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cabin maid and some injured men of
the crew"
"Were they - aliveW her voice
hushed tensely.
"Yes that is, they were able to re-
vive them all bu: it didn't seem pos
sible to the Richardson's officers that
anyone could be revived who had
been exposed much longer than that /;
so the Richardson's given up the
search, and some of the other ships
that were searching have given up too,
and gone on their course"
II see; how many were in the
boatW
Twelve, Connie"
"Then all the vessels up there won't
give up yet!'
"Why not?
II was just talking with the office,
Henry they've heard again from the
other end of the lake. The people up
there say the Drum is beating but it's
beating short still |"
"Short !"
She saw Henry stiffen. "Yes," she
said swiftly. "They say the Drum be-
gan sounding last night. and that at
first 1t sounded for only two lives; it's
kept on beating, but still is beating
only for four. There were thirty-nine
on the ferry-seven passengers and
thirty-two crew. Twelve have been
saved now; so until the Drum raises
the beats to twenty-seven there is still
a chance that someone will be saved"
Constance watched him with wonder
at the effect of what she had told.
The news of the Drum had shaken
him from his triumph over Alan and
Uncle Benny and over her. 1t had
shaken him so that though he re-
mained with her some minutes more,
he seemed to have forgotten the pur-
pose of reconciliation with her which
had brough. him to the house.
She dined, or made pretence of din
ing, with her mother at seven. Her
mothers voice went on and on about
trifies, and Constance did not try to
pay attention. Her thought was fol-
lowing Henry with eversharpening ap-
prehension. She called the office in
mid-evening; it would be open, she
knew, for messages regarding Uncle
Benny and Alan would be expected
there. A clerk answered; no other
news had been received; she then
asked Henry's whereabouts.
"Mr. Spearman went north late this
afternoon, Miss Sheriff." the clerk
informed her.
"North! Where?"
"We are to communicate with him
this evening to Grand Rapids; after
that, to Petoskey."
Constance could hear her own heart
beat. Why had Henry gone, she Won
dered; not, certainly, to aid the
search. He had gone tO-hinder it?
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CHAPTER XVIII.


The Watch Upon the Beach.
Constance was throbbing with deter
mination and action, as she found her
purse and counted the money in It..
She never in her life had gone alone
upon an extended journey, much less
been alone upon train overnight. If
she spoke Of such thing now, she
would be prevented; no occasion for
it would be recognized; she would not
be allowed to go, even if properly ac-
cOmpanied" She could net thars
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 at the first corner to street
car which would take her to the rail-
way station.
The manner of buying railway
ticket and Of engaging 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 1t from
the first large town at which they
stopped.
Constance could not, as yet place
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
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CHAPTER XVII
Mr.. Spearman Goes North.

