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THE OLD MANSION
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sort of hotel, or boarding house, but it hasn't been used as such in a good many years. It didn't pay.
"I'm a sort of care-taker of it, and I have one or two rooms fitted up that I use when my shack gets filled. But the rest of the place is deserted, except for the bats and rats."
The boys came to a stop in front of the old house. It was bare and gaunt, and looked lonesome. On most of the windows the sagging shutters flapped dismally. Somehow there seemed an air of mystery about the place. Sammy Brown's spirits rose.
"Fellows!" he cried, "maybe the mystery is in here!"
