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CHAPTER v
An Encounter.

Alan, standing in the darkness OF
the hall, felt in his pocket for his
matches and struck one on the box
The light showed the hall in front of
him, reaching back into some vague
distant darkness. and great rooms with
wide portiered doorways gaping on
both sides. He turned intoIthe room
upon his right, glanced to see that the
shades were drawn on the windows
toward the street, then found the
switch and turned on the electric light
Alan had the feeling which SO often
comes to one in an unfamiliar and
vacant house that there was some one
in the house with him. He listened
and seemed to hear, another sound In
the upper hall, footstep. He went
OUT quickly 10 the foot Of the stairs
and looked up them.
us any one here?" he called. us
any one hereY
His voice brought no response. He
went half way up the curve of the wide
stairway and called again, and lis
tened; then he fought down the feeling
he had had; Sheriff. had said there
would be no one In the house, and
Alan was certain there was no one.
So he went back to the room where
he had left the light.
The center of this room, like the
room next to it, was occupied by
library table-desk. He pulled open
some drawers in it; one or two had
blueprints and technical drawings in
them; the others had only the miscel-
lany which accumulates In a room
much used. There were drawers also
under the bookcases all around the
room; they appeared, when Allan
opened some of them, to contain PAM
phlets Of various societies, and the
scientific correspondence of which
Sheriff. had told him. Alan felt that
seeing these things was bringing his
father closer to him; they gave him
little Of the feeling he had been unable
to get when he looked at his fathers
picture. He could realize better now
the lonely. restless man, pursued by
some ghost he could not kill, taking
up for distraction one subject of study
after another, exhausting each in turn
until he could no longer make 1t en-
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He noticed, up a street to the west,
the lighted sign of q drag store and
turned up that way; he had promised,
he had recollected now, to write to
those in Kansas-he could not
call them father" and mother" any
more-and tell them what he had dis
covered as soon as he arrived. He
could not tell them that, but he could
write them at least that he had ar
rived safely and was well. He bought
a postcard In the drug store, and wrote
just, arrived safely; am well' to
John Welton In Kansas. There was
q, little vending machine upon the coun-
ter, and he dropped in a penny and got
box of matches and put them in his
pocket.
He mailed the card and turned back
to Astor street; and he walked more
swiftly now, having come to his deci-
sion, and only shot one quick look up
at the house as he approached it. With
what had his father shut himself up
within that house for twenty years?
And was it there still? And was it
from that that Benjamin Corvet had
fed? He saw no one In the street,
and was certain no one was observing
him es, taking the key from his pocket,
he ran up the steps and unlocked the
outer door. Holding this door open
to get lhe light from the street lamp,
he fitted the key into the inner door;
then he closed the outer door. For full
ly a minute, with fast-beating heart
and sense of expectation Of he knew
not what, he kept his hand upon the
key before he turned it; then he
opened the door and stepped into the
dark and silent house.
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with him. Was it his father
who had come back? That, though
not impossible, seemed improbable.
Alan stopped quickly, unlaced and
stripped off his shoes, and ran out
into the hall to the head Of the stairs,
where he looked down and listened.
From here the sound Of some one NOV
ing about came to him distinctly; he
could see no light below, but when he
ran down to the turn of the stairs, 1t
became plain that there was very
dim and Pickering light in the library.
He crept Oh farther down the stair
case. His hands were cold and moist
from his excitement, and his body was
hot and trembling.
Whoever it was that was moving
about downstairs, even If he was not
one who had right to be there, at
least felt secure from interruption.
He was going with heavy step from
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been taken away, but he would make
pers from the drawers and began to
examine them; after nearly an hour
Of this, he had found only one article
which appeared connected In any way
with what Sheriff. had told him or