Mr.. Spearman 1oSS Nortn.
The message, in blurred lettering and
upon the fiimsy tissue paper of car
bon copy-that message which had
brought tension to the offices of Cor
vet. Sheriff. and Spearman and had
called Constance Sheriff. and her
mother downtown where further infOr.
nation could be more quickly OBJ
tained-was handed to Constance by a
clerk as soon as she entered her IA
theirs Office. She reread 1t; 1t already
had been repeated to her over the tele-
phone.
"A :O5 a. m. Frankfort Wireless sta
tion has received following message
from Number 25: We have Benjamin
Corvet, of Chicago. aboard"
you've received nothing later than
this?" she asked.
Nothing regarding Mr.. COrvet, Miss
Sheriff." the clerk replied.
"The crew?"
"Yes; we have just got the names of
the crew." He took another copied
sheet from among the pages and hand
ed 1t to her, and she looked swiftly
down the list of names until she found
that Of Alan Conrad.
Her eyes filed, binding her, as she
put the paper down. and began to take
of her things. She had been clinging
determinedly In her thought to the
belief that Alan might not have been
aboard the ferry. Alan's message,
which -RAd--aent her father north to
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NO.
Constance gazed again at the man
and found his motion quite unmistak-
able; he was counting-if not counting
something that he heard or thought he
heard, he was recounting and review
Ing within himself something that he
had heard before-some irregular
rhythm which had become so much a
part of him that 1t sounded now con-
tinually within his own brain so that,
instinctively, he moved in cadence to
1t. He stepped forward again now,
and turned toward the house
Her breath caught as she spoke to
the woman. "Mr. Spearman is coming
here noww
Her impulse was to remain where
she was, lest he should think she was
afraid of him; but realization came to
her that there might be advantage In
seeing him before he knew that she
was there, so she reclosed the door and
drew back into the cabin.
Continued Next Week
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gerly That way She could 20 only
very slowly now. There was no path
at least, II there was, the snow drifts
hid 1t.
She struggled to the door and
knocked upon it, and receiving no re-
ply, she beat upon it with both fists.
"Who's here?" she cried. who's
here"
The door opened then very little,
and the frightened face Of an Indian
woman appeared in the crack. The
woman evidently had expected-and
feared-some arrival, and was reas-
sured when she saw only a girl. She
threw the door wider open, and bent
to help unfasten Constance's snow
shoes; having done that, she led her
In and closed the door.
"Where is your manT Constance
had caught the woman's arm.
"They sent him to the beach. A
ship has sunk"
"Are there houses near here? You
must run to one Of them at once.
Bring whoever you can get; or If you
won't do that, tell me where to 60"
The woman stared at her s+olidly
and moved away. "None near" she
said Besides, you could not get
somebody before some one will come"
"Who is that?"
"He is on the beach-Henry Spear
man. He comes here to warm him
self 1t is nearly time he comes
again"
Constance gazed at her; the woman
was plainly glad Of her coming. Her
relief-relief from that fear she had
been feeling when she opened the door
was very evident l. was Henry,
then, who had frightened her.
The Indian woman set chair for
a pan to heat; she shook tea leaves
from a box into a bowl and brought q
cup.
"How many on that ship?"
Altogether there were thirty
nine," Constance replied.
Seven are living then"
Seven? What have you heard?
what makes you tnlnk SOF
'"That is what the Drum says"
The Drum! There was a Drum
then! At least there was some sound
which people heard and which they
called the Drum For .he woman had
heard 1t.
Constance grew suddenly cold. For
twenty lives, the woman said, the
Drum had beat; that meant to her,
and to Constance too now, that seven
were left. Indefinite, desperate denial
hat all from the ferry must be dead
that denial which had been strength
ened by the news that at least one
boat had been adrift near Beaver
altered In Constance to conviction Of
q boat with seven men from the ferry
seven dying, perhaps, but no: yet
dead Seven out of twenty-seven
The score were gone; the Drum had
beat for them in little groups as they
died. When the Drum beat again,
would 1t beat beyond the score?
Having finished the tea, Constance
returned to the door and reopened it;
the sounds outside were the same. A
solitary figure appeared moving along
the edge Of the ice-the figure of
tall man, walking on snowshoes;
moonlight distorted the figure, and it
was muffled too, in a great coat which
made it unrecogniZable. He halted
and stood looking out at the lake and
then, with a sudden movement, strode
on; he halted again, and now Con-
stance got the knowledge that he was
not looking; he was listening as she
was.
us the Drum sounding nowT' she
asked the woman.
MXllIz2z21gSaa522Z2z
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meet the ship, had implied plainly
that some one whom Alan believed
might be Uncle Benny was ON Number
25; she had been fighting, these last
few hours, against conviction that
therefore Alan must be on the ferry,
too.
She stood by the desk, as the clerk
went out, looking through the papers
which he had left with her. What she
was reading was the carbon of the
report prepared that morning and sent,
at his rooms, to Henry, who was not
yet down.
The last message read: IS 40, Pc
toskey is calling Manitowoc, Signals
from Number 25, after becoming in
distinct, failed entirely about 5:45,
probably by failure of ships power
to supply current. Operator appears
to have remained at key From 5 %
to 5 :43 we received disconnected mes
sages, as follows: Have cleared an
other car they are sticking to
1t down there engine-rOOm
car deck everything smashed
they won't give up
sinking now we're going
good-by stuck TO end
all they could -. know
that hand 1t to them
have cleared another car sink
+. S. o. Signals then en-
tirely ceased"
Constance had not realized, until the
reports of the wireless messages told
her that he was gone, what compan-
ionship with Alan had come to mean
to her. She had accepted 1T as al
ways to be existent, somehow-a COM
panionship which might be interrupted
often but always to be formed again.
II amazed her to find how firm place
he had found In her world of those
close to her with whom she must al
ways be intimately concerned.
The telephone switchboard beside
Constance suddenly buzzed, and the
operator, plugging in a connection,
said "Yes, sir; at once" and through
the partitions of the private Office on
the other side, mans heavy tones
came to Constance. That was Henry's
Office and in timbre, the voice was his,
but it was so strange In other charac-
teristics Of expression that she waited
an instant before saying to the clerk,
"Mr Spearman has come inf"
The clerk hesitated, but the con-
tinuance of the tone from the other
side of the partition made reply su-
perfiuous Eyes, Miss Sheriff."
Constance went to Henry's door and
raped. He made no answer and no
move to open the door; so, after wait
ing moment, she turned the knob and
went in.
Henry was seated at his desk, facing
her, his big hands before him; one
of them held the telephone receiver.
He lifted it slowly and put it upon the
hook beside the transmitter as he
watched her with steady, silent, ag-
gressive scrutiny. He did not rise
only after moment he recOllected that
he had not done so and came to his
feet. "GoOd morning, Connie, he said.
"Come in What's the news?
The impulse which had brought her
into his Office went from her. She had
not seen nor heard from Henry direct
ly since before Alan's telegram had
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come late yesterday afternoon; she
had heard from her father only that
he had informed Henry that was ALL
1--WE no news, Henry" she said
"Have youW She closed the door be-
hind her, moving closer to him
"How did you happen to be here.
CONNER" he asked.
She made no reply but gaZed at him
studying him. The agitation which J.,
was trying to conceal was not entirety
consequent to her coming In upon him ];
1t had been ruling him before. 1t had
underlain the loudness and abuse Of
his words which she had overheard
That was no capricious outburst Of
temper or irritation; 1t had come from
something which bad seized and held
him in suspense, In dread-in dread /;
there was no other way to define her
impression to herself. When she had
opened the door and come In, he had
looked up In dread, as though prepar-
ing himself for whatever she might
announce. Now that the door shut
them In alone, he approached her with
arms offered. She stepped back, In
stinctively avoiding his embrace; and
he stopped at once, but he had come
quite close to her now.
AS she stared at him, the clerks
voice came to her suddenly over the
partition which separated the Office
from the larger room where the clerk
Was receiving some message over the
telephone. Henry Strengthened, lis
tened; as the voice stopped, his great,
fnely-shaped head sank between his
shoulders: he fumbled In bis pocket
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The Richardson's picKed up one Of
the boats of the ferry"
"Uncle Benny and Alan Conrad
were not in II" she returned; the tri-
umph she had seen In him had told
her that.
'No; it was the first boat put off by
the ferry, with the passengers and
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Apply to Red Cross.

