Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-07-15

| tnein knew my Iatner, tney were 0nI,
amazed to find that anyone In Chicag,
had known their Names"
In her feeling for him, she had lait
her hand upon his arm; now her fin
gers frightened to sudden tenseness
what do you meanT' she asked
"0h, 1t Is not definite yet--no
clear" She felt the bitterness In hii
tone. "They have not any of then
been able to make 1t wholly clear Il
me. 1t Is like record that has beer
blurred. These original names mus
| have been written down by my father
many years ago--many, most of those
people, thlnk-are dead; some are
nearly forgotten. The only thing that
is fully plain is that In every case my
Inquiries have led me to those who
have lost one, and sometimes more
than one relative upon the lakes"
Constance thrilled to vague hor.
ror; II was not anything to which she
could give definite reason. His tone
quite as much as what he said was It's
cause. His experience plainly had
| been forcing him to bitterness against
his father; and he did not know with
certainty yet that his father was dead.
You'll lunch with us, Of course"
she said to Alan, 'and then go hack
with us to Harbor Point. It's Il days
journey around the two BAYS: but
we've boat here
He assented, and they went down to
the water where the white and brown
power yacht, with long, graceful lines.
lay somnolently In the sunlight. A lit
tie boat took them out over the SHIN
mering, smooth surface to the ship;
swells from faraway freighter swept
under the beautiful, FURNISHED craft,
causing II to roll lazily as they board
ed 1t. A party of nearly dozen men
and girls with an older woman chap
eroning them, iounged under the shade
OF an awning over the after deck.
They greeted her gaiIy and looked
curiously at Alan as she introduced
him.
Have you worked on any of our
boats? she asked him, after luncheon
had been finished, and the anchor Of
the ship had been raised.
A queer expression came upon his
face. i've thought 1t best not to do
that. Miss Sheriff." he replied.
She did not know why the next no.
ment she should think Of Henry.
The yacht was pushing swiftly,
smoothly, with hardly hum from Its
motors, north along the shore. He
watched intently the rolling, wooded
hills and the ragged little bays and In
let's His work and his Investigatings
had not brought him to the neighbor-
hood before, but she found that she
did not have to name the places to
him; he knew them from the charts.
Grand Traverse light" he said to
her as q white tower showed upon
their left. Then, leaving the shore,
they pushed out across the wide mouth
of the larger bay toward Little Trav-
erse. He grew more silent as they ap-
preached 1t.
1T is up there. Isn't It," he asked, |
pointing, .that they hear the Drum"
"Yes; how did you know the placer" |
II don't know 1t exactly; want you |
to show me-"
She pointed out to him the copse,
dark, primeval. blue In Its contrast
with the lighter green of the trees
about 1t and the glistening white of |
the single and of the more distant
sand bluffs. He leaned forward, staring
At 1t, until the changed course Of the
yacht, as 1t swung about toward the
entrance to the bay, obscnred 1t.
Seeing the. ships made me feel that
belonged here ON the lakes" he re-
minded her Il have felt something
lot recognition exactly. but something
hat was like the beginning Of recog-
litlon--many times this summer when
saw certain places. It's like one of
hose dreams, you know, In which you
ire conscious Of having had the same
iream before. feel that l ought to
.now this place."
They landed only few hundred
ards from the cottage. After bid
ling good-by to her friends, they went
Up to 1t together through the trees.
There was small sun room, rather
hut Off from the rest of the house, to
which she led him. Leaving him there,
he ran upstairs to get the things.
She halted an instant beside the
loor. with the box In her hands, be-
ore she went back 10 him, thinking
low to prepare him against the sig
'ificance of these relics of his father.
the need not prepare him against the
mere fact OF his fathers death: he
lad been beginning to believe that al
eady; but these things must have far
more meaning for him than merely
hat. She went In and put the box
own upon the card table.
1.-THE muller In the box was your
ather's,' she told him. Gle had IL on
he day he disappeared. The other
hlngs," her voice choked a little, .'are
he things he must have had In his
ockets. They've been lying in water
nd sand"
He gazed at her. II understand"
e said after an Instant. You mean
hat they prove his death" II
She assented gently. without speak
az. AS he approached the box. she ]