with Alan himself. In one Of the little
drawers Of the desk he found several
books, much worn as though from
being carried in a pocket, and ane OF
these contained series OF entries
stretching over several years These
listed an amount-$150-opposite a Sc
ries of dates with only the year and
the month given, and there was an
entry for every second month.
Alan felt his fingers trembling as he
turned the pages Of the little book
and found at the end Of the list
blank, and below, in the same hand
but in writing which had changed
slightly with the passage of years, an
other date and the confirming entry of
$1,000. Alan looked through the little
book again and put it in his pocket.
1t was, beyond doubt, his fathers
memorandum Of the sums sent to Blue
Rapids for Alan; it told him that here
he had been In his fathers thoughts.
He grew warm at the thought as he
began putting the other things back
into the drawers.
He started and Strengthened sudden
ly; then he listened attentively, and
his skin, warm an instant before.
turned colo and prickled. Somewhere
within the house. Enthusiastically on the
floor below him, door had slammed.
Some one-it was beyond question
now, for the realization was quite diff
ferent from the feeling he had had
about that before-was In the house
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window to window; Wnere ne Iouiiu d
shade up he pulled it down brusquely
and with q violence which suggested
great strength under nervous strain (;
q shade, which had been pulled down,
flew up, and the man damned 1t as
though it had startled him; then, after
an instant, he pulled it down again.
Alan crept still farther down and at
last caught sight of him. He was a
big yOung-looking man, with broad
shoulders and very evident vigor !;
Alan guessed his age at thirty-fve; he
was handsome-he had a straight
forehead over daring, deep-set eyes /;
his nose, lips and chin were power
fully formed; and he was expensively
and very carefully dressed. The light
by which Alan saw these things came
from a fiat little pocket searchlight
that the man carried. in one hand
which threw little brilliant circle of
light as he directed it; and now, as
the light chanced to fall on his other
hand-powerfu and heavily muscled
Allan recollected the look and size
of the finger prints on the chest of
drawers upstairs. He did not doubt
that this was the same man who had
gone through the desk; but since he
had already rified the desks, what did
he want here now? AS the man moved
out of sight, Alan crept on down as
far as the door to the library; the
man had gone on into the rear room.
and Alan went far enough into the
library so he could see him.
He had pulled open one of the draw
,ers in the big table in the rear room
and with his light held so high as to
show what was in it, he was tumbling
over it's contents and examining them.
He went through one after another of
the drawers of the table like this;
after examining them, he rose and
kicked the last one shut disgustedly;
he stood looking about the room ques-
tioningly, then he started toward the
front room.
He had as yet, neither seen nor
heard anything to alarm him, and as
he went to the desk in the front room
and peered impatiently into the draw
ers, he slammed them shut, one after
another. He Strengthened and stared
about. "D-n Ben! D-n Ben! !" he
calculated violently and returned to
the rear room. Alan, again following
him, found him on his knees in front
of one of the drawers under the book
cases. AS he continued searching
through the drawers, his irritation be-
came greater and greater. He jerked
one drawer entirely out of its case,
and the contents few in every direc-
ton; swearing at it, he gathered up
the letters. One suddenly caught his
attention he began reading it closely,
then snapped it back into the drawer,
crammed the rest on top Of it, and
went on to the next Of the files. He
searched in this manner through half
a dozen drawers, plainly finding moth
ing at all he wanted; he dragged some
of the books from their cases, felt be-
hind them and showed back some OF
the books but dropped others on the
floor and blasphemy burst from him.
The beam of light from the torch in
his hand swayed aside and back and
forth. Without warning, suddenly it
caught Alan as he stood in the dark
Of the front room; and as the dim
white circle Of light cleaned into Al
ans face, the man looked that way
and saw. him.
Continued Next Week
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
MEDIUM AND HUSBAND
FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD
Church as Well as Public
Duped, Says Magistrate.

