The Haunted House
Cabel Davis, a miserly old skinflint, holds a mortgage on a house belonging to Samuel Perkins, and is scheming to buy it cheap. Perkins is poor and has a handsome daughter, Mary. Davis calls... Read allCabel Davis, a miserly old skinflint, holds a mortgage on a house belonging to Samuel Perkins, and is scheming to buy it cheap. Perkins is poor and has a handsome daughter, Mary. Davis calls and insists on the payment of money due and Perkins tells him he cannot meet the obligati... Read allCabel Davis, a miserly old skinflint, holds a mortgage on a house belonging to Samuel Perkins, and is scheming to buy it cheap. Perkins is poor and has a handsome daughter, Mary. Davis calls and insists on the payment of money due and Perkins tells him he cannot meet the obligation. Davis leaves, threatening him. The old miser conceives a cunning plan to prevent the m... Read all