Application blanks for reinstate-
ment of war insurance may be secur-
ed at any Legion post. Red Cross
chapter or branch Office of the Veter-
ans bureau in the three states, it was
announced. The only requirements
are that the ex-service man undergo
a physical examination to prove good
health and pay two months prem
iums. These examinations are given
free by government doctors. Dis
abled veterans receiving federal COM
pensation are not barred from the
insurance privilege.
Mr. Fowllxes announced that insur-
ance checks should be made out to
the treasurer of the United States
and sent to the Seattle district office
of the IT, s. Veterans bureau. Gov
eminent insurance rate books have
been furnished the local Red Cross
and ex- service mems organizations.
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Occur d'Alene Mining Companies
Assessments Levied and Meetings Called

20. mills payable May 20 TO otto A
Olsson. secretary treasurer Wallace.
Delinquent sale June 80.
Royal Mining Co.-Levied April TO-
. mills. payable May 10 to Soren
Simonson. secretary box 225, Occur
d'Alene Idaho. Delinquent sale June
10.
Ray jefferson Mining Co.-Levied
June 8, mills. payable July 25 to T..
}. AaggN treasurer Wallace Delin-
quent sale August %.
Rockford Mining Co.-Levied June
L. mills payable July to Walter H.
han. secretary Wallace Delinquent
sale August S.
Rhode Island Mining Co.-Lewed
April 25 1 mill, payable May 25 to c.
r Clarke. secretary treasurer. Wal.
lace. Delinquent sale June "a
Sabina Mines Co.-Levied May g. ~
mills payable June to James A
Wayne, secretary. Wallace Delinquent
sale june "a
Silver Mountain Mining Co-Levied
April 20. mills, payable June % to
w. e. HorstNotte. secretary. Pouatch
Idaho Delinquent sale July Is.
TarboN Mining Co.-Levied April II,
mills payable May is to John f. Fer
guson, treasurer, Wallace Delinquent
sale June % Postponed to July q.
Verde May Mining Co-Levied on
May ~ . mills payable July 8 TO
Walter H. Hanson, secretary, Wal
lace Delinquent sale August S.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

