The Mysterious Man with the Lantern

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An insatiable boy's curiosity is drawn to his nearest neighbor Dan Hammond where he eventually learns the secret of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Mysterious Man With the Lantern</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Intrigued by his lantern as it flickers amongst the woods Chad trails him but he doesn't learn Dan's secret until several weeks later.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chad's inquisitiveness gets the better of him and he continues to sleuth shadowing the man into the woods. Overexcited one evening Chad stumbles and the man quickly turns raking his lantern over him. Helping Chad up Dan teasingly asks Chad if he is on a mission too! Chad tells him that he wonders where he goes each night. Dan invites him to come along the following evening and see.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Chad learns the secret he's astounded! Through that experience he eventually fulfills his childhood dream finding a gift more precious with Dan than he could ever have imagined that changes his life forever!  </span></p><p><br></p>