The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-07-13
Copyright by EDWIN BoImer :
SYNOPSIS

placed In the Chicago busine61 world,
ciuss and : mystery 70 his aSsociates.
Axtsr stormy interview with his part
es a'as sS.sP asa:hsss Gorv: ct oS.r SSs
ousiness partner, Lawrence eherrill. and
escures from her promise not 70 marry
Alan Conrad, In Blue Rapids. Kansas.
nd exhibited strange agitation over The
CHAPTER Il.-Corvsrs letter summons
Conrad. . youth Of unknown parentaSe,
to Chicago.
.cHAPTER nI-Fron . statemsnt Of
lis houss and is contsnts 70 Alan.
CHAPTER Iv.-Aian takes possession
Of his new home.
CHAPTER v.-That night Alan discov-
srs . man ransacking the desks and bu-
reeu drawers y Corvets apartment The
ghost and raves Of THE Miwaka." After
. struggle the man escapes.
CHAPTER vI.-Next day Alan learns
from Sheriff. that Corvet has dee1ed his
6pearman, Alan IL astounded at the dis
covery that he 10 the man whom he had
found In his house the night before
CHAPTER vII-Alan tells no one of
s ,snEs ss.s but with II he fss
spearn,an laughs at and defies him.
CHAPTER vI1I.-corvet's Indian serv-
ant, wassaquam, tells Alan he believes
his employer K dead He also tsiiS him
so Cd the Sss oaes or
y years before. the great frsightsr MI
board, but the Drum hza sounded for
only twsnty-four ieeving the inference.
vas vas ssn.fsi gen belief that me drum never
erred. Pursuing . stranger whe had
made disturbance At his houss: Alan
CHAPTER x:-Alan Learn. from ~ was, >
s:T .:, The ss :s %:s, q &c y e: ssu:s
Il. .s:.ns. .ss q ws1D::s:s soms
+ +. r. .ssss as:ss II ass al
70 alcohol nnd sxpo,gre. Conr,d uaSs
s:Ss ava. nS e E a fS. * 'aDanA nsn As. e..
Which as,f.1% Z : l,:e saf q ns%s.
CHAPTER xI.-From the document A.
an thinks he may have ciue - the
1sssssy Hs is.ys cko.se !. Ne .s
persons whose names were On ths list.
CHAPTER xIr-constanes receives .
package wrapped in : mufler yhich abe
:S9sS's: Ssy r :.ss Sory:s ~
ssgpsssY SrsoY & SSsyi is.ss Ssa e sla.s
Y n,s @e5ssS n, Is - 8 sSnsa mmedi
ate ceremony.
CHAPTER r xI.1!sss,.'tss XII IA ;hS. s..u thu: X.
properly OF . C1pteiR stafford. COM
down with his ship
They landed only = few hundred
yards from the cOttage. After bid
ding good-by to her friends, they went
up to 1t together through the trees.
There was q small sun room, rather
shut on from the rest Of the house. to
which she led him. Leaving him there.
she ran upstairs to get the things.
She halted an instant beside the
door, with the box in her hands, be-
fore she went back to him, thinking
how to prepare him against the Sig
nifcance Of these relics Of his father
She need not prepare him against the
mere fact Of his fathers death: he
had been beginning to believe that al
ready; but these things must have far
more meaning for him than merely
that. She went In and put the box
down upon the card table.
'"The muf1er In the box was your
fathers" she told him. He had 1t on
the day he disappeared. The other
things" her voice chOked q little, "are
the things he must have had In his
pockets. They've been lying In water
and sand
He gazed at her. II understand" i"
he said after an instant. You mean
that they prove his DEATH"
She assented gently, without speak
Ing. Az he approached the box, she
drew back from II and slipped away
into the next room. She walked up
and down there, pressing her hands
together. he must be looking at the
things now. pnrolling the munler.
What would he be feeling as
he saw theml Would he be glad, with
that same gladness which had mingled
with her own sorrow over Uncle
Benny. that his father was gone-gone
from his guilt and his fear and his
disgracef Or would he resent that
death which thus left everything un.
explained to him7 He would be look
ing at the ring. That, at least, must
bring more Joy than grief to him. He
would recognize that 1t must be his
mothers wedding ring; II 1t told him
that his mother must be dead, 1t would
tell him that she had been married. or
had believed that she was married.
Suddenly she heard him calling her.
Miss Sheriff. l" his voice had q sharp
thrill Of excitement.
She hurried toward the sun room.
She could see him through the door
way, bending over the card table with
the things spread out upon its top In
front Of him.