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CHAPTER XII
The Things From Corvet's Pocketa
Miss Constance Sheriff.,

Miss Constance Sheriff.,
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address, In large sCrawing let.
ters, 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
rs. klug. Dealer in Fine Shoes, Mani
towoc, Wisconsin" The box, like the
outside wrapping. was carefully tied
with string.
Constance, knowing no one in Mani
towoc and surprised at the nature OF
the package, glanced at the poStmark
on the brown paper which she had re-
moved; II too was stamped Manito-
voc. She cut the strings about the
box and took off the cover. A black
and brown dotted silk cloth filed the
box; and, seeing it, Constance caught
her breath. 1t was-at least 1t was
very like-the muffler which Uncle
Benny used to wear in winter.
She started with trembling fingers
TO take it from the box; then, renliz-
ing from the weight of the package
that the cloth was only wrapping or.
at least, that other things We're in the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up to her room. She locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted out the cloth 1t
was wrapping, for the heavier things
came with it; and now, also, 1t re-
vealed Itself plainly as the scarf-Un-
Gle Benny's scarf A paper futtered
out as she began to unroll it-u little
cross-lined leaf evidently torn from a
pocket memorandum book. 1t had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
1t out; writing was upon it, the small
irregular letters Of Uncle Benny's
hand.
Send to Alan Conrad" she read
there followed Chicago address-the
number of Uncle Benny's house on
Astor street. Below this was another
line:
Better care of Constance Sheriff.
(Miss)." There followed the sher.
rills' address upon the Drive And to
this was another correction:
Not after June -; then to Harbor
Springs, Mich. Ask some one of that
be sure the date; after June 10"
Constance, trembling, unrolled the
scarf; now coins showed from fold
next pocketknife, ruined and rusty
next watch-a mans large gold
watch with the case queerly pitted
and worn completely through in places
and last plain little band of gold of
the size for a woman's tinger-a wed.
ding ring. Constance, gasping and
with fingers shaking so from excite.
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects, picked them up and ex.
amined them-the ring first.
1t very evidently was, as she had
Immediately thought, a wedding ring
once fitted for n finger only a trifle
less slender than her own. One side
Of the gold band was very much worn.
not with the sort of wear which n
ring gets on hand but by some diff.
ferent sort Of abrasion. The other
side of the band was roughened and
pltted but not so much worn: the in.
side still bore the traces of nm in.
scription. "As long as we bo
all alive Constance could read. and
the date, "June 2, 1891"
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CHAPTER XII
The Land of the Drum.


Alan went with WaSSaQuam into the
front library, after the Indian had
shown Spearman out.
This was the man, Judah, who came
for Mr.. Corvet that night l was hurt?"
"Yes, Alan" Wassaquam said.
He was the man, then, who came
here twice Il year, at least, to see Mr..
Corvet?"
"Yes"
81 was sure of it," Alan said. "Can
you tell me now why he came here,
Judah?'
"a have told you I do not know"
Wassaquam replied. Ben always saw
him; Ben gave him money. 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 chill of disappointment and
chagrin. They did not contain any
narrative concerning Benjamin Cor
vets life; they did not even relate to
a single event. They were no narra-
tive at all. They were-in his first
examination of them, he could not tell
what they We're.
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 list
of names and addresses. The remain
Ing pages, which he counted as ten
in number. contained nearly 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 Corvet.
Alan, his fingers numb In his disap-
polntment. turned and examined all
these pages; but they contained moth
ing else. He read one of the clippings,
which was dated FEB. 1912"
1.-THE passing away OF one of the
Oldest residents Of Emmet county oc-
Cured at the poorfarm on Thursday
of last week. Mr.. Fred Westhouse
was one OF four brothers brought by
tlf- fyt-
1916. He established himself here as
farmer and was well known among
our people for many years. He was
nearly the last of his family, which
was quite we'll off at one time, Mr..
Westhouse's three brothers and his
father having perished in various dis
asters upon the lake. His wife died
two years ago He is survived by a
daughter. Mrs. Arthur Pearl of Flint"
He read another:
"Hallford-Spens. On Tuesday last
Miss Audrey Hallford, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hallford, of this
place, was united in the bonds of holy
matrimony to Mr.. Robert Spens, of
Escanaba. All wish the young couple
we'll"
He read another:
"Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hal French,
daughter, Saturday afternoon last.
Miss Vera Arabella French, at her ar
rival weighed seven and one-half
pounds"
This clipping was dated, in Benja-
min Coryet's hand. "Sturgeon Bay.
Wis, Aug. 1914" Alan put 1t aside
in bewilderment and amaze and took
up again the sheets be first had looked
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lou mean you want mo to
marry you-at once, Henry"
(To BE CoNrINUEDl
Human Life Too Short.