American Commander Mining &
Milling Co.-Annual meeting to be
held at COS Cedar street, Wallace. on
Monday July g. at II a. m.-Herman
Marquardt secretary.
Duluth Mining Co.-Spocial meeting
to be held in the Barnard building,
Wallace on Thursday June IS. at p.
m. to elect directors.-Jas. J. Murphy.
secretary.
Enterprise Mining Co.-Annual
meeting to be held at l22 Mckinley
avenue Kellogg June 10, at Z p. M
W. A. Tuson, secretary.
independence Lead Mines-Annual
meeting TO be held at COS Cedar street
Wallace. on Monday July 3. at 10 "a
m.-Henry H. Kingsburv president
Moonlight Mining co.-special meet
ing to be held in Barnard building
Wallace. ON June IS, at p. m. to elect
drectors.-Jas J. Murphy vice presi-
dent
Wallace Mining Co.-Special meet
ing to be held in Wallace on Monday.
June 90 at 1880 p. m. to elect officers,
arrange to pay debts and start min
ing operations.-D. c. McKissick.
president
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ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Alma-Ray Mining Co.-Levied May
Is. 1 mill. payable June to c. b.
Forbes. secretary. Kellogg Delinquent
sale July 10.
Aetna Mining & Milling Co.-Levied
May 6, 1 mill. payable June Is to O. W.
Lewis. secretary treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale July s.
Amazon Dixie Mining Co-Levied
April "a. l cent payable May % to
IL. J. Rossi, secretary treasurer. Wal
lace. Delinquent sale June II. Post
poned to July Is.
Ajax Mining Co.-Levied April 5 /
cent payable May II to J. a. HavIg-
horst. treasurer. IA West l4tn avenue.
Spokane. Delinquent sale Jun. a.
Blue Bell Mining Co.-Levied June
u. mills, payable July 1 to Frank
Bland, secretary treasurer Wallace
Delinquent sale August /.
Bullion Mining Co.-Levied April To-
10 mills, payable May Is to j. II. Tay
lor treasurer. Wallace. Delinquent
sale June %. Postponed to July n.
Carbonate Mining Co.-Levied April
70. 1 mill, payable June 10 to John a
Rock, secretary. Kellogg. Delinquent
sale July 8.
Carney Copper Co.-Levied May 81
, mills, payable June 80 to c. ID. Mil
Ter, treasurer. Mullan Delinquent
sale July 81.
Equitable Mining Co.-Levied April
20. l mill. payable June q to II. W..
Fintzel. secretary treasurer, 81 Sher-
man avenue. Occur d'Alene. Delinquent
sale July 10.
Echo Mining Co.-Levied February
20. mills. payable April to Mae
Eva. secretary. Wallace. Delinquent
sale May s. Postponed to July s.
Imperial Mining Co.-Levied May 20,
: u mills. payable June 20 to Homer
6. Brown. secretary treasurer Wal
lace delinquent SAFE July ~.
Idaho & Los Angeles Mining & Mill
ing Col 'ay 1, mills. payable
Iune 1 to Alfred J. Dunn. secretary
treasurer. Wallace. Delinquent sale
July l. Postponed to August l.
King of Pine Creek Mining Co.
Levied April %. l mill. payable May 20
% Morton Webster. treasurer, Wallace
sale June II.
North Bunker Hill Mining Co.-Lev-
ed May II, 4 mills, payable June II to
Y. T. Hardy secretary, Kellogg. De
inquent sale July II.
North Star Mining Co.-Levied MAJ
81, 1 mill, payable June 30 to Thos |
Tweed, treasurer, Mullan. Delinquent
sale July 81.
New Hope Mining Co.-Levied April
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CAN'T MAKE RAILROAD
CROSSINGS FOOL PROOF
N. P. WILL GET PERSONAL SER
VICE ON CARELESS AUTO
DRIVERS.

