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Strangely enough when they moved some books to get a closer look, a nudged suspended decorative arrangement of butterfly wind chimes created silvery tones of musical harmony as one volume fell to the ground. Its cover titled 1898 Atlas of the World and Gazetteer flung open dislodging a sheet of paper tucked inside the pages. Kashton picked up the paper to read a handwritten date from the same year that the book was published.

Vintage book with loose page

The back of the building that faced the railway had a large sliding door long since boarded up. On the side wall a door leading to the parking lot rattled open. A spindly man getting on in years carrying a box walked into the warehouse. With a stern visage the white-haired mansion caretaker asked the youngsters, "What are you doing in here?"

Kashton tried to hide his surprise saying, "Uh... my grandpa owns this building."

"Well he doesn't own the things from the mansion so you two better get out of here," the man grunted.

As Kashton and Romi Rae shot by Grandfather's chopper like there was no tomorrow Kashton called, "See you at home, Poppycockle."

In the warehouse the local historian noticed the fallen book, "No respect for history," he groused.

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