by all the rules which nature OH,
serves among humber mammals. 100
years ought to be very ordinary age
for human being. Where is the
mammal which, unless its life Is cut
short by accident or disease, fails to
1--WE TO an age five times as great as
me time 1t took to reach maturity? A
fairly careful survey of the field an.
s"ers Nowhere" Indeed, the ratio
Oh total life to maturity is more likely
~ pe SIX seven or eight, than five.
But man, whose maturity cannot be
placed at less than 20 or %, thinks he
Is doing well when he passes three.
score and ten, and only one out of
many thousands reaches the age Of
one hundred.
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CHAPTER x-Continued.


But Luke had saI1 nothing about
Spearman. 1t had oeen Corvet and
Corvet alone Of whom Luke had
spoken; it was Corvet whom he had
accused; it 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; it was all one
thing. II Corvet had to do with the
Mlwaka, then Luke had had to do with
II too. And Spearman? But If Spear
man had been involved in that guilty
thing, had not Luke known 1t? Then
why had not Luke mentioned Spear
man? Or had Spearman not been real
ly involved? Had it been, perhaps,
only evidence of knowledge of what
Corvet had done that Spearman had
tried to discover and destroy?
Alan went to the door and opened
~, as llt lItuiu ESDsiT upon Inc
steps again. Spearman waited only
until the door had been reclosed be-
hind him.
"Well, Conrad, what was the idea of
bringing Miss Sheriff. into this?"
81 didn't bring her in; I tried the
best l could to keep her out"
"Out of whut-eXactIy"
"You know better than ! do. You
know exactly what it is. You know
that man, Spearman; you know what
he came here for. don't mean money:
! mean you know why he came here
for money, and why he got It. l tried.
as well as l 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 to help win let me know that"
Il don't know what you're talking
about. l told you this man may have
been wheelsman on the Corvet;
don't know more about him than that;
I don't even know that certainly. OF
course, l knew Ben Corvet was bavipg
blackmail; I've known for years that
he was giving up money to some one.
] don't know who he paid it 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
n'Tbat's H.
eaid finally. 1--we felt you, some
how, underneath all these things The
first time I saw you, you were in this
house doing something you ought not
to have been doing; you fought me
then; you would have killed me rather
than not get away Two weeks ago,
some one attacked me on TIE street
for robbery, they said; but 1 know it
wasn't robbery
you're not so crazy as to be trying
TO involve me in that"
There came sound to them from
the hall, sound Enthusiastically denot-
ing some presence. Spearman jerked
suddenly up; Alan, going to the door
and looking into the hall, saw Wassa-
guam. The Indian evidently had re-
turned to the house some time before;
he had been bringing to Alan now the
accounts which he had settled. he
seemed to have been standing In thu
hall for some time, listening; but he
came in now, looking inquiringly from
one to the other of them.
"Not friendsr' he inquired. "You
and Henry''
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U. s. viii Protect Mails.

Washington = The government
through appointment of deputy unlt
ed States marshals, will make sul'
that law and order is preserved PROV
erty and life protected, transportatV.. =.
of the mails continued and inters'a.
commerce not interrupted despite ".
strike of railroad shopmen, Attorne!
General Daugherty announced after
conference with President Harding
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Limited Hits Freight Train.

