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should be the guest, the friend Of such
people as the Sherrills? No one as
yet, since Sheriff. had told him he was
Corvet's son. had called him by name;
when they did, what would they call
him? Alan Conrad still? Or Alan
Corvet?
He noticed, up street TO the west,
the lighted sign OF drug store aud
turned up that way; he had promised.
h? had recolleCtcd now, to write to
those in kansas-he could not
call them father" and ''mother' any
mOre-und tell them what he had dis
covered Us soon aS lie arrived. lie
could not tell them that, but he could
write them at least that he had ar
rived safely and was well. He bought
postcard in the drug store, and wrote
just, Arrived safely; am Well 10
John Welton In Kansas. There was
little vending machine upon the coun-
ter. and he dropped in penny and got
a box of matches and put them in his
pocket.
lie mailed the card and turned back
to Astur street; and he walked more
swiftly now. having come 10 his deci-
sion, and only shot one quick look up
at the mousse as he approached it. with
what had his father shut himself up
within that house for twenty years?
And was it there still? And was it
from that that Benjamin Corvet had
led? He saw no one in the street,
and was certain no one was observing
him as, taking the key from his pocket,
he ran up the steps and unlocked the
outer door. Holding this door open
to get the light from the street lamp.
he fitted the key into the inner door;
then he closed the outer door. For full
ly minute, with fast-benting heart
and sense of expectation OF he knew
not what, he kept his hand upon the
key before he turned it; then he
opened the door and stepped into the
dark and silent house
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and read the short, dry biography of
his father printed on the page oppo-
site the portrait. 1t summarized In
a few hundred words his fathers life.
Alan shut the book and sat thought
full. The tall clock in the hall struck
nine. He got up and went out into
the hall and asked for his hat and
coat Whes they had been brought
him, he put them on and went out.
He went down the steps and to the
corner and turned west to Astor street
When he reached the house of his ia
ther he stopped under a street lamp,
looking up at the big, stern old man
zion questioHingly.
He could not call ND any sense that
the house was his. any raore than he
had been able to when Sheriff. had
told him of it. He own house on
that street, Yet was that In itself
sny more romsrksble than that he
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ypt too. was MOI a large man, 3lnns
own hand was of good size and pow
erful. but when he put his fingers over
the marks the other man had made, ne
found that the other hand must nave
been larger and more powerful thah
his own. Had II been Corvet's serv-
ant? 1t might have been. though the
marks seemed too fresh for that; Tor
the servant. Sheriff. had said, had left
the day Corvet's disappearance was
discovered.
This proof that some one had been
prying about in the house before him
self and since Corvet had gone. star
tied Alan and angered him. Who had
been searching In benjamin CorV"t :
lin Alan's house? He pushed the
drawers shut hastily and hurried
rcross the hall to the room opposite.
In this room-plainly Benjamin Cor
vets bedroom-were no signs OF IN
trrIslon. He went TO the door of the
room connecting with II. turned on
the light. and looked in II was
smaller room than the others ana
contained roll-top desk and chbi-
net. The cover OF the desk was closed,
anu the drawers of the cabinet were
shut and apparently undisturhed. lie
tried the cover of the desk, but II ap-
pearcd to be locked; after lookinA
around vninly for key. he tried
again. exerting little more force,
and this time the top went up easily.
tearing away the metal plate into
which the claws of the lock clasped
and the two long screws which had
held it, lie examined the lock. sur
priSed. and saw that the screws must
have been merely set into the holes :;
scars showed where chisel or some
metal implement had been thrust In
The Dolores star., 1922-06-23
CHAPTER v
An Encounter.