Eva A. Thompson, 20, a medium, of
152 West Eighty-second street. and her
husband. William X. Thompson, 25 years
old, we're found guilty Of fraud yester-
day by Magistrate Simpson in the Tonbs
Court in connection with a scance of the
First Spiritualist Church, 2S2 West Sew
entieth street. the night of Nav IL. which
was attended by Detectives Andrew Me-
Laughlin and Genevieve Mclaughlin of
the Fourth inspection district.
The detectives said they paid 81 to
attend the seance, In the home OF Anna
Hartman, who also was arrested with
Alice Moriarity. 4S. of 35 Hawthorne
street. Brooklyn. secretary Of the church.
The Misses Hartman and Moiiarity were
dischargeds The church's counsel ex-
plained Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson were
employed at salaries of s25 week each
and were now suing for 800 they al
legged due as back pay A white veil with
which Mrs. Thompson clothed herself the
night of the seance was exhibited in
court. 1t was charged her husband ham
died a trumpet and called out the names
of alleged spirits. Magistrate Simpson
held the fraud was practiccd on the
church as well as on the publ,c.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
90 SAILORS FIGHT
POLICE FOR 2 GIRLS
Detectives Hold Women Ar
rested in Flat Against Mob
Until Reserves Arrive.

Fifty sailors from the New York Navy
Yard tried to take two young women
prisoners away from Detectives James
Burke and William Shellng of Inspec-
tor Bolan's staff. in Lincoln square. at
Broadway and Sixty-sixth street. last
sailors until some one telephoned the
West Sixty-eighth street station and
reserves arrived. Fists of the sailors
were not of much avail against the night
sticks of the police, and four were ar
rested. The women were not rescued
One Of the girls is Esther Thorp. %, said
by the police to be a runaway from
Brockton, Mass. The other said she was
Dorothy Ready. 26, a model. They were
arrested in an apartment at 1876 West
Eighty fourth street after the detec-
tives had observed they had long
calling list of sailors. Two sailors were
in the apartment. and according to the
detectives two others were in the hall
way downstairs.
In Sixty-sixth street is a dance
hall frequented by sailors, and there the
four went after the detectives had de-
parted with the two girls. "A few mo-
ments later when the detectives and
prisoners alighted from the Sixth avenue
elevated at Sixty-sixth street they were
met by fifty sailors.
I'VE want those women" said one
sailor.
TRY to get them." said Burke.
They tried. One sailor knocked Burke
down so hard that the detective said he
bounced to his feet again. Then the
whole pack flung themselves on the de-
tectives. Burke was knocked down and
trampled. while Shelling tucked both
girls under one arm and tried to defend
himself with the other. The girls bit
and scratched. but did little damage.
A large crowd gathered. Nobody
offered to help either side pending de-
velopments, but someone. an advocate
OF law and order. telephoned the police
station. Just before the police came
Burke scrambled to his knees and fred
five shots. the sailors fell back for an
instant and In that instant the reserves
were upon them. After that 1t was a
question of how many sailors would be
able to get away without broken heads
Burke and Smelling grabbed four. The
sailors, giving names of Henry Smith.
Albert Hebney, Joseph Friedman and
| Owen Cavanaugh. were charged with in
| terfering with an officer.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
THREE ARRESTS MADE
IN $4,000 BOND THEFT
Weitnlon Held for Grand Lar
ceny From Redmond d Co.

Benjamin weltman. %, a clerk. OF
1924 Kings Highway, Brooklyn. was
arrested las. night by Detective Brauns-
worth Of the Old slip station and locked
up at Police Headquarters charged with
grand larceny. II is alleged that on
June 81. 1921 weitman and two other
mon stole $4,000 worth Of bonds from
Redmond e. Co., bankers, OF 27 Pine
street.
Detective Braunsworth found Welt
man at 294i West Twenty eighth street
Coney Island. At Police Headquarters II
was said that Detective Hayden was on
his way back from Chicago with the two
men who are charged vita aiding Welt
man in the robbery. rhc securities in
cluded bonds of the civ Of Cleveland.
the Delaware and Hudson. the Topeka
ard Ohio Railroad and the American
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
PROSTRATIONS OCCUR
WITH MERCURY AT so
EUening Rain Adds to Un-
usual Record for Month.

Although the temperature yesterday
did not rise higher than 80, which for
late July is comparatively cool from the
viewpoint of official forecasters who re-
cord and enjoy an atmosphere more than
400 feet above the sidewalks. there were
several prostrations. These were due
to the transparent fact that the tempera-
ture of the streets Is much higher than
that on the breezy top of the Whitehall
Building: also the humidity was little
more than normal.
that seemed to have the quality Of
steadiness. 1t was unaccompanied by
lightning and was not Of the cascading
sort. After about an hour and a half's
duration. or up to o'clock, it had added
about two-tenths Of an inch to the un-
usual July record OF SIS. The greatest
rainfall for the month was 9.63, In 1889.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
FINDS CITY MARKET
FUNDS ARE DIVERTED
Carried Over in Accounts of
Supervisors Instead of
Being Deposited.
CHARGE BY RUSTON
Expenses SO Inflated as to-
Be Funny, District At
torney Says.
POLITICAL CONTROL SEEN
Officials Named by Men Close
to Hylan Instead of Civil
Service, He Declares.
POLITICAL CONTROL SEEN

