Evening journal., 1922-08-29

mystery Olleu on llNcNtlNs le0AAi
40 the home Of her wealthy and grin
old grandfather.
LUCAS CULLEN. SENIOR. in ST. Flor
entin. where he lived near the scen'
Of his early struggle for the timbe
lands of northern Michigan. the cir
had met the mysterious young strang
er who called himself
BARNEY LOUTREII.E. He had ask
led the way to Resurrection Rock
o~,hat island OF mystery in Lake Huron
and then disclosed 10 Ethel a lettei
containing message from Ethel'
father. The letter was written at the
time of the armistice. But my
father" cried Ethel was killed II
June"
-s"Yes; you told me so;" Loutrelle
replied gently
you don't mean fathers alive
and" Ethel began.
NO" Loutrelle denied quickly.
mo: no; you mustn't think of that"
DO you know Boyne across
there?" he asked.
You mean the little town
What's that 10 do with my father?"
IF knew. Ia tell you right out, !"
he assured. But as It is, the only
way ] see Is to explain how that let
tsr-and what followed-came 10
me; and that involves a good deal
Of talking about"
''What?"
Myself" he said quickly
She glanced up at him quickly.
II don't know where my own
people lived. or what they we're"
Loutrelle continued. "But Boyne is
much Ike this" he glanced about at
the trees, second growth woods,
only a bit older; and Indians like
Asa Redbird."
You mean"
Il lived with them; yes Miss
Earew. Until was seven years old,
l thought l was an Indian myself.
Some Chippewas-a good man, Azen
Mabo and his wife--had me"
He said this quite without bitter
ness, simply as a statement of a
fact; but Ethel saw his lips press
tightly together, involuntarily; his
eyes gazed vacantly far away. and
Something within Ethe.'s breast
seemed to tug and draw taut.
"Azen told me he got me from
another Indiana man named Noah
10, who had had a boat and moved
around a good deal" Loutrelle went
on. He didn't find out much about
me; for Noah 10 was sick when he
sent for Azen and died about the
time Azen got there. Azen took
with me. Noah JOS rifle and boat
and gear and some other things;
one Of them was a ring which Noah
10 said went with me. Azen show
ed It to me then. Miss Carew; and
years later. he gave II to me. Would
you like to see it?"
please" Ethel said. that strange
tug pulling at her. harder. What
he was saying 10 her was no Oft
repeated or cheaply told tale, she
was sure.
It was an old ring, not marked |
with a date, but OF a fashion which
Suggested century or two CEN
turies. gone.
..What did that mean TO your"
she asked, holding II for a moment, |
longer before giving It back.
= He considered IL for a moment,
holding it in the palm of bis bare
hand; they were proceeding slowly
side by side. Being a woman's
ring" he said, Il supposed Il was my
m nother' 's--whoever she was and
however she happened TO give It,
and me TO Noah 10. So just kept
the ring and tried not TO think too
much about her. Then the war
came along; and I went"
In 1912"
4,'I got in our own army then; but
T had the luck TO go Just after the
Marne, with the Canadians. 1 spent
the winter OF 1e15-1916 in London.
I was Just a kid. temporarily on
clutches. with a slight wound.
4"Au England. Miss Carew-was
fiIl Of people trying 10 get in touch
with fellows who'd been reported
Killed, trying to reach their dead.
You see Raymond had recently
been killed"
't''You mean"
sir oliver Lodges son; yes Miss
1arew. His father and mother and
sEends were receiving messages,
which they published and which
hey were sure must be from him;
md thousands Of other people were
.stting communications which they
eiieved must be from their men
rho'd been killed"
.r'Ohr Ethel murmured again. She
ID not hear what he said during
he next moments.
They were still following, me-
aanically and without effort, the
iide course of the old st. Florentin
pHd. ". talked lot about
y Loutrelle was saying when next
he was conscious of hearing.
'~Somebody in that room seemed
J. know Just about everything con-
arning me. And / found out that '
~ father was dead but my mother G
as living. The medium knew about o
~ ring and Azen Mabo and Noah S
o; about my friends in Boyne high
chool-people I'd never mentioned c
d any one a
How did she know?" Il
That's what gave me a jump. OF V
course. she might have learned
those things, If she'd taken the n
trouble. or If Hus had sent a staff
Of detectives over here. Everything IS
SVula nave been learned naturally" Z
wAs?p AN
u haven't said It was learned nm I
naturally, but II was such a mixed 6
lot OF facts, Miss Carew. I'm nor :
NAL. Miss Carew; don't perfer /.
weird explanations But I admit I
walked the streets of London that
hight"
ESQ you believed"
rcNothing yet. The next day had