Alan, standing in the darkness of
the hall, felt in his pocket for his
matches and struck one on the box.
The light showed the hall in front of
him, reaching back into some vague.
distant darkness, and great rooms with
wide portiered doOrways gaping on
both sides. He turned into the room
upon his right. glanced to see that the
shades were drawn on the windows
toward the street. then found the
switch and turned on the electric light
Alan had the feeling which so often
comes to one in an unfamiliar and
vacant house that there was some one
in tie house with him. He listened
and seemed to hear another sound in
the upper hall. "A footstep. He went
out quickly to the loot of the stairs
and looked up them.
as any one here?" he called as
any one here?"
His voice brought no response. He
went half way up the curve of the wide
stairway and called again. and lis
tened then he fought down the feeling
he had had; Sheriff. had said there
would be no one in the house, and
Alan was certain there was no one
So he went back to the room where
he had left the light.
The center Of this room, like the
room next to ii, was occupied by "A
library table-desk. He pulled open
some drawers in it; one or two had
blueprints and technical drawings in
them; the others had only the miscel-
lany which accunulates In a room
much used. There were drawers also
under the bookcases all around the
room; they appeared. when Allan
opened some Of them, to contain pam
phlets of various societies. and the
scientific correspondence of which
Sheriff. had told him. Alan felt that
seeing these things was bringing his
father closer to him; they gave him q
little of the feeling he had been unable
10 get when he looked at his fathers
picture. He could realize better now
he lonely, restless man. pursued by
some ghost he could not kill. taking
up for distraction one subject of study
after another, exhausting each in turn
until he could no longer make 1t en-
gross him, and then absorbing him
self in the next.
On the top of chest of high draw
ers in corner near the dressing
table were some papers. Alan went
over to look at them; they were invi-
tations, notices Of concerts and Of
plays twenty years old-the mail,
probably. of the morning when Coryrt's
wife had gone away, left where her
maid or she herself had laid them
and only picked up and put back there
ut the times since when the room was
busted. AS Alan touched them. he
saw that his fingers left marks In the
dust on the smooth top of the chest !;
he noticed that some one else had
touched the things and made marks
OF the same sort as he had made. The
freshness Of these other marks star.
tied him: they had been made within
day or so. They could not have
been made by Sheriff., for Alan had
noticed that Sherrilrs hands were
slender and delicately formed; Cor
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FLESH! FlESH!"

Wealthy and highly
placed in the Chicago business
world. Benjamin Corvet Is some
thing OF a reCluse and mystery
to his associates. After a stormy
interview with his partner, Henry
Spearman. Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff.. daughter of his other
business partner. Lawrence Sher-
rill. ana secures from her prom
Use not to marry Spsarman- He
then disappears Snerrlll learns
Coryet has written to a certain
Alan Conrad. in Blue Rapids. Kan
sns. and exhibited strange asita-
ton over the matter. Corvet's let
ter summons Conrad, a youth Of
unknown Parentage, to Chicago.
Alan arrives in Chicago. From
statement of Sheriff. ii seems prob
able Conrad is Corbets Legitimate
son. Corvet has decided his house
and its contents to Alan.
The Dolores star., 1922-06-23

