Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-08-30


learns the island Is located.
There he meets
ETHEL cAREW. daughter Of the slair
officer who is going to visit hei
Lucas CULLEN. SENIOR, the grin
and hardy old man who struggled
successfully In days OF violence fol-
millions worth Of timber. Loutrell,
learns that Resurrection Rock is ar
island of mystery. the symbol of q
great wrong In the past and that on
! has been erected house never
Occupied. In some way he feeli
that his own mysterious life. his oh.
scure parentage. his life as white
child reared by Indians, is linked with
Resurrection Rock and with Ethel.
The sun. only a little lower to the
west, was glazing down upon the
snow, and as the road reached the
top OF a ridge the smooth ice-sheet
over Lake Huron came into view.
The western rise OF the rock. upon
which the sun was shining. seemed
sheer and towering; only about the
base, where the lake had tossed up
heaps and hummocks of fee. and
upon the top had snow gathered.
Resurrection Rockl" Ethel said.
gazing at Il with no need 70 point
as they stood upon the top of the
ridge.
,Loutrelle nodded, his eyes narrow
ing a little as he tried to see II bet
ter through the glare.
why's the house there7 he de-
handed. He had asked this before
but not with the present amaze
ment.
"of course It's quite different in
summer"
-'But you said It's never been 90
cupied. summer or winter"
NO never"
EXCEPT possibly" he said, siano-
ing at her and away 70 the house
again, "by the dead"
- He spoke in a queer. neutral tone.
neither quite seriously nor at all
lightly.
Ethel went ahead slightly to guide
the way. The Rock now was con-
stantly in sight; ard. glancing again
and again at Il. Ethel felt Il DOM
mating her mood.
They entered the woods again and
soon heard a whip cracking and the
voice Of a man calling to straining
horses.
That's Sam Green Sky" Ethel in
formed; and they came upon q
white and roam team.
"B'jou. Miss Ethel" Sam hailed
and waved his arm, while he set
about turning his team back into
the tracks they had just cleared.
He was a younger man than Red
bird, not more than thirty and fat
and swarthy.
"Old man pretty well; pretty mad
this morning: old Nlady we'll too"
Green Sky vouchsafed genial infor-
nation without urging. Some
body come 10 Wheedon's yesterday;
and go out TO Rock. old man want
to know about It; damn mad"
Ethel glanced at Loutrelle whom
she found gazing at her and waiting
for her 10 ask the question.
The name OF the man-Sam?"
Mr.. Bagley. That's all"
Ethel gazed at the Rock again and
felt the blood running a bit colder
within her. She looked back TO
Loutrelle who had pulled of his
glove to offer his hand.
''Bjou. Miss Carew," he said, his
eyes meeting hers. You've been
mighty good TO me-"
He turned about once and waved
at her; then. proceeding more swift
~, he soon vanished in ravine.
A few hundred yards further on, she
heard the distant echo Of vigorous
voice singing the lively tune Of an
old French song of the time OF
Napoleon:
20. a Paris, a Paris 49,.
All, Jy etais mousquetaire!"
Danger! No fear for him II the
danger were honesttand open. She
glanced ahead and suddenly saw a
dark figure. tall and broad but bent
a little. standing with back toward
her on the top OF the ridge-her
grandfatheT.
"well. my dear, you're here, are
you? Where's your friend from the
train?"
He said to thank you: he'd call
later. He wanted to go first to the
Rock"
so HEN call later. eh7 Now who
is he? I'll know all about that fell
low" Il
Ethel gazed into her grandfsther's
eyes-little. blood-shot but keen I'M
der his low bushy. white brows.
She said nothing aloud as she closed
her lips, but to herself, defiance
spoke. ~
Not from ma" the unuttered
words determined. Never from
me-"
CHAPTER "
When she was obliged TO reply,
she only repeated the fact OF her
meeting with Barney Loutrelle as
she had related It over the tele-
phone.
Everyone was well at the house.
Lucas assured in reply TO Ethels
questions.
The persons whom he grouped
under every one" were his wife and !
Miss Plat" and Miss Platts hus-
band" Miss Plat had been his
private secretary for years.
Her salary was sufficient to enable !
her to attract lazy good-looking |
youth named Merrill Kincheloe. |
seven years younger than herself.
She married him. to her employers |
exceeding disgust.
Lucas never let her marriage
change her name to him and, when |
he had been obliged to refer to Kin. |
cheloe, it had been always as miss |
Platt's husband"
All but Miss Platt's husband were