Kansas City, Mo.-Six persons weN
killed and forty injured, most of then
seriously, when the Missouri Pacn'|
Scenic Limited flyer, westbound, fron|
st. Louis to California, collided heaGI
on with local freight train here. MoS|
of the passengers were from the East
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NORTH CORNYIIIE

A special meeting of the Womans
Farm Bureau will be held NoV. II at
the home OF Mrs. Evelyn Paul. The
meeting which is an all day affair will
be in charge of Mrs. Allie futile and
Mrs. Nellie Scott Betties will be
made and suggestions for Christmas
discussed. The hostess Mrs. Paul
will furnish the hearty food, aud
members to carry pastry as at other
meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tuitle and Mr..
and Mrs. f. o Fall visited i'll Mercer
and Norridgewock Friday
Pupils having perfect attendance
at the Kinsuan school for the week
ending Nov. were Edna and Hanson
Tufts also had 100 per cent in spell
ing. Special mention should be
made of Irene and Lila Wheelock who
attended the first seven weeks Of the
school with perfect attendance.
f. II. Robinson is hauling cord wood
to Skowhegan.
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CAM BRIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Roddy our new min
lister and bride are nicely settled in
the parsonage.
Mrs. Effie Nutting is visiting friends
in town before leaving for Massachu-
sets enroute to his home in Miami,
Florida Mr.. Nutting came from Dex-
ter to spend the week end with bis
wife.
Miss Loantha Pike and Mrs. Nc
Caugiand were in Bangor last week
to attend the teachers convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lord of Vassalboro
we're week end guests of their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Raymond Whitney.
The hunters are busy these days,
Clinton Leavitt has secured one deer
and a number of skunks and foxes.
Roy Thurston has also shot deer
ard every day cars go thru town
loaded with them.
Van Lawrence of Scion has been
in town looking after his brother,
Warren who is very feeble at this
time.
Tom Morrill, completed his work al
p4rolmdn on the road November 1st
Work on the state road will be sus-
pended in this town in a few days
to be taken up and finished, We hope,
another season
Mr.. and Mrs. Patten Nutting and
Mr.. and Mrs. MacCausland called OF
friends in Pennington and Strong
Sunday and report the roads in fine
condition nearly al 1.-The way. Carl
Fonalson OF Pennington is in town in
the interests of the Central Maine
Power Co.
Miss Pike spent Sunday in Corn
willie with her parents, making the
trip with Mr.. and Mrs. Nutting in
their ear.
Henry Holt and wife and j. NJ. La
bree and wife motored to Augusta Sun
day and called on old friends there
The Ladies Baptist Circle met Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Albert Small
These ladies' are planning a sale Of
fancy and useful articles in the neal
| future.
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WELLINGTON

George Moulton, a civil war veteran
died at his home in the village Tues
day, October 81. 1t was his 18th
birthday, burial being in cemetery
in Harmony.
Alice Brown who is working in
Cambridge spent last week with her
mother, Mrs. Earl Bryant.
Allie Pierce came home last week
from Cornyille where he has been at
work for f. l.. Hight, helping drive
lambs to Skowhegan to ship to NOR
ket
Jed Irish of Kittery arrived in town
last Saturday night for few days
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Fayles of Har-
mony visited MRS, Fayles' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Drew Sunday
Fred Clark, travelling salesman for
the Samoset Chocolate Co. of Boston
visited at Arthur Baird's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baird and little
son Harley visited Mrs. Baird's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Robinson
Sunday.
We hear that party from Exeter
has purchased the Scribner black
smith shop and will begin black
smithing soon.
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WEST BRIGHTON

Mrs. Ellen Corson who has been
sick with Bronchitis for three weeks,
remains just about the same.
Miss Gala Wyman who has been at
home, sick for over week is on the
gain, and is planning on returning to
her studies this week at Somerset
Academy.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Whitman Wis
tied Sunday at the home of Oscar
Ward and family in Wellington.
Mrs Maria Whitman, on aged lady,
had the misfortune to fall in her room
one day recently, and cut her head
so badly that she has been confined
to her bed since.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Thompson of
Athens and George Smith of Scion
were guests at the home Of Burt Cor
son and family, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Corson were
business callers in Skowhegan one
day recently.
Eugene Corson and son WILDER Of
Abbott were callers at his fathers
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Whitman and
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Whitman motor
ed to Skowhegan on business recent
~
James York is planning TO take a
pair of Hereford steers through to
Pennington this week.
Mr. and Mrs. II. l.. Wyman and
sons Carl and Leon of Scion passed
through this vicinity Sunday enroute
to Brighton, their old home, to call
on friends.
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News of Somerset's Busy Towns
N0RRIDGEWOCK

