The Toll-House has a long and terrible history as a place of death. But Jack Barnes doesn\'t believe in spirits. His travelling companions, Messrs. Meagle, Lester, and White, wager that he might be convinced otherwise if they all spend a night together in the house. Four men go in, but will four come out?W. W. Jacobs was an English author, well-known for his story "The Monkey\'s Paw."