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‘we command that 
to-morrow night at the hour of twelve you shall 
very deep and stern voice, 
present yourself with your complete camera 
outfit at the Lipsey farm and remain within the 
haunted house until dawn. One of our mem- 
bers, Walter Jones, shall take you there in his 
automobile and call for you in the morning. 
If during the hours of darkness a ghost should 
appear, you are to take a flash-light picture of it, 
and later exhibit the photograph and present a 
written account of the subject to the club.” 
Then they led young Willard away and it 
seemed to me that more of his hair than usual 
was standing on end. 
The next morning I left Harrisburg and the 
rest of the story I learned later from others. 
It takes a pretty brave boy to go to a lonely 
house away out in the country and spend the 
night there by himself. Willard Young was a 
fearless lad, though, or he would not have 
undertaken it. 
About half an hour before the time set when 
one of the members was to start with him in his 
car, the president of the club and his chum 
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