Williams news., 1922-10-06
CHAPTER xviII-contInued.

CHAPTER xVil1-Contlnued The door opened then a very little and the frightened face Of an lnoIan woman appeared in the crack. The woman evidently had expected-ano feared-some arrival, and was reas- sured when she saw only g1ri. She threw the door wider open, ana bent to help unfasten Constance's snow shoes having done that, she leo her an and closed the door.
 "where is your manT Cons-ahce had caught the woman's arm.
 .4They sent him to the beach A ship has sunk"
 "Are there houses near heref 1ou must run to one of them at once. Bring whoever you can get; or IT you won't do that, tell me where to go. The woman stared at' her s-olidly and moved away. "None near," she katd. Besides, you could not get somebody before some one will come. "who is that2"
 "He is on the beach-Henry spear man. He comes here to warm him. self. It is nearly time he comes again.
 Constance gazed at her; the woman WAS plainly glad of her coming. Her relief-relfef from that fear she had been feeling when she opened the door was very evident. L. was Henry, then. who had frightened her.
 The Indian woman set chair Tor her beside the stove, and put water In a pan to heat; she shook tea leaves from a box into a bowl and brought cup.
 .How many on that ship?"
 "Artogether there were thirty nine," Constance replied
 sSeven are living then"
 "Seven? What have you heard What makes you think soF
 '"That is what the Drum says
 The Drum There was Drum thenl At least there was some souno which people heard and which they called the Drum. For t-he woman hac heard it.
 Constance grew suddenly cold. Fol twenty lives, the woman said, th' Drum had beat; that meant to her and to Constance too now, that sever were left Indefinite, desperate denia that all from the ferry must be dead that denial which had been strength ened by the news that at least on boat had been adrift near Beaver altered in Constance to conviction O boat with seven men from the ferry seven dying, perhaps, but no+ ye dead. Seven out of twenty-seven The score were gone; the Drum ha beat for them in little groups as the died When the Drum beat aga1I would 1t beat beyond the score?
 Having finished the tea, Constanc returned to the door and reopened it the sounds outside were the same, solitary figure appeared moving alon the edge of the ice-the figure of tall man, walking on snowshoes moonlight distorted the figure, and was muffled, too, in great coat wh1c made it unrecognizable. He halte and stood looking out at the lake an then, with a sudden movement, strot on: he halted again, and now Co stance got the knowledge that he WI not looking; he was listening as sl was.
 .'Is the Drum sounding now7" sl asked the woman
 "NO"
 Constance gazed again at the ma and found his motion quite unmista able; he was counting-if not count1l something that he heard, or thought heard, he was recounting and, revie ing within himself something that had heard before-some irregul rhythm which had become so much part of him that it sounded now co tinually within his own brain so tn tnstinctively, he moved in cadence it. He stepped forward again no and turned toward the house.
 Her breath caught she spoke the woman. "Mr Spearman is conf here now i'
 Her impulse was to remain wht Rhe was, lest he should think she W afraid of him but realization came her that there might be advantage seeing him before he knew that $ was there, so she reclosed the door 8 drew back into the cabin
 CHAPTER XIX