District Attorney John E. Ruston of
Kings county, who has been making
an investigation of the system under
which supervisors of the city's public
markets work. declared yesterday he
had come upon expense accounts 80
palpably padded as to be funny" Mr..
Ruston said that large sums Of money
which should have gone into the city's
sinking fund "have been diverted to
other channels" Supervisors, he
charged. were not appointed upon the
recommendation of the Civil Service
Commission but upon the recommen-
dation of several politicians high in
the councils of Mayor Hylan.
Mr.. Ruston's statements followed a
letter from Mayor Hylan to Edwin j.
O'Malley, Commissioner of Public
Markets, asserting that the Kings
county investigation was the move Of
food profiteers opposed to the street
markets and politicians opposed to the
;c-ese:: administration. In answer, Mr..
Ruston said he thought the markets
served a good purpose. He added:
Expense Accounts Funny.
THE thing that concerns me is that
the officials Of the Department of Mar
kets in open violation of written law
have been collecting large sums OF
money which should have gone into the
Sinking Fund. but which have been di-
verted into other channels. / am in
vestigating this violation OF the law.
My investigation has disclosed a num-
ber OF expense accounts so palpably
padded as to be funny. 1 will have to
be shown by the officials of the De-
partment of Markets why they permitted
these supervisors to carry large balances
over in their weekly accounts which they
submitted to the Superintendent OF Mar
kets instead or deposting them In the
Sinking Fund where the law requires
them to be deposited.
The Mayors letter refers to persons
In Brooklyn who are conniving behind
the curtain with politicians and Others
In Brooklyn to discredit and embarrass
the City administration
THE ony politicians have run across
30 far in this investigation are three
or four who are very high up in the
scounsels of the Mayor and upon whose
recommendation these supervisors were
appointed They should have been APP
pointed upon the recommendation OF the
Civil Service Commission.
II want you to make my position per-
fectly clear The pushcart markets have
my unqualified approval and support
They should be under the control of the
Department of Markets. They should
have supervisors. The peddlers should be
charged for the use OF the public streets
But the law should be obeyed. The
moneys collected should go into tn,
Sinking Fund OF the city. and the Off
cials of the Department of Markets
should be vigilant in detecting PADDED
expense accounts submitted to them BY
their supervisors.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
SUNDAYS RIOT MAY
CLOSE CELTIC PARK
Wallace to Investigate Boot
logging Stories.

District Attorney Dana Wallace of
Queens plans tc make an investigation
to determine II an application shall be
made to close Celtic Park as a result of
Sundays riot, In which four persons. in
Guiding patrolman and a woman, were
shot and score OF persons injured by
flying bottles and bricks
Complaints were lodged yesterday with
the Distric: Attorneys office by citizens
who said that the park is Sunday rem
devious OF bootleggers who are doing a
thriving business
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
Railroad Goes for a Song
to Junkman With SIS, 900

"A EICHAEL SCHIAvONE. metal
MI and rubbish dealer of Jer-
sey City, went to an auc-
ton sale yesterday in the Nassau
County Court House at Mineola-
He was the successful bidder and
here is what he got for $4,000:
A railroad power house at Doug
laston.
A substation at Roslyn.
Thirty-eight miles of tracks.
Three bridges.
Eighteen passenger coaches.
Four ser-ioe coachor.
This property was owned by the
New York and Nassau Traction
Company. which went into the
hands Of a receiver some time ago
and was valued in 1910 at 81, $780,
600. The power house cost $685.
600 alone. The sale was conducted
by order of the court by Arthur c.
Huhn. special master, to satisfy the
Union Trust Company and Edward
V. Hale, who have begun suits.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
MILK PRICE UNDETERMINED.

Ir, -epty to reports that the Bordcns
Farm Products Company would have TO
pay one cent a quart more wholesale fer
milk in August but that 1t will not ad-
vance the price to the consumer II. A.
cronk. vice-presdent and general man
aEer. said yesterday that the company
has not purchased any milk from the
Dnirymen's League for August and that
conferences now are under way with
view Of determining a fair price.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
Mosquito Canopies
"a great comfort

Canopies which clamp to
head posts of single or double
size beds-in wood or metal
. are SIPS each.
Single size-$4.50.
Full size-$6. rs.
Canopy standard-$5.25.
Full attachments for fasten-
ing to ceiling with each canopy.
Fourth Gallery, New Building
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
Advertisement.
Sale!
Suits Are to Go!

Here they are in worsteds,
Cheviots and Cassimeres. In one,
two. three and four button
models. Every suit all wool and
your suit VIII be fitted and al
tered carefully.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
Sheets and Pillow Cases Sale

Bleached muslin. Soft finish. Free from dressing.
Sizes quoted below are the sizes before hemming.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
HEIGHTS GIRL DIES IN HUDSON
browns When Swimming on Fort
Washington Park.