A post card will do. Just send Us
your name and address and say "Id
like to try Edgeworth, and we'll send
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under the top to force 1t up. The
pigeOnholes and little drawers in the
upper part of the desk, us he swiftly
opened them, he found entirely empty.
He hurried TO the cabinet: the draw
ers of the cabinet too had been forced,
and very recently; for the scars and
the Splinters Of wood were clean and
fresh. These drawers and the draw
ers in the lower part of the desk
either were empty, or the papers in
them had been disarranged and tum-
hled in confusion, as though some one
had examined them hastily and tossed
them back. To Alan. the marks of
violence and roughness were unmis-
takably the work of the man with the
big hands who had left marks upon
the top OF the chest of drawers: and
the feeling that he had been in the
house very recently was stronger than
ever.
Alan ran out into the hall and lis
tened he heard no sound hut he went
back to the little room more excited
than before. For what had the other
man been searching? For the same
things which Alan was looking for?
And had the other man got them?
Who might the other be, and what
might he his connection with Benia-
min Corvet? Alan had no doubt that
everything Of Importance must have
been taken away, but he would make
sure of that. He took some of the pa
pers from the drawers and began to
examine them; after nearly an hour
of this, he had found only one article
which appeared connected in any way
with what Sheriff. had told him or
with Alan himself. In one of the little
drawers of the desk he found several
books, much worn rs though from
being carried in pocket, and one Of
these contained series of entries
stretching over several years. These
listed an unt-S15O-opposite a Sc
ries Of dates with only the year and
the month given, and there was an
entry for every second month.
Alan felt his fingers trembling as he
turned the pages of the little book
and found at the end of the list a
blank, and below, in the same hand
but In writing which had changed
slightly With the passage of years, an
other date and the confirming entry OF
$1,000. Alan looked through the little
book again and put it in his pocket
1t was. beyond doubt. his fathers
memorandum Of the sums sent to Blue
Rapids for Alan; 1t told him that here
he had been in his fathers thoughts.
He grew warm at the thought as lie
began putting the other things back
into the drawers
He started and Strengthened sudden.
~; then he listened attentively. and
his skin. warm an instant before.
turned cold and prickled. Somewhere
within the house. Enthusiastically on the
fioor below him. door had slammed
Some one-it was beyond question
now, for the realization was quite dif-
ferenr from the feeling he had had
about that before-was In the house
with him. Was It his father
The Dolores star., 1922-06-23
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1t is within the powers Of ,ho
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For this was the man whom
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for granted than be put to the trouhls
OF looking N the dictionary.
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1t won't dawn on him at first, per.
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cans he will notice other Edgeworth
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He will find comradeship that he
shares with them-not easy to explain
or understand, but real and lasting.
Suddenly he knows he belon0s-that
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Edgeworth smokers are generally
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-16
DOES II CATCH YOU
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that the Kidneys are not working properly
po,sunoIs matLnr and uric add Accuihu'
latu within lho badly Ia great abundance,
nyuTroIatng tho nlob hldnryn- fofhais y""
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-02-16
BETTER THAN
Whisky FOR
BAD COLDS

New Elixir, Called hHplron
al, Mcdicatod With hatoHN
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by Euro
pean al American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short I
Cold or a Cough Due to a
Cold and Prevent Comph
cations.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
FRANK MAYO AT
PALACE TOMORROW

Frank Mayo, the vigorous star OF
THE Brute Breaker" and other big
Universal features. viii be the princi
pal attraction at the Palace Theater
on Thursday in his newest fast action
drama, THE Magnificent Brute"
Presented against an awe-inspirine
scenic background of the mighty Yo
semitic. the story deals with Victor
Raoul, a fur trapper Of the Canadian
North. who visits the haunts of civ
ilizatiOn but once a year. He falls
in love with the daughter of his
pardner, Yvonne, a Partisan bred girl
who is strangely out of place in the
wilderness and who toys with the big
fellow for shccr amusement. How
he is accused of murder and escapes
in the trackless forest, later to be
saved by the girl. is just one of the
incidents which leads to the whirl
wind climax
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM"
AT COLISEUM TONIGHT

Julia Swayne Gordon, who scored
trimTh as the woman conspirltol
in "Heliotrope." has a striking par
that CT Nine Watt, Who Stays her
husband, in THE Passionate Pill
GRIM" al the Coliseum for the las;
time tonight.
The personnel of The Passionate
Pilgrim is remarkably strong, in
Guiding number of players famous
in the screen world. 1t is wonder
full cast of featured players. even
The smallest parts being filled by ac.
tors and actresses OF established
reputation on the screen.
Miss Gordon has had long and
successful career in stock, vaudeville
and productions, together with her
picture drama successes.
In "The Passionate Pilgrim" she
plays a pant requiring great dramatic
power. The leading roles are por
trayed by Matt Moore and Ruby de
Remer.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
EX-sERVlCE MAN SUFFERS
FROM DERANGED MIND; IS
TAKEN SOUTH ON EVANS

Erwin Johnson, ex-service man, Is
eng taken Outside from Anchorage
on the steamship Admiral Evans by
j. C. Hepfinger, Deputy u. s. Mar
shal on the railroad, suffering from
mental disorder Johnson's mind be-
t,ume deranged after being shell
shocked twice and gassed while
Fighting with the American army in
France. He became violently insane
about a week ago when his wife
died. He is being cared for by the
u. S. War Veterans Bureau.
Johnsons brother was drowned
when the ship ON which the two were
crossing to Europe during the war
was torpedoed. His particular hallu-
canation at the present time is that
his brother is drowning and he must
save him. Careful watch is necessary
to keep him from jumping overheard,
II was said.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
III PLANTS TO
PUT UP SALMON
DURING SEASON
Forty Per Cent More Can
neries Operate This Year
than Did Last Year.

