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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-24
Steamer Arrives
With Cargo Logs

The American steamship Afoundria
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supply of naval stores. She is con-
signed to the John A. Merritt Company.
Arriving in the harbor yesterday morn
ing the steamer Humhaw began to I'M
load part of her large cargo of ma
hogany logs. These logs are from West
Africa, from which ports the steamer
came. A cargo of lumber will be taken
here and the Humhaw will then proceed
to New York.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-24
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ifornia Fig Syrup" which has full di-
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dren of all ages plainly printed on bot
tie. Mother! You must say California"
or you may get an imitation fig syrup.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-24
Goodbye BoiIs!
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Blackheads and Skin ETuptions.

A boil Is a volcano.-your blood ID
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ger size Is the more economical
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-24
ORDER DEMOLAY TO
HOLD INITIATION
VIII Initiate Large Class Next Mon0aS
Night; New Officers to serve.

The order of DeMolay for Boys will
hold its next initiation Monday night,
August %, at 7:SO at which time large
class viii be initiated At the meeting
held Tuesday night new officers, and the
various stations of the chapter hlied.
The Order of DeMolay, while not an Ola
one, is showing rapid growth IN Pensa-
cola as well as throughout the United
States and foreign countries.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

| at The names and addresses on these
oldest, yelIowed pages had been first
written, 1t was plain, all at the same
| time and with the same pen and Ink,
and each sheet In the beginning had
! contained seven or eight names. Some
Of these original names and even the
addresses had been left unchanged,
out and altered many times-other
and quite different names had been
substituted; the pages had become
finally almost illegible, crowded
scrawis, rewritten again and again In
Coryet's cramped hand. Alan strained
forward, holding the first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings ne had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly with the page he had just read !;
two Of the names-Westhouse and
FreDch-were the same as those upon
this list Suddenly he grasped the
other pages Of the list and looked
them through for his own name; but
1t was not there. He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room.
He felt that In this list and In these
clippings there must be, somehow,
some one general meaning-they must
relate In some way 10 one thing; they
must have deeply. intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvet's disappearance and
his present fate, whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as we'll But In their disconnectiOn,
their incoherence, he could discern no
common thread What conceivable
bond could there have been uniting
Benjamin Cervet at once with an old
man dying upon poorfarm In Emmett
county. wherever that might be- and
with a baby girl. now some two years
old, In Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin?
He called Wassaquam into the H.
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
do you know at all what these are,
Judah?" he asked.
mo, Alan. I have seen Ben have
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

Alan's passion broke out suddenly
Were anything but that, Judah. !
found him, the first night l got here
and while you were away, going
through my fathers things. I fought
with him, and he ran away. He was
the one that broke into my fathers
desks; maybe you'll believe that, even
II no one else will"
.YesT the Indian questioned
"Yes?" 1t was plain that ne not only
believed but that believing gave him
immense satisfaction He took Alan's
arm and led him into the smaller IL
brary. He knelt before one of the draw
ers under the bookshelyes-the drawer,
Alan recalled, which he himself had
been examining when he had found
Wassaquam watching him. He drew
out the drawer and dumped its con-
tents out upon the floor; he turned
the drawer about then, and pulled the
bottom out of It. Beneath the bottom
which he had removed appeared now
another bottom and a few sheets Of
paper scrawled in an uneven hand and
with different eolored inks.
AT sight Of them, Spearman. who
had followed them into the room, Ut
tered an oath and sprang forward. The
Indians small dark hand grasped
Spearman's wrist, and his face
twitched itself into a fierce grin
which showed how little civilization
had modified in him the aboriginal
passions. But Spearman did not try
to force his way; instead, he drew
back suddenly.
Alan stopped and picked up the pa
pers and put them In his pocket. If
the Indian had not been there, it
would not have been so easy for him
to do that, he thought
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02
LAND OF THE DRUM"