Mrs. Mary Gilman Is living with
Mrs. Lizzie Parsons this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Butterfeld
have moved from the Mrs. Julia Holt
house to the Danforth house on the
north side of the river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Rove have
gone to Wilton where they are to be
employed in the G. Fl. Bass Co. shop
this winter.
Mrs. Ruel Danforth and two child
rem of Wateryille were week end visit
tors of MIR. Dapforth's mother, Mrs
Lottie Danforth recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Meader and son
Robert were recent guests of relatives
in Hallowell.
Mrs. Cynthia Lawless has recently
sold her house to Mr. Jessie Rogers
and will reside in Madison in the fn-
0ure.
John Miner has gone to Cold
stream to work for Coleman Clark.
Fred Wheeler has returned from
he Clark Camp at Cold Stream.
Mrs. J. D Anes was recent guest
of friends in Smithfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Boone were
at home from Wilton last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Reeves are
boarding at Mrs. Sam Boone's at pres
ent.
Robert Halliday of Lynn. Mass. was
in town last week.
Mrs. Maggie Johnson Of North New
Portland was a recent guest of her
sister Mrs. Daniel Mcneil
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CARATIrNK

Mr. Reed, bridge boss. went to his
homo in Skowhegan, Saturday after
noon.
Mr. King of Stratton spent the week
end at his home.
e. r. Butler and wife have moved
into their house they purchased OF
Mrs Abbie Bright
The Caratunk Womans Club have
received an invitation to meet with
the Town improvement Society OF
Skowhegan, Nov. 10th. We wish that
all who can would go, We think it
would be to our advantage TO be pres
ent at that meeting.
Urban Spauldins and p. ], Beane
spent Sunday with their families Mr..
scale this winter.
Lewis Williams who is. quite feeble
will spend the winter With Mr. and
Mrs f. Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spauldlng
took trip TO Brighton last week.
They made a brief call on Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Il. Williams
ROAD commissioners Ralpn STERLING
has finished work on the road which
he leaves il first class condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Clark attended the movies
at Scion Saturday night THE Ragged
Heiress" which they pronounced fine
The Woman's Club met Nov. 2nd
with good attendance. Subject
Eugene Field; Bible quotations;
Leviticus; victrola selection, Wynken
Blyken and Nod; roll call, Fields
Poems; biography, Florence Clark;
Little Boy Blue, Bingham Dog and
Calico Cat. Little Orphan Annie by
members; selection on victrola, The
Sugar Plum Tree. Dainty refresh
ments were served, Sandwiches
olives and tea and iello with whipped
cream and watermelon cake. Stunts
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JACKMAN


November End the Rebekah Aid held
their annual meeting in the lodge
room. A Harvest dinner was serV-
ed to fifty people. After dinner the
meeting was held, Annie Moore, presid-
ing as president, The new officers
for the ensuing year were appointed
Annie Moore, president; Eta Colby
vice president; Evelyn Doughty, sec,
Rotary; Jennie Newton, treasurer. All
had q good time.
Lawrence Quay has gone to Woon-
socket, n. /. to the home of his sister
Mrs. Telesphone Bowler.
Archie parriault had the misfortune
to cut off enc of his fingers last week
He caught 1t in the fan wheel OF his
auto.
Porter Doyle has moved into the
Grace Sterling house.
Eugene Bishop has moved into one
of the Jaekman Lumber Co. houses
at the mill
Mrs. Eliza Craft is very low at this
writing.
H. F. McKenney has built a new
barn.
Wanted to rent, piano. Phone u
Mrs. A. B. Munroe, fundamentally.
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ST. ALBANs

