{"id":7328,"date":"2019-09-20T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2020-05-09T22:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T03:51:03","slug":"return-imray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/20\/return-imray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Imray, Part 1 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Rudyard Kipling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First of four scary stories kids like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Imray, a rather colorless civil servant, achieved the impossible by becoming featured in several of those scary stories kids like. Without warning, for no conceivable motive in his youth at the threshold of his career he disappeared from the world\u2014-or at least from the <a href=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/29\/the-monkeys-paw-part-1-of-3-scary-chat-stories\/\">Indian<\/a> station where he lived.<\/em>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A_Great_Darkness_Approaches_Can_You_Feel_It.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Tap arrow above to listen to cinematic theme music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-return-of-Imray-voice.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Tap on arrow above to hear story read aloud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>[relatedYouTubeVideos relation=&#8221;postTitle&#8221; max=&#8221;2&#8243; lang=&#8221;en&#8221; class=&#8221;right horizontal bg-black center&#8221; previewMode=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> After three or four months of your own police-led inquiries, you say you have rented Imray&#8217;s bungalow?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> He must have left clues about  his disappearance. I should find some there!&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But how will you find them, Lieutenant, when fishing rods and other sporting goods occupy half the bungalow? No doubt the other half is given up to you and your giant, shaggy dog.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Yes, the villagers say Tietjens speaks to me in solving crimes. Perhaps she will.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Secondly, some say that if she sees things calculated to destroy the peace, she returns to me and lays out the information.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Yes, your neighbors decried your great Rampur hound to me.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Certainly, the natives believe Tietjens is a familiar spirit and they treat her with great reverence.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Reverence born of hate and fear, yes.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> In contrast with my own love and awe for her. I owe my life to Tietjens, after all, for she once caught a man crawling into my tent with a dagger between his teeth.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Yes, I remember that case: He was found to be an escaped cutthroat and was hanged.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A most welcome guest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"CV-messages-container CV-mainContainer-android\" style=\" background: none; background-color: #cc0000;\"><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Tietjens has ever since had a silver collar and bowl, and a monogrammed night blanket of double-woven Kashmir.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> But my purpose in visiting is not only to reminisce. A short time hence my business will take me through this station, and naturally, the club quarters being so often full, I wondered if I might quarter myself upon your large bungalow next Tuesday.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You are welcome any time. It is a desirable bungalow, eight-roomed and heavily thatched against any chance of leakage from rain. But there is the usual drawback.&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Certainly, I am aware generally. But what is the specific problem?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> Under the pitch of the roof runs a ceiling-cloth that looks just as neat as any ceiling. The landlord has repainted it. But above the cloth lays the dark three-cornered cavern of the roof, where the beams and underside of the thatch harbour all manner of rats, bats, and foul things.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-outgoingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Me<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-outgoing CV-outgoingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> That&#8217;s what I thought you meant by &#8220;the usual drawbacks.&#8221; I will chance it for that one night.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"msg-container CV-messageContainer-android\" style=\"\"><div class=\"CV-incomingMessagePhoto CV-incomingMessagePhoto-android\" style=\" background-image: url(https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cask-Fortunato-e1560201292687.jpg); \"><\/div><div class=\"CV-message-author CV-incomingAuthor-android\" style=\"\">Strickland<\/div><div class=\"CV-message CV-incomingMessage-android \" style=\"\"> You will be a most welcome guest, but not the only one.  There does seem to be a spirit stalking the place at night.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look for Part 2!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rudyard Kipling First of four scary stories kids like Imray, a rather colorless civil servant, achieved the impossible by becoming featured in several of those scary stories kids like. 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