The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-24

Yes" WaSsaQuam went away, and Alan heard him on the back stairs, as- cendlng to his room.
 When Alan. went up to his own room. after making the rounds to see that the house was locked, droning chant came to him from the third floor. He paused in the hall and listened, then went up to the floor above. A flckering light came to him through the half-Open door of a room at the front of the house; he went little way toward 1t and looked in. Two thick candles were burning before a crucifix. below which the Indian knelt, prayer book in hand and rocking to anu fro as he droned his suppllca- tiuIs.
 A word or two came to Alan, but without them WuSSuQuams occupation was plain: he was praying for the re- pose of the dead-the Catholic chant taught To him. as il had been taught undoubtedly to his fathers. by the French Je>uitS of the lakes, The in- toned chant for CUryets soul, by the man who had heard the Drum, fol- lowed and still came to Alan, as he returned to the second floor
 lie had not been able to determine, during the evening, WaSSaquam's atti- Jude toward him Having no one else tO rust. Alan had been obliged 10 put g certain amount of trust In the h. dial. su as he had explained to Was sauuUm that morning that the desk unn he drawers in the little room off Curyc,s had been forced. and had warned him to see that no one, who had moi proper business there, entered the house. WaSSaQuam had appeared Co accept this order; but now WaSsa- guum had implied that It was not be- cause of Alun's order thai be had re fused reporters admission 10 the house.
 Alan starred and went quickly tO the open door of his room, as he heord voices now somewhere within the house. One of the voices he recOg. nized as Wussuquam's; the other in- distinct. thick. accusing-was un- known to him; 1t certainly was not Spearman's. He descended swiftly to the first floor, and found Wassaquam standing Iu the front hal, alone.
 "WhO was here, JuduhT' Alan de manded.
 "A man." the Indian answered stol- idly. "Hp was drunk put him out"
 "What did he come for?"
 He came to see Ben. l put him out; he Is gone, Alun."
 Alan flung open the front door and looked out. but he saw no one.
 "What did he. want of Mir Corvet, Juduh?"
 "I dc not know. told him Ben was not here; he was angry, but he went away"
 Has he ever come here befOreT
 "Yes: he comes twice"
 "He has been here twiceT
 More than that; every year he comes twice, Alan. Once he came oftpner."
 "How long has he been doing thatT
 Since l can remember"
 "Is he a friend of Mir. COryetT
 "No friend-no"
 But NIT. Coryet saw him when he came here"
 Always, Alan"
 And you don't know at all what he came NbOutT
 How should I know7 Noi I do not"
 Alan got his coat and hat The sudden disappearance of the man might mean only that he had hurried away, but 1t might mean, too, that he was still lurking near the house. Alan had decided to make the circuit of the house and determine that But as he came out on to the porch, figure more than a block away to the south Strode with uncertain step out Into the light of street lamp, halted and faced about, and shook hLs fist back at the house. Alan dragged the h. dian out on to the porch.
 "Is that the man, JudahT' he de- handed.
 Yes, Alan"
 Alan ran down the steps and at full speed after the man. But when he reached the corner, he was nowhere in sight. Alan retraced his steps for several blocks, still looking; then he gave 1t up and returned east toward the Drive.
 The side street leading to the Drive was not well lighted; dark entry ways and alleys opened on 1t; but the night was clear Alan could see at the end Jf the street, beyond the yellow glow of the distant boulevard lights, the smooth. chill surface of the lake. A white light rode above 1t; now, below the white light, he saw a red speck- the masthead and port lanterns of a steamer northward bound. Farther out, a second white glow appeared from behind the obsCuratlOn of the buildings and below It green specs- a starboard light Information he had gained enabled him to recognize in these lights two steamers passing one another at the harhor mouth.