The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-24

months that they've lain in sand and
water to become worn like; this; It's
twenty years My father can't have
I! had these things; they were some
where else,y or some, one else had them.
He wrote his directions to- that, per-
son--after June twelfth, he said, SO it
was before, June twelfth he wrote it;
but we can't tell how long before. It
might have been. in February, when he
disappeared :. it might have been any
time after, that. But if the directions;
! We're written SO long ago, why weren't
the things. sent to you before this?
i Didn't the person nave the things
then? Did we have to walt to get
them? Or--was it the Instructions to
! send them that he didn't have? Or, IL
he had the Instructions, was he wait
Ing to receive word when they were
to be sent? You thought these things
prossd my father was dead, I :htssE
they prove he is alive! Oh, we must
think this out !" .s 5.
He paced up and down the room; she
sank into a chair, watching him. "The
first thing that we must do" he said
suddenly, us Ito find out about the
watch. WhatEis the phone number
of the telegraph office 2" ~ II i =.
! She told him, and he. went out to the
telephone; she sprang up to follow
him, but checked herself and merely
waited until he came back. l;l
"1've wired to Buffalo" he an
nounced. ''The Merchants exchange,
If it is still in existence, must have a
record Of the presentation of the
watch" .S4 I; MI rlE55sz
"Then you'll stay here with us until
an answer comes?" = z. * EE
If we get reply by tomorrow morn
ing I'll wait till then. If not, I'll ask
you to forward it to me-. I must see
about the trains and get back to Frank
fort. i can cross by boat from there
to Manitowoc- Chat will be quickest.
We must begin there, by trying to find
out who sent the package" r.
! She helped him pnr the muller and
the other articles into the box She no.
ticed that the wedding riiig was no
longer with them. He had taken that.
then; it had meant to him all that she
had known it must mean. III.
i: In the morning she was up very
| early but Alan, the servants to!C har.
had risen before she had and had gone
out. The morning, after the coo! north.
ern. night, was chill. Size. slipped a
| sweater on and went out o.. IN. -ersn,
da, looking about for him. An rides
! cent haze shrouded the hills and the
bay ;; in it she heard ships bell strike
| twice then another struck tWice-then
another-and another-and another
The haze. thinned as the sun grew
warmer, showing the placid water 5of
the bay on which the ships stood do,l-
ble.: She saw Alan returning, and
knowing from the, direction from which
he came that he must have been to the
telegraph Office, she ran%to meet him.
twas there an answer" she, inquired
eagerly. ~, .s1 sa.:, ; f.* :rfsl
| He took. a yellow telegraph; sheet
from his pocket and held it for her to
L = \. q -
watch presented g Captain Caleb
Stafford. master Of propeller freighter
Marvin HalchI for rescue of crew and
passengers of sinking steamer Winnie
bago off Long point, Lake Erie" +
She was breathing quickly in her ex-
citement. 'fCaleb Stafford !" she .ex-
claimed. "Why, that was Captain Stat
ford Of Stafford and Ramsdell! They
owned. the, Miwaka!'', ~ ).
Yes, ALAN said. ..ar ~ - :. i
| A great change had come over him
since last night he was under emotion
! so strong thatShe seemed scarcely to
dare speak lest it master nina leap
| ing. exultant impulse. it was, which
lie fought, to keep down. - ,>..', !, -
I what is it, Alan?' she asked.
"What is it about the Nliwaka? You
said you'd found some reference to it
III Uncle Benny's house: What was it?
What did you find there?" ..,.. +.
"The man. Alan swallowed. and
steadied himself and repcatcd-'the
man ] met in the house that night
mentioned it. He seemed to think I
was a ghost that had haunted Mr.. Cor
vet-the ghost from the Miwaka; at
least Ire shouted out to me that I
| couldn't save the Miwaka "'sr "t ~ q :
"Save the Miwaka! What do You
mean, Alan? The Miwaka was lost with
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