Motorists who take a chance at the
railroad crossings on the Northern
Pacific will receive written notice and
warning from the company.
THE indifference with which the
average person in an automobile re-
CARDS the hazard to life and limb
while approaching and passing over
railroad crossings has resulted in so
much loss of life and in so many per
sons being manned that it is becom-
ing a subject of serious concern for
us as well as national concern for all
the railroads" said Fred M. Metcalfe.
superintendent of the Northern Paci-
fic Safety Department.
For the purpose of ascertaining
what cars are being driven over these
crossings in a careless or thoughtless
manner the Northern Pacific is hav-
ing trained observers check import
ant crossings during the present 60
day period. With a view of cOnserv-
ing life and limb, the owners of such
cars will receive written advice from
us as a result of this check, in which
lANg Will NC bOl0 IL AOOiN NhN
trouble of having their cars under
perfect control when approaching the
crossings, and looking in both direc-
tions before getting on the track
practically all of the 1000 casualties
happening yearly would never occur.
Caught in the Act.
ION the N. p. system there are
about 10000 crossings, over which
rush thousands of automobiles. often
without their drivers looking to see
whether a train is approaching. IL
Illustrative of this lack of care recent
observations showed that at one
street crossing in Missoula, Mont,
and one in Fargo, n. D.. there were
respectively 81 and 265 machines
driven over it in one day between 8
a. m. and 6 p. m. without the least
precaution being taken by the driv-
ers to insure their own safety or the
safety of those who were riding with
them. In some of these S1s cases the
crossing fagman's stop disc, display
ed when trains are closely approach
ing, was totally disregarded and the
machines were saved from being
wrecked and their occupants killed or
injured only by existing circum-
stances and not by any cautionary act
of theirs"
Educating the Public.
Mr.. Metcalfe said the Northern Pa
cifc has made a careful study for
years Of the causes of railroad cross
ing accidents. to prevent which it has
erected conspicuous signs, installed
many electric signals, eliminated
manydangerous crossings by costly
construction, and is constantly striv
ing to educate the public to the fact
thata grade crossing should always
he considered q hazard and can not be
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kane. Wash. sl22O to $500 per an
mum. Receipt of applications to close
June 80. 1922
For further information and apph-
cation blank apply to the secretary,
local board Of civil service examiners
at any first or second class postoflice
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Daily Quotations of Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Which Are the Actual Basis Of Settlement


Of
New The
Quotations
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made fool proof. State authorities
are awakening TO a realization of this
hazard and are cooperating with the
railroads in their educational activi-
ties. said Mr. Metcalfe
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EederaI JOB at MissouIa.

The U. S. Civil Service commission
announces an open competitive exam
nation to fill vacancies in the posi-
ton of warehouse foreman, U. S. for
est service. Missoula, Mont, and Spo-
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INSURANCE DRIVE FOR
VETERANS OFWORLD WAR
THIS is GOVERNMENT INsUR-
ANcE WEEk-RElNSTATE
WAR RISK INSURANCE.
Buddy. Protect YourseIr.r

Buddy, Protect Yourself"
This is the slogan selected for the
government insurance drive among
war veterans of the Pacific northwest
June u to II. inclusive according TO
Bradley 7. Fowlkes, insurance head
of the United States Veterans bureau
who has charge of the campaign.
Every ex-service man of Washington,
Oregon and Idaho will be urged to
reinstate his war risk insurance dur
ing this week.
The quota of veterans insurance
to be renewed by former service men
of Wallace has been set at 100000.
The campaign has the endorsement
of Norman w. Engle, northwest rep
reesntative of the American Legion
and all posts have been urged to CO.
operate actively in the reinstatement
of war insurance totaling S5,OO0,O00
in the district. The Red Cross and
the Disabled Veterans organizations
are also supporting the drive which
the veterans bureau is conducting
for the benefit of the former service
men and women. Women's auXiliar-
les of ex-service organizations have
offered to work for the success of the
drive
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Thousands OF People Are Taking Al
The Trading Public Knows

The Trading Publlc Knows
Anc. when Bolts store sends out an advertis,
store has been crowded with shoppers ever $
Der. Our buyer is off again in the market tn
gize to the crowds that visited our store last !
them. The crowds were much larger
help and you can get waited on now wit
you last week, that we believe it is a goo
wool goods are advancing. You can b,
you buy from us or not, we tell yo,
to try and make November, 1922, the big
We are changing our methods somewhat
the money and before they buy their fall 60
sale, but at that time most people have alrea
peal to them. SO just think what an opportu
es in November. 1t will pay you to come m
ad cut out or mark the items you are interest
and stay all day if necessary. Take your tin
Come to this great sale, and tell your fri