The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-25

way, Dendiog over the card table with
the things spread out upon its top In
| front of him.
"Yes."
He Strengthened; he was very pale.
would coins that my father had i'm
his pocket all have been more than
twenty years old?"'
| She ran and bent beside him over
the coins. Twenty years u" she re-
peated. She was making out the dates
or the coins now herself; the markings
were eroded, nearly gone in some in
stances, but In every cuse enough re-
mained to make plain the date.
"Eighteen-ninety - 1894 - 1882" she
made them out. Her voice huShed
| quecrly what does 1t mean3" she
whispered.
| He turned over and re-examned the
articles with hands suddenly steady
ing. There are two sets of things
here" he concluded. "The muller
ana paper of direCtions-they be.
longed to my father. The other things
| 1T isn't six months or less than six
months that they've lain I'm sand and
water to become worn like this: it's
twenty years. My father can't have
had these things; they were some
| where else, or some,o one else had them.
de wrote his directions to that per-
son-after June twelfth. he said, SO IL
| was before June twelfth he wrote IL
but we can't tell how long before. 1t
might have been In February, when he
| disappeared; 1t might have been any
time after that. But IL the directions
were written so long ago, why weren't
the things. sent to you before thls1
| Didn't the person have the things
thenf Did we have to wait to get
| them? Or-was 1t the Instructions TO
send them that he didn't have? Or. II
ne had the instructions, was he wait
ing to receive word when they were
to be sent? You thought these things
proved my father was dead. l think
| they prove he Is alive! Oh, we must
think this out"
] He paced up and down the room she
sank Into chair, watching him. "'rhe
first thing that we must do" he said
suddenly, as to find out about the
watch. What is the phone number
OF the telegraph otlicc?"
She told him, and he went out to the
telephone; she sprang up to follow
| him, but checked herself and merely
waited until he came back.
| ''l've wired to Buffalo" he nm.
nounced. "The Merchants exchange,
| If 1t is still In existence. must have n
record of the presentation OF the
watch"
"rhen you'll stay here with us until
an answer comcS?'
"lf we get II reply by tomorrow morn.
| Ing; III wait TIL then. If not. I'll ask
| you to forward It To me- must see
about the trains and get back to Frank
fort. ! can cross by boat from there
to ManltoWoc-thnt will be quickest.
we must begin there, 5y trying to lind
out who sent the package"
She helped him pur The murrler and
the other articles into the box she no.
ticcd that the wedding ring was no
longer with them. lie had taken that,
then; II had mcnnt Ia him all that she
had known II must mean.
In the morning she was IN very
early; but Alan. the servants told her.
had risen before she had and had gone
out. I'll" morning. Nrter the cool north.
| ern night, was rlill. She slpppd a
sEIS%r ioni, on anm 6rf TT1 ra GTt on vsMn'
cent haze ShrOudcd the hills and the
| bay; In ii she heard II ships bell strike
| twice; then another struck twice then
| nnother-and anOthrr-nnd another.
| The haze thinncd us the sun grew
warmer, showing the placid water of
| the bay on which the ships stood dou-
| Bile. She saw Alan returning, and
knowing from the direction from which
| he came that he mast have been tO the
| telegraph office. she ran To meet him.
"Wns there an answer she inquired
| eagcrly.
He took n yellow telegraph sheet
! from his pocket and held 1t for her to
| read.
| watch presented Captain Caleb
| Stafford, master OF propeller fr"ightrr
| Marvin Halch for rescue Of crew and
| passengers of sinking steamer Whine
| bag" or Long point. Lake Erie"
Sire was breathing quickly in her ex-
| citcmcnt. "Calcb Stafford - she cx-
claimed. "Why. that was Captain STAFF
ford Of stafford and Rumsdcll, They
owned the Miwaka :"
| Eyes" Alan said.
| great change Ind come over him
since last night he was under emotion
| so strong that he seemed scarcely To
dare speak lest ii master hlm-a leap
Ing, exultant impulse IT was, which
he fought to keep down.
What Is 1t. Alan?" she asked.
| what Is 1t about the MiwnEa? You
| said you'd found some reference 10 II
I'm Uncle Benny's house. What was it7
What did you find therer
"The man" Alan swallowed and
| steadlcd himself and repcated--"thc
| man | met In the house that night
| mentioned It. He seemed tn think |
was II ghost that had haunted Mr.. Cor
| vet-tne ghost from the MWaka: ut