Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-07-01
CHAPTER x--continu

Hut Luke had said nothing about
Spearnnn. II had been Corvet. aud
Gorvet' al0ne, OF whom Luke had
spoken; II was Corvet whom he had
accused: II was Corvet who had given
him money, Was II conceivable, then,
thai there had been two such events In
C0rvet's life2 That one of these
events concerned the MiWaka and
Snearman and some one--some one
with Il bullet hole above the eve
who had got" Corvet; and that the
other event had concerned Luke and
something else? II was not conceiya.
bile, Alan was sure. II was all one
thing. Ii Corvet had to do with the
Miwnaa then Luke had had to do with
4 too. And Spearman2 But If Spear.
man had been Involved In that guilty
thing, had not Luke known It? Then
why had not Luke mentioned Spear.
mana Or had Snearman not been real
~ sayolvoh2 Had Ii been, perhaps,
only evidence of knowledge Of what
Corvet Ind done that Spearman had
tried TO discover and Destroy
!. Alan went TO the door and opened
Il, as he heard Spearman upon the
steps again. Spearman waited only
nntii the deor had been reclosed be-
hind him. n
.Well. Conrad. what was the Idea of
bringing Miss Sheriff. into this?'
Il didn't bring her in; tried the
best | could to keep her out"
"0ut of -exactly?"
HYou know better than | do. You
know exactly what IL Is. You know
that man, Spearman: you know what
he came here for. don't mean money;
| mean you know why he came here
for money. and why he got 1t. I tried.
a. well az | could, to make him tell
ms: bat he wouldn't do 1t. There's
disgrace OF some sor. here, of course
disgrace that Involves my father and,
l think, you too. II you're not guilty
With my father, you'll help me now; II
you are guilty. then, at least. your re.
hssai 10 help will let me know that"
II don't know what you're talking
about. ! told you this man may have
been n wheelsman on the Corvet;
don't know more about him than that
| don't even know that certainly. OF
course. knew Ben Coryet was paying
hlackmail: I've known for years that
he was giving up money to seine one.
| dnn't know whoshe paid 1t to; or for
what" ALI
The strain Of the lust few hours was
telling upon Alan; his skin flushed hot
and cold by turns. He paced up and
down while he controlled himself.
That's not enough, Spearman." he
said finally. T-lTe felt you, some
how. underneath. all these things. The
Rrst time ! sawsypu, YOU were IN this
house doing something you ought not
10 have been doing; you fought me
then: you would have killed me rather
than not get away. Two weeks ago,
some one attacked me on the street
for robbery, they said but know II
wasn't robbery"
"You're not SC, crazy as TO be trying
10 involve me In that
There came sound to them from
the hall, sound Enthusiastically denot-
lag Some presence. Spearman jerked
suddenly mp; Alan, going to the door
and looking into the hall, saw Wassa-
auass The Indian evidently had re-
,sni ned to the house some time before
ne had been bringing to Alan now the
accounts which he had settled. He
Recmed 10 have been standing In the
hall for some time, listening; but he
easne In now, locking inquiringly from
sisr to the other Of them.
.hm frIendsT be inquired -you
and HepryT'