"Sounded like a door closing," answered Dick.
"Hello!" called out Tom. "Is any one here?"
To this call there was no answer. Nor was the noise they had heard repeated.
"Come on," said Dick bravely. "I am going to walk right through the house, room by room, from top to bottom."
"And we'll all go along," said Tom and Sam.
"Well, I am with you," came from Stanley. But he plainly showed that he did not relish what was before him.
CHAPTER XXV
IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY
The first room the boys entered was the parlor. It was totally dark, the blinds of the windows being tightly closed. It was full of cobwebs, which brushed their cheeks as they passed along.
"Certainly this was a fine mansion in its day," said Dick, as he threw the rays of the lantern around. "But it is utterly worthless now," he added as he gazed at the fallen ceilings and rotted woodwork.