SYNOPSIS. w ealthy and highly
placed In the Chicago business
world, Benjamin Corvet is some
thing Of a recluse and a mystery
to his associates. After a stormy
interview with his partner. Henry
Spearman. Corvet geeks Constance
Sheriff., daughter Of his other
business partner. Lawrence Sher-
rill. and secures from her a prom
Use not to marry Spearman until he
returns. He then disappears. Sher-
Till learns Coryet has written to a
certain Alan Conrad. in Blue Rap
ids, Kansas, and exhibited strange
agitation over the matter. Alan
arrives In Chicago. From a state
ment OF Sheriff. It seems prob
able Conrad Is Corvet's illegitimate
son. Corvet has decided his house
and its contents to Alan, who takes
possession. That night Alan dis
covers a man ransacking Corvet's
apartments. The intruder thinks
Alan a ghost and raves OF the MI
waka." After a struggle the man es-
capes. Next day Alan learns from
Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property to him. Introduced
to Spearman. Alan Is astonished at
the discovery that ne Is the man
whom ne had fought In his house
the night before. Spearman laughs
at and defies him. Spearman poi
sons Constance's mind against
Alan. Somebody tries to kill Alan
in the night. Corvet's Indian serv-
ant, Wassaquam, tells Alan he be-
lieyes his employer Is dead. He
also tells him the legend of the In
dian drum. which according to old
superstition beats once for every
life lost Oh the Great Lakes. Twen-
V years before. the great freIghter
Mlwaka had gone down with
twenty-five on board. but the Drum
had sounded for only twenty-four.
leaving the inference that one per-
son had been saved Luke. who
has long been Matchmaking Corvet.
appears. talks mystsriously and
dies.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

Sheriff. hesitated. then assented and
they went round the Slock together 10
the COrvet house. Sheriff.. after a few
iDstants' hesitation, took the key from
MS pocket and unlocked the door and
went In. The rooms, they saw. we're
all in perfect order; summer covers
had been put upon the furniture; pro-
tecting cloths had been spread ever
the beds upstairs. After their inspec-
ton. they came out again az the FROM
door, and her father closed It with q
swapping Of the sprfng lock
Constance, as they walked away,
turned and looked back at the old
house, gloomy and dark among It's
newer. fresherIooking neighbors, and
suddenly she choked, and her eyes
grew wet That feeling was not for
Uncle Benny; the drain Of days past
had exhausted such a surge Of feeling
for him That which she could not
wink away was for the boy who had
come 10 that house a few weeks ago
and for the man who just now had
gone.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

The little boy in the woods took out
Of his pocket q small bottle and sprin-
kled few drops OF It In front Of the
hole into which he had Just chased
cottonraIl
Why do you do this Incarnation. :"
asked the gentleman who vas out rab-
bit hunting with the Lad
Il wanted 10 go and cut stick "a
twist the little rascal out, and 1 waA
afraid he might ger away while I var
gone. So l just sprinkIed q little Of
this tonic there 10 keep the hare from
coming Ct"-Retsu Ledger, Phlla-
delphia
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

ny an
co. 20
I can't
let ne
rect on
ct me
a. this
An
Furo 10
NJ" or
would
!. A
wed
psrior
sort Of
With
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d how
have q
ont Of
taste
very
en -
to use
hat 10
The
would
hore.
take
unob-
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hotel,
ct TO
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spend
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Eureb
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

them. and take them out and put them
back That is all 1 know"
DO you know any of these PEG
ple:"
He gave the lists 70 Wassaquam.
who studied them through attentiyely,
holding them to the lamp.
mo. Alan"
Have you ever heard OF any OF
their names before?"
That may be. I do not know. They
are common Names
do you know the placess"
"Yes-the places They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes. l
have been In most Of them. Alan. En-
met county. Alan. came from there.
Henry comes from there. too"
Then that is where they hear the
Drum
Yes, Alan"
Ny father took newspapers from
those places. did he not7"
Wassaquam looked over the adj
dresses again. Yes; from all He
took them for the shipping news. he
said. And sometimes he eur pieces
our Of them-fhese pieces. / see now;
and afterward ! burned the papers;
he would not let me only throw them
away
That's ali you know about thsm.
Judahf
~fss, Alan char Is an"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02
CHAPTER XII
The Land of the Drum.

