The Doors of Death

By Arthur B. Waltermire

A strange and curious story is this, about a banker whose only fear was that he might be buried alive, like his grandfather before him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Oct 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781682995334

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The Doors of Death

by Arthur B. Waltermire

Start Publishing LLC

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First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

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The Doors of Death

by Arthur B. Waltermire

A strange and curious story is this, about a banker whose only fear was that he might be buried alive, like his grandfather before him.

A heavy stillness hung about the great halls and richly furnished rooms of Judson McMasters’ residence, and even seemed to extend out over the velvet lawns, the shrub-lined walks and sun-blotched reaches under the lacy elms and somber maples.

Biggs glided about the sick-chamber like a specter, apparently striving to keep busy, while he cast countless furtive, uneasy glances at the heavy figure under the white sheets. An odor of drugs and fever tainted