The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-25
CHAPTER XIII.
Copyright by Edwin BoIrner y


The Owner Of the Watch.
$50 they got word to you'll" Con-
stance exclaimed; she seemed still
confused. "Oh, no--of course they
couldn't have done thatl They've
hardly got my letter yet"
"Your letter." Alan asked.
II wrote to Blue Rapids" she sx-
planned. Some things eame-they
were seht to me. Some things Of
Uncle Benpy's which were meant for
you instead Of me-"
"You mean you've heard from
himT"
"No-not that"
"What things Miss Sherrlllr'
"A watch of his and some coins and
IA ring" She did not explain the
significance OF those things, and he
could not tell from her mere enumera-
ton OF them and without seeing them
that they furnished proof that his
father was dead. She could not in
form him Of that. she felt, just here
and now.
"Tll tell you about that later. You
you were coming to Harbor Point to
see usr
He colored. "I'm afraid not. got
as near as this to you because there
is man--an Indlan-I have to see"
IAN Inrilan! What Is his name?
You see, know quite a lot OF them"
40 Papo."
She shook her head. "No; 1 don't
know him."
She found n spot where the moss
was covered with dry pine needles and
sat down upon the ground.
"Sit down." she invited; 81 want
you to tell me what you have been do
ing"
"I've been on the boats" He
dropped down upon the moss beside
Ter. Until yesterday 1 was not
Very highly honored member Of the
crew Of the package freighter Oscoda
left her at Frankfort and came up
here"
'Is WassaqrAm with you?"
"He wasn't Oh the Oscoda; bat he
was with me ut first. Now, I believe,
he has gone back to his own people
to Middle village"
"You mean you've been looking for
Mr.. Corvet In that way2"
"NOt exactly that" He hcsitated;
but he could see no reason for not tell
ing what he had been doing. He had
not so nMcn hidden from her ard her
father what he had found I'm Benja.
min Corvets house; rather, he had re.
Trained from mentioning II in his notes
to them when he left Chicago because
he had thought that the lists would
lead to an immediate explanation;
they had not led to that, but only to
a suggestion, indefinite yet. He had
known that. " his search finally de.
veloped nothing more than II had. he
must e. .ast consult Sheriff. and get
sherriiys aid.
NV. f.nnd SOM" 'rrNrv. Miss Sher.
rill," he said, ain the house on AStor
street that night after Luke calae."
What writingY-
He took the lists from his pocket
and showed them to her. She scpa.
rated and looked through the sheets
and read the names written I'm the
same hand that had written the direc-'
tions upon the slip Of paper that came
to her four days before, with the
things from Uncle Benny's pockets.
MY father had kept these very Sc
cretly." he explained. "He had them
hidden. Wassaquam knew where they
were. and that night after Luke was
dead and you had gone home, he gave
them to me-"
AFTER ! had gone home? Henry
went back to see you that night he
had said he was going back, and after
ward / asked him, and he told me he
had seen you again. Did you show
him theseY'
"He saw them-yes."
'He was there when Wassaquam
showed you where they wereY'
"Yes."
A little line deepened between her
brows. and she sat thoughtful.
$50 you have been going about see
Ing these people," she said. "What
have you found out?
Nothing definite at all. None OF
them knew my father; they were only