He
had no time to speculate further, for Dr. Hardman entered at that moment.
"So you've come to answer the advertisement," the man spoke in brisk
tones. "Well, you're the first one. Help isn't as plentiful in this
locality as I thought. Now we want a young man to make himself generally
useful, to do as he's told, not to ask too many questions, and above all,
not to talk, outside, of what he sees going on in here. For I may as well
tell you, what you already know, I suppose, as everyone in this
neighborhood does. This is a private lunatic asylum, and a sanitarium for
the treatment of persons suffering from nervous ailments. We have only
one or two violent patients, and they are looked after by special
guards. Most of the men here are only mildly affected. Still, we do not
like those employed here to form outside acquaintances, and if we engaged
you you will have to submit to our rules."
"I will be willing to do that," Frank said, and he had great hopes of
getting the place.
"I don't suppose you've had much experience in a place like this," Dr.
Hardman went on. "We don't expect that.
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