The Lonely House
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Streckfuss Adolf. The Lonely House
The Lonely House
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE PROFESSOR'S PERSISTENCE
CHAPTER II
THE PROFESSOR'S FIRST EXCURSION
CHAPTER III
THE PROFESSOR'S RETURN
CHAPTER IV
THE INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER V
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED
CHAPTER VI
TWO WOUNDED HANDS
CHAPTER VII
THE TWO REQUESTS
CHAPTER VIII
QUIET WEEKS
CHAPTER IX
AN EXPLORING PARTY
CHAPTER X
AN ACCIDENT?
CHAPTER XI
FORCED SECLUSION
CHAPTER XII
AN ARREST
CHAPTER XIII
AN OLD CHEST
CHAPTER XIV
THE END OF THE PROFESSOR'S HOLIDAY
THE END
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Adolf Streckfuss
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Old Pollenz now owned forests, vineyards, meadows, and farmlands, for which he exacted the highest rents; all his money had been made by usury, and woe to the peasant to whom he had lent any--he was sure to be obliged to sell all that he possessed to satisfy his creditor's demands. The man was a hateful old miser; in spite of his wealth he hardly dared to eat, and never entered an inn to drink a glass of good wine. He lived with his daughter, pretty Anna, and an old servant maid, apart from everybody, in the Lonely House; its windows barred with iron, because he was constantly in dread of robbers, although there had never been a robbery or burglary in all the countryside within the memory of man. But the old fellow was so afraid of thieves that he would let no one enter the house whom he did not know well, and he always went armed with a couple of pistols and a big knife.
He was most afraid of Franz Schorn, and had often said of him: "If he should meet me alone, he'd be sure to do me a mischief, but I'll be even with him. I'll shoot him like a mad dog sooner than let him attack me." The old man's dread in this case was not quite without cause, for Franz was a rough fellow, who might well assault a mortal enemy, and the two had been mortal enemies ever since two years before, when old Pollenz drove Franz from his door with curses.
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