The daily Alaskan., 1922-07-15

She went tO her room hlleI ne ""N gone and spread out again on her bed inc watch-now the watch of Captain Staffori of the Miwaka-wtth the knife and coins of more than twenty years ago which came with it The meonrng of them now was all changed; she fri hat; but what the new mean ing mi Int be could not yet come 10 her. Something of It had come to Alan; -hnt, undoubtedly, was what had so greatly stirred him; but she could not ye. rrassemblp her ideas. Yet few rnrrS had u.nome plain.
 A maid r.ae to say that Mir. Spear man had come up from his boat for brea ifusr with her and was down sralrs. She vent down to md Henry lounylng in one of the great wicker chairs in the living room. He arose and came toward her quickly; but she halted before nr could seize her.
 "What's wrong. dear|
 Allan Conrad has been here, Henry
 "He has? How was thatT
 She told him while he watched her irtently. "He wired To Ru1Ulo about rbe watch He got a reply which he brought to me half an hour ago
 ~The watch belonged to Captain Stafford who was lost with the Mi waku. Henry"
 He made no reply; but waited
 "Yuu may not have known that tt was his; | mean. you may not have known that it was he who rescued the people of lHe WuueDugo. but you must have known that Uncle Benny didn't"
 "Yes; ] knew that. Connie" he an- swerd evenly.
 "Theu why did you ler me think the watch was his and that he must be dead?"
 That's ulrs the matter? You had though, he was dead. believed it WAS better ror you-ror every oue-to be- lieve that"
 She drew a little away from him, with hands cluspel behind her back, gazing luJeuuy ul him. "Thprr wus some writing found m Uncle Eeuuys house .u Aston strrnJ-a list oG names of relatives of people who had lost their lives upon the lake. WussnQuam knew where those things wore. Alan says they were given 10 him in your presence. Why didn't you tell me about that"
 He strairhterel as f with anger. "Why should l? Because he rhougi' that ! should? What did he tell yuu about those uStsG"
 "Nothing-eNrrpt that his futher had kept them very secretly; but he's found out they were naucs of people who had relatives on the M.wuSa"
 "Whar?"
 Recalling how her blood had run when Alan had told her that. ucnry's wilderness and the following suGusion of his face did not surprise her.
 "I told that fellow long ago not ro start stirring these matters uU about Ben Coryet, and particularly ! told him that he was not J1 bring any of it to you. It's uot-a thing tha, a man like Ben covered mp for twenty years til 1t drove him crazy Is sure not to be a thing for a girl to know. Let It alone, l tell you"
 She stood flushed and pcrpleyed, gazing at him. She never had seeu him under stronger emotion.
 "Nou misunderstood me once. Con nIe," he appealed. You'll understand me now"
 She had been thinking about that injustice she had done him In her rhou-ht-about his chIvalry to his partner and former benefactor, when CncIe Benny was still keeping his place among men. Was Henry now moved. m a way which she could not understand. by some other obligation 10 the man who long ago had aided hlm7 Had Henry hazarded more than he had told her Of the nature of the thing hidden which, if she could guess It, would justify what he said?
 She had made Alan promise to write her. if he was not to return. regarding what he learned; and a letter came to her on the fourth day from him in MuuIloyoc. The post office employees had DO recollection. he saId of the person who had mailed the package; 1t simply had been dropped by some one into the receptacle for mailing packages of thut sort. Alan. however, was continuing his inquiries.
 She wrote to him in reply; in lack Of anything more important to tell him. she reluted some of her activities and inquired about hls. After she had written him thus twice. he replied. de scrbtng his life on the Aouts pleasant ly and humorousIy; then. though she immediately replied. she did not hear from him again.
 4 new idea had seized Constance. Captain Caleb Stafford was named among the lost. Of course; with him had perfshed his son, boy of three. That was all that was said, and all that was to be learned of him, the boy.
 Alan had been three then This was wild. crazy speculation. The ship was lost with all hands; only the Drum, believed in by the superstiuous and