Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-07-07
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE Wateh Upon The Beach.

ne WSkCU upon tUc bCSCU. u
Constance was throbbing with deter
mination and action, ms she found her
purse and counted the money IN II.
She never In her life had gone alone
upon an extended journey. much less
been alone upon train overnight. N
she spoke Of such thing now, she y
would be prevented; no. occasion for
It would be recognized she would not
be allowed to go, even II properly &C
companied." She could not, there,
fore, risk taking handbag from the
house; so she thrust. nightdress and
toilet articles into her muff and the
roomy pocket OF her fur coat. She de.
scended to the side door of the house,
gained the street and turned west
ward mt the first corner to street
car which would take her to the rail-
way station. rufttfJ .,.5 49,. ....
The manner Of buying railway
ticket and OF engaging a berth were
unknown to her-there had been serv-
ants always to do these things-but
she watched others and did as they
did. She procured telegraph blank
and wrote message to her mother,
telling her that she had gone north to
join her father. When the train had
started, she gave the message to the
porter, directing him to send II from
the first large town at which they
stopped.
Constance could not, as yet plnce
Henry's part in the strange circum-
stances which had begun to reveal
themselves with Alan's coming to Chi
cago; but Henry's hope that Uncle
Benny and Alan were dead was begin
ming oumaker that clearer. She lay
without voluntary movement In her
berth. but her bosom was shaking with
the thoughts which came TO her. N"'V'
Twenty years before, some dreadful
event had altered Uncle Bennys life;
his wife had -known--or had learned
enough OF that event SO that she had
left him. II had seemedeto Constance
and her father, therefore, that II must
have been some intimate and private
event .i,.-,s.t.,
Uncle Benny had withdrawn him
self from men he had ceased to be
active In his business and delegated 1t
20 others This change had been
strangely advantageous to Henry.
Henry had been hardly more than
common seaman then. He had been
mate---the mate on one Of Uncle Ben
ny's ships. Quite suddenly he had
become Uncle Benny's partner Henry
had explained this to her, by saying
that Uncle Benny had not trusted
Henry; he had been suspicious OF
him he had quarreied with him. How
strange, then, that Uncle Benny should
have advanced and given way 10 a
man whom he conld not trust hs,.
Uncle Benny had come TO her and
warned her not TO marry Henry; then
he had sent for Alan, There had been
purpose In these acts Of Uncle Ben
ny's had they meant that Uncle Rem
ny had been on the verge OF making
explanation-that explanation whicli
I;enry feared--and that he had been
-preventedf Her father had thought
this; at least. he had thought that
Uncle Benny must have left some exr
planation In his house. He had told
Alan hat, and had given Alan the
key to the house so that he could
| find II. Alan had gone TO the house
m The house Aim had FOUND some
one who hadl mistaken himaf for a
ghost, a man Who had cried out at
sight of him something about a ship
about the Miwaka :. the ship lDf whose
loss no one had known anything ex
cept by The soundings OF the Drum
What had the man been doing in the
houska& Hati DE too been looking for
RIhsssxplaRationrnthe. exclamation that