Malcolm Parkman and son Ofin
went TO Bangor Sunday 60 accompany
Mrs parkmap home from Palne's
nriyate hospital where she had been
for treatment.
The nurse Miss Powers from Water
Vile. who has been taking care OF
Miss lydia Ireland for several months
vent to her home Friday of last week
and Mrs. Rebeeca Martin and sister
Mrs. Reid have moved into Miss Ire
lands home and will care for her
during the winter
Mrs. Dana Worthen and daughter
Ellen of Bangor who have been visit
ing her sister Mrs. Harry Hilton for
several DAYS, returned to her home
Monday.
Wesley Frost is moving his family
TO the McQuillan home on the Hart
land road.
S. l.. Fellows who has purchased
the farm where Mr.. Frost lived, will
take possession at once.
SCHOOL NOTES
st. Adams Grammar School reports
for the week ending Nov. 3.
On Mr.. Cliffords last visit the fol-
lowing received Good in spelling:
Theresa Merrick and Lois Frost, Car
roll Lewis received o. X. The fol-
lowing have had perfect spelling les
sons for two weeks: Meredith Now
er, Carroll Lewis, Donald Fields and
Edna Mclean.
Ever Ready League held regular
meeting Friday Nov. 3. Agnes Nc
Lean became a member
Mrs. Earle Weeks. Ruth Mower,
Francis Baine and Blanche Mclean
have visited recently.
The Primary school reports the fol-
lowing:
Wilbur Leavitt, Jennie Frost, Lena
Frost, Hattie Leavitt, Madalene Mer-
rick, Althea Robertson, Lyndon Pratt
and Hershal Walton received O. K. in
spelling when Mr.. Clifford visited
school.
The third and fourth grades are
taking a great interest in their week
~ spell down. Arthea Robertson has
spelled down all the pupils the last
two weeks.
Mrs. Clara Tobie, Mrs. Nelson, Tom
Mills, George Linnell, Theresa Mer-
rick, Dillis Ellingwood and Wesley
Frost were visitors during the week
A pencil sharpener and swivel desk
chair has been purchased with money
raised by the school. -Four new
books have been added to our library
TRACY SCHOOL
Those having perfect rank in spell
ing for four weeks are: Floyd En-
cry. Arthur Vicneire, Cecil Kicker.
Those not tardy or absent for fouI
weeks are: Floyd Emery, Esther
Varney, Enzer Varney, Elizabeth LID
by
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COLES CORNER

Dona Nickerson of Bangor spent the
week end at Arthur Trims
Clyde Peirce with a party of five
other men from Portland called at
Will Nelson's Friday on their way to
Mr.. Pierce Camp at Cebois Lake for
a weeks hunting.
Mrs. Irwin Hanson and Mrs. Harold
Mason visited school Wednesday.
+. Il. Folsom of Cambridge was at
Fred Wards Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cahill have
gone to kodadio for the winter.
Miss Helen will stay with her aunt,
Mrs. Olivia Jewett in South Scion.
Mrs. George Hayden vidited last
week in Sangerville with her son Ar
thur Brasier
Mrs. Hattie Giles is staying with
her son Archie Corson in SkoWhegan.
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NOTICE Of FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, Abbie J. Millay of Madi-
son in the County of Somerset, and
State of Maine, by her mortgage deed,
dated the twenty-fifth day of Septem-
Der A d. 1911, and recorded in the
Somerset Registry of Deeds. book 800,
page SO, conveyed to Skowhegan Saw
ings Bank, a corporation duly created
and existing under the laws of the
State of Maine, and located at SHOW
hogan in the County of Somerset and
State of Maine. a certain parcel of real
County of Somerset and State of Maine.
and bounded as follows: A certain
tract or parcel of land situated in said
Madison on the east side of the county
road leading from SkowheEan to Scion
and embracing that portion of the for
mer home of Matilda and Ell T. Hay
den lying on the east side of said road
and the same conveyed to Abbie j.
Aillay by said Matilda Hayden on the
twenty first day Of May A. ID. 1910 and
recorded in Somerset County Registry
Of Deeds in Book sol. Page 388, TO
which deed. or the record thereof, and
the deeds therein mentioned reference
is hereby made for further description
AND WHEREAS. the condition OF the
said mortgage has been broken;
now THEREFORE. by reason of the
breach Of the condition thereof, the
Skowhegan Savings Bank claims a
foreclosure Of said mortgage, and gives
this notice for that purpose.
Dated this .twenty-third day of Octo-
Der, A. u. 1922.
SKOWHEGAN SAVINGS BANK,
BY Carleton p. Merrill,
3w43 Treasurer.