E-text prepared by D Alexander, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) THE HOUSE 'ROUND THE CORNER BY GORDON HOLMES AUTHOR OF A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, THE ARNCLIFFE PUZZLE, Etc. Etc. NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1919, by EDWARD J. CLODE Copyright, 1919, by PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Wherein the House Receives a New Tenant Showing How Even a House May Have a Way of Its Own A Midnight Seance Showing How Explanations Do Not Always Explain Gathering Clouds The Storm Breaks A Faint-Hearted Ally Wherin Percy Whittaker Proves Himself a Man of Action Showing the Real Strength of an Illusion