TIC LdIQ VI Tic 0fGfT.
Alan went with Wassaquam into the
front library. after the Indian had
shown Spearman out.
This was the man, Judah, who came
for Mr.. Coryet that night 1 was hurt?''
yes, Alan" Wassaquam said
He was the man, then, who came
here twice a year. at least, to see Mr..
Coryet?"
Yes"
Il was sure Of it," Alan said. "Can
you tell me now why he came here,
Judah?'
Il have told you 1 do not know
Wassaquam replied. "Ben always saw
him: Ben gave him money. 1 do not
know why"
Alan had been holding his hand over
the papers which he had thrust into
his pocket; he went back into the
smaller library and spread them under
the reading lamp TO examine them.
But, as he looked the pages over now.
he felt a chill of disappointment and
chagrin. They did not contain any
narrative concerning Benjamin Cor
vets life; they lid not even relate to
single event. They were no narra-
tive at ALL They were-in his first
examination of them, he could not tell
what they were.
They consisted in all of some dozen
sheets Of irregular size. some Of which
had been kept much longer than 9th
ers. a few OF which even appeared
fresh and new. The three pages
which Alan thought. from their yell
lowed and worn look. must be the old
est, and which must have been kept
for many years. contained only a list
of names and addresses. The remain
ing pages. which he counted as ten
in number. contained nearly a hun
dred brief clippings from newspapers;
the clippings had been very carefully
cut out, they had been pasted with
painful regularity on the sheets. and
each had been dated across its face
dates made with many different pens
and with many different inks. but all |
In the same irregular handwriting as
the letter which Alan had received |
from Benjamin Corver.
Alan. his fingers numb In his dIsap- |
pointment. turned and examined all 1
these pages; but they contained moth /
ng else. He read one of the clippings, 1
which was dated FEB. 1912"
THE passing away OF one OF the
ldest residents OF Emmett county oc-
'urred az the poorfarm on Thursday
II last week. Mr. Fred Westhsese
vas one OF four brothers brought by
heir parents into Emmett county IN
$40. Tie established himself here as
farmer and was well known among
mr. people for many years He was
early the last % his family. which
.as quite well or at one time. Mr.
yesfhouse's fhree brothers and bis
afher having persisted 20 various dis.
sters upon the lake, HIS wife died
Ho years ego. He r survived ny
aughter Mrs Arthur Pearl ~ Flint"
re read anofberf
"Hallfori Srens on Tuesday iasf
liss Audrey Hallford daughter ~
n and Mrs nerf iagforf. n fhls
.ace WAS united a. fhf bonds ~ holq
airm0ny ~ al Robert srens nj
s'araha Az Nish ne yoHsg couple
fIlH
~ uaf rnnfnfT
HnaW lo Nr ~ Nn Hai Fran0h
Nalehrfr saulial afternoon laH
~ 5000 AfnhIa Furnb sl ~ ~
'N N''sNfi fYpn Api nNffap
Nnit
IlIs clipping "a lsIfl AZ nf0la
NJ tHlfIf HNl 'fIWff0 Ill IF
Is ANF Niif tlaN laf 40 ff'A0
nfHfifImfH fad anaif aNi 1863 ia
I4l'I lN. .IE.Is L. flsI MAJ - al / Il.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02
CHAPTER XII
The Things From corvse. pook..a
Miss Constance Sheriff.,

Miss constance Slerr1l
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address, In large scravllng let.
tiers, was written across the brown
paper Of the package which had been
brought from the post Office In the lit
tie resort village only few moments
before The paper covered shoe box,
crushed and old, bearing the name Of
IS Klug. Dealer In Fine Shoes, Mani
togoc, Wisconsin" The box. Ike the
outside wrapping. was carefully tied
with & string.
Constance, knowing no one In Mani
towoc and surprised ar the nature OF
the package, glanced az the postmsrk
on the brown paper which she had re-
moved; IT too was stamped Mantle
voc She cut the strings about the
box and took of the cover 4 black
and brown dotted silk cloth filed the
box; and seeing it. Constance caught
her breath II vas-at least il was
very nke-the muller which Uncle
Benny used 10 wear ID winter.
She started with trembling fingers
70 take il from the box; rien, reaIiz-
ing from the weight Of the package
that the cloth was only a wrapping CT.
al least. that other things were in the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up 10 her room She locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted out the cloth II
was q wrapping. for the heavier things
came with il; and now. also. II re-
vesled itself plainly as the scarf-Un-
Gle Benny's scarf. A paper dattered
out as she began 10 unroL ia little
crOss-lined leaf evidently torn from
pocket memorandum book. Ii had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
II out; writing was upon il, the small
irregular Letters OF Uncle Bsnny's
hand
send 10 Alan Conrad" she read
there followed a Chicago address-the
number OF Uncle Benny's house OF
Aston street Below this was another
line:
Better care OF Constance Sheriff.
(SIiss).- There followed the -her-
riIls' address upon the Drive And &c
this was another correction:
Not after June l.; then TO HarbOr
Springs. Mich Ask some one OF that; I
be sure the date; after June I2--
Constance. trembling. unrolled the /
scarf; now coins showed from a fold I
next a pocketknife. ruined and rusty. 4
next a watch-a mans large gold 4
watch with the case eueeriy pitIed .
and wern completely through in places ]
and last a plain little hand OF gold OF 4
the size for woman's fnger-a wed. I,
ding ring Constance. gssping and
with fingers shaking so from excite
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects. picked them up and ex
amined then-the ring first
II very evidently was. as she hec
thought. 4 wedding ring
once fitted for a finger only a trids
less slender than her own. one side
u the gold band was very much worn.
not with the sort OF wesr which Q
ring gets on 4 hand. but By some dif.
'erent sort OF abrasion. The other
side u the band was roughened and
lirtet but nor 50 much worn. the IN
iide sfil bore the traces OF an Ia.
As long as we DO
m alive" Constance couid read. anc
he date. -Jane ,. 1891"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02
CHAPTER X-Continued.


