Lagg. He was delighted that the girls had finally
consented, through a chain of circumstances, to investigate the queer
manifestations.
"You'll do better than the boys, I'm sure," said the storekeeper.
"Anyhow, they've gone camping. Now find out what that ghost is, and--get
it out of there. I have received word from the doctors who want to use
the place as a sanitarium, that if I cannot, within a week, deliver them
the property with a guarantee that there will be no disturbances, they
will take another place."
"We will do all we can," promised Mollie.
They entered the old mansion. Truly it had been a magnificent place in
its day, and even now the hand of decay had touched it but lightly. With
a few repairs, some decorating, a cutting down of the trees that were
too thick about the place, it could be made into a most cheerful
sanitarium.
"And it's so big!" cried Grace, as she wandered about the spacious
rooms. But she had hold of Amy's arm, it might be noticed, and both
girls kept rather near to Mr. Blackford. He had come back unsuccessful
in his search for his sister.
"Yes, it must have been fine here when the place was new," agreed
Mollie. "Well, let's go at this search systematically."
"That is the only way," spoke Mr. Blackford. "We might start in at the
top and work downward."
They did this, ascending by means of the grand staircase to the second
floor, and thence to the third and fourth.
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