Miss Ellen Rosenburg. rs, of $50
West 1s0th street. was drowned in the
Hudson off 177th street yesterday after
noon while swimming with several other
girls Jack Halpin OF 1913 Wadsworth
avenue. a life guard, tried to rescue her.
but was unsuccessful. He recovered the
body an hour later.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
Engraved Stemware,
Half Price

Special lot Of fine thin
lead-blown glass with cut
stems. The engraving
handsomely done-is an
old Belgian design, show
ing roses and rose leaves.
Exceptional savings, of
which every housewife
should avail herself.
GOBLETS, large, reg. STATS
doz.-today $7.35 doz.
GOBLETS, medium, reg.
STATS doz.-today $7.35 doz.
Other stemware, reg. $11.50,
$14.5O-today $5,75, $7.25 doz.
TUMBLERS, water, reg.
$5.75 doz.-today, $2.85 doz.
TUMBLERS, lemonade, reg.
$14.50 doz.-today $7.25 doz.
FINGER BOWLS, reg. s12.75
doz.-today 1925 doz.
SHERBETS, footed, reg.
$f4.50 doz.-today $7.25 doz.
DECANTERS, reg. $3.50
each--today $1.25 each.
OIL BOTTLES, reg. 1925
each-today $1.10 each.
VINEGAR BOTTLES, reg.
$2.25 each---today $1.10 each.
Also HALF Price
a large assortment of very
fine cuttings on fine clear
table glass.
Covered Candy jars,
Covered Powder Boxes,
Butter tubs,
Mayonnaise sets
Footed Sherbets,
Cake Plates,
Candlesticks,
Tall Vases, ETC.,
75c to S.
for
$1.5O to $40 grades
Second Gallery, New Building
The New York herald., 1922-07-25

q. N. VINCENT. 524-52s 9Th
Ave. Bet. 51st and 32d SITS.
The New York herald., 1922-07-25
The Wanamaker
August Furniture Sale
Does not compete in price
but in Price PLUS Quality

Competition in price alone leads to the produc-
ton of imitation furniture something that on the
surface looks good something else but which
has been cheapened in the construction so that it
will not give satisfaction. Keep sharp eye for such
furniture! 1t is very conspicuous these days In the
advertisement of August Sales. The cheap price will
prove dear price later because the furniture will
not stand up.
For instance dealer takes Martha Wash
ington table, of standard FORM to manufacturer
and says copy this at price," The
facturer under orders cheapens the table to
dangerous point; cheap wood glued points, care
less and hurried cabinet work. When finished
and varnished the table may look like the genuine
sold-construction table-but oh, the difference
when it is carefully examined and used! The
cheap table is then advertised instance of
the low prices in that particular furniture sale
deluson and Don't be gullible enough
to be shared into imitation furniture. You will
be sorry.
Wanamaker furniture is genuine through and
through. We simply will not meet competition on
the imitation kind. We will not sell that grade of
furniture But on the servceabe grades of furniture
we are keen for the hardest competition the retail
market offers. When you see price on anything
lower than at Wanamaker's you may reasonably be
sure that it is imitation furniture. Avoid it you
would poison.
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, the Wanamaler
August Sale will be in full swing, with Days Of
Courtesy which selections may be made, trans
actions and deliveries to begin August 1. Reduc-
tions in price range from 10 to so per cent. the
average being about a third.
The writer has himself just completed tour of
inspection of all the furniture is spread out and
tagged the four Enthusiastically fifth, sixth and
eighth-and with experience of more than 20
years critically examining and writing about August
Sales, he is free to say that he has
attractive this, in variety, quality and value.
Take time to study the BELMAISON reproduc
ton furniture on the fourth gallery collection of
individual pieces each true to its original. All
duced 10 to 40 per cent
And look over the Office furniture on the seventh
gallery the entire stock there also reduced 10
Is per cent
(Fourth, Fifth md Eighth Galleries. Bulding)
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-31
''Nfc''

Block 70, w. 100 TT, Lot Al %
Block 70, W.'100 #. of Lot 81 .99
Block 10, w. 100 ft. of Lot 6.-..2.l2
1877 MeElhany, M. A. & Ethel ~,
Block 140, Lot s, .-.-.......-...-.-.2.lS
1879 MeKeehan, B. L.,
Block 142, w. 80 ft. of Lot 1,--.-1.0S
Block 142, w. so ft. of Lot 2, .os
Book 142, w. so ft of Lot 3,.. .9s
Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-31

Continued to Section Three