But Luke had said nothing about
Spearman. 1t had been Corvet, and
Coryet alone, Of whom Luke had
spoken; il was Coryet whom he had
accused; 1t was Corvet who had given
him money. Was it conceivable, then,
that there had been two such events in
Corvet's life? That one of these
events concerned the Miwaka and
Spearman and some one-some one
with bullet hole above the eye
who had got" Corvet; and that the
other event had concerned Luke and
something else? 1t was not conceiva-
bic, Alan was sure; il was all one
thing. If Corvet had TO do with the
Miwaka, then Luke had had to do with
IT too. And Spearman2 But If Spear
man had been involved in that guilty
thing. had not Luke known it? Then
why had not Luke mentioned Spear
man? Or had Spearman not been real
iy involved? Had it been, perhaps,
only evidence of knowledge of what
Corvet had done that Spearman had
tried TO discover and destroyi
Alan went TO the door and opened
1T, as he heard Spearman upon the
steps again. Spearman waited only
until the door had been reclosed be-
hind him.
We'll, Conrad. what was the idea of
bringing Miss Sheriff. into this?"
81 didn't bring her in; 1 tried the
best 1 could TO keep her out"
"Out of what-exactly?
you know better than I do. You
know exactly what it is. You know
that man, SpearIuan: you know what
he came here for. don't mean money;
I mean you know why he came here
for money, and why he got it. tried.
as well as 1 could. to make him tell
me; but he wouldn't do it. There's
disgrace Of some sort here. of course
disgrace that involves my father and. |
/ think. You too. If you're not guilty |
with my father. you'll help me now: if |
you are guilty. then. at least. your re-
fusal 10 help will let me know that"
II don't know what you're talking /
about. / told you this man may have
been wheelsman on the Corvet; | 1
don't know more about him than that;
l don't even know that certainly. or
course. | knew Ben Cervet was paving
blackmaik I've known for years that
he was giving up money TO some one.
don't know who he paid II to; or for
what"
The strain OF the last few hours was
telling upon Alan his skin flushed hot
and cold by turns. He paced up and
down while he controlled himself.
That's not enough, Spearman." he
said finally. live felt you. some.
how, underneath all these things. The
nrst time ! saw you you were Ia this
house doing something you ought not
10 have been doing; you fought nae
hen 3ou would have Killed me rather
han NOT get away. Two weeks ago.
some one attacked me on the street
-or robbery they said but know IL
aasn'i robbery
YOU'VE MOI so crazy as % be trying
% Involve sac 20 ihai
There came sound ID fhem irom
M DAN. , sound Enthusiastically donor
nf Some presence Snsarman iersei
NitHn'} pp A'ap going fa ihe iNoF
.ai 'Nph'ng 100 lhp hal sos Nassa
nAW lhf lnN'sn WlieDfy Dag 81
4lNef ip ihe NH9sa s0nls illue nrinf
n Dag n'lp Nf'nF'nF iN Alan naN ih'
oNNnis NN'on hn nal i'fi le b
leNfi iN NH'f ito0 lanaNs W iNe +
NN lNl SUMS umf l'slNMN. Nal IA
sMf ~ nNN lw6|ns iH4N|lNsIi iln
III II OBJ. .II.I It'd II.u
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

Luck Is merely q matter OF temper
amenL Some men think they ere
lucky when they begin 10 pay alimony ;
others think they are unlucky because
they can't escape that obligation
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-06-02

Many a man would rather have q
tooth pulled than pay his ra1es.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27
FOR SALE

suits. 200 to select from: B.
Ky: velour suits. loose cushions. $50. 80.
ssuein Co.. 9th and Spring Garden SITS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27

GARAGE, central. O3i "a Lombard st. ca
paCity 80 cars electric elevator: sell at a
| sacrifice. SAMUEL KNEE, 1876 s. 10th.
Preston 1928
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-27

3450 ARBOR ST-s3oO cash; poss; carrying
charges. including payments on mortga
ST. mo, will rent 1872; buying on this plan
Harry Schalcher. COPS Master St
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-08
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