Licking Valley courier., 1922-05-04


to Chicago.
CHAPTER III.-From statement OF
Sheriff. 1t seems probable Conrad Ia Cor.
vets illegitlmate son. Corvet has deeded
his house and its contents to Alan.
CHAPTER Iv.--Alan takes possession
Of his new home
CHAPTER V.-That night Alan discov-
ers q man ransacking the desks and bu-
peau drawers In Corvets apartments. The
appearance of Alan tremendously aSltates
the intruder, who appears to think him
ghost and raves Of "the Miwaka." After
a struggle the man escapes.
CHAPTER VI.-Next day Alan learns
from Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property to him. Introduced to
Spearman, Alan Is astouDded at the DIS.
covery that he Is the man whom he had
found In his house the night before.
CHAPTER VII.-Alan tells no one Of
his strange encounter, but In a private
Interview taxes Spearman with the TACT
SpearDlan laughs at and defies him.
CHAPTER vIII.-Corvet's Indian serv-
ant, Wassaquam, tells Alan he believes
the legend Of the indian Drum, which ac-
cording TO old superstition beats once for
every life lost on the Great Lakes. Twen-
ty years before, the great freighter MI
waka had gone down with twenty-five on
board, but the Drum had sounded for
only twenty-four, leaving the inference
that one person had been saved, since II
was general belief that the drum never
erred Pursuing q stranger who had
made a disturbance at his house, Alan
ID slugged and rendered unconscious.
CHAPTER Ix.-Conrad RECEIVERS. and
the affair remains mystery.
CHAPTER X.-Alan learns from Was
saquam that 1t was Corvets habit TO
keep the sum Of 81, 900 in the house. appar-
entity to meet the demands of certain
Luke" who appeared periodically. In
the absence Of Wassaquam, Luke" comes
to the house demanding to see Coryet.
He is evidently In dying condition, due
TO alcohol and exposure. Conrad tries
without avail to get him to explain his
connection with Coryet The man dies.
Wassaquam gives Conrad paper on
which is a list of names,
She drew a little nearer to him.
''You didn't want me to know" she
said. "You tried to put me off when l
called you on the telephone; and
when l came here, you wanted me to
go away before heard. Why didn't
you want me to know? If he was your
father, wasn't he our-friend2 Mine
and my father'sf You must let US
help YOU"
AS she approached, he had drawn
back from her. mo; this is mine !" he
denied her. Not yours or your fa-
ther's. You have nothing to do with
this. Didn't he try in little cowardly
ways to keep you out Of 1t? But he
couldn't do that; your friendship
meant too much. to him; he couldn't
keep away from you. But can-I can
do thatl You must 60 out of this
house; you must never come In here
againw
Her eyes filed, as she watched him I;
never had she liked him so much as
| now.
"I thought" he said almost wistful-
ly, ut seemed to me that, whatever he
had done, 1t must have been mostly
against me. His leaving everything to
me seemed to mean that | was the one
that he had wronged, and that lie was
trying to make 1t up to me. But II
isn't that; II can't be that II Is some
thing much worse than thatl ,
Oh, I'm glad | haven't used much of
his money Hardly any-not more
than can give back 1t wasn't the
money and the house he left me that
mattered; what he really left me was
just this dishonor, shame :"
The dOorbell rang, and Alan turned
to the door and threw II open. In the
dusk the figure of the man outside was
not at all recognizable; but as he Ell
tered with heavy and deliberate steps
passing Alan without greeting and
i going straight to Constance, Alan saw
by the light In the hall that II was
Spearman.
i "What's up?" Spearman asked
"They tried to get your father at the
office and then me. but neither Of us
was there. They got me afterward
at the club. They said you'd CONF
over here; but that must have beer
more than two hours ago."
His gaze went on past her 10 Nhe
drawn hanglngs of the room to the
right; and he seemed to appreciate
their significance; for hlS face whit
ened under Its tan, and an odd hush
came suddenly upon him.
us II Ben, CONNER" he whispered
Ben. come buckW
lie drew the curtains partly open
The light In the library had been eX
tlngulshed, und the light that camt
from the hall swayed about the room
' with the movement of the curtains ant
, gave momentary semhlNnce of lif,
to the face Of the man upon the couch
Speurmun drew the curtains quickly
: together again, still holding to then
and seeming for nm instant TO cling I,
them; then he shook himself together
threw the curtains wide apart, Nnt
strobe into the room. He switched ol
the light and went directly to TIN
, couch; Alan followed him.
Y "He's-deadW
"Wh0 is he?" Alan demanded.
SneNrmnn seemed to satisfy hlmScl
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