A total OF 1T salmon cannerieS
will operate in Alaska this season,
according to information reaching
here Out OF this number 80 are To-
called in the Western districts, 35 in
Central Alaska and 50 in Southeast
ern Alaska
This shows a decided increase over
the operations in 1921 when only "a
plants were in operation. The heav-
lest increase is noticeable in South
eastern Alaska. where last year only
80 canneries operated. Slight in
creases are also shown for the other
sections
The list of canneries putting up
packs in this section of the Territory
as compiled by the Pacific Fisher
man follows:
A. & P. Products Company, Hidden
Inlet, Hecata Island and Cape Ed
wards; Alaska Consolidated Gamer
les Company, Chomly, Yes Bay, Rose
Inlet, Quadra, Tee Harbor and Tena-
lec; Alaska Fish Company, Water
Z
Wrangell and Loning Alaska SAM.
tary Packing Company, Wrangell; AL
aska Union Fisheries. Inc, ketchi-
kan; Annette Island Packing Com
pany Annette Island; AUX Bay Sal
mon Canning Company, AUX Bay;
Blrancf Packing Company, Red Bluff
Bay; e. c. Barnes Co, Lake Bay !;
/ Bee2le Packing Company, Ketchikan !;
Burnett Inlet Packing Company, Bur
rett Inlet. Deep Sea Salmon Com.
/ pany. Port lAlthorp; Fidalgo Island
Packing Company. Ketchikan; George
Inlet Packing Company, George In
! let: Haines Packing Company.
| Hainds; D. r. Harris & Co., Hawk In.
let; Hetta Packing Company, Noun
tain Point Hidden Inlet Packing
Company, Hood Bay; Hoonah Packing
Company. Hoonah; G. w. Hume Com
Yany, Scow Bay; Libby, Mcneil &
I Libby. Yakutat and Taku; Mountain
/ Point Packing Company, Wrangell
( Narrows; Mt. Baker Packing Com
pany floating), Red Bluff Bay;
/ George T. Myers Co, Sitkoh Bay;
North Pacific Trading & Packing
! Company, klawock; Northwestern
! Fisheries Company Kasaan; j. r
| Peratoyich, Bayview; Petersburg
Packing Corporation, Petersburg
Pure Food Fish Company, Ketchikan;
Pyramid Packing Company. Sitka
/ Red Salmon Packers Association
(floating); J. r. Roop Co. Tenakee
Sanborn Cutting Company, Kake
! Seacoast Packing Company, Craig
Sitka Packing Company, Sitka
Steamboat Bay Packing Company
Noyes Island; Starr-Collinson Pack
] ing Company, MORA Sound; Stuart
Packing Company (floating). Ketchi
kan; Sunny Point Packing Company
Ketchikan; Thlinget Packing Cor
porahion, Funter; Wards Cove Pack
ing Company, Wards Cove; Wilson
Fisheries Company, Port Walter and
Ketchikan.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
BEBE DANIELS AT
COLISEUM TOMORROW

In medieval times there existed a
church custom called Sanctuary.
This obligated monks of certain mon
asteries to protect any and all who
escaping their pursuers, grasped and
held on to a certain ring fastened to
the outer door of church or monas
tary.
Down through the ages we find
this reliance upon the church in
times of need So much so that when
4 harrassed girl crook is close-press
ed by the police, she seeks refuge
n a Bishops carriage. From then
on occur series of humorous and
dramatic incidents which make a per
feet entertainm emit. For "She Couldn't
Help 1t" is none ether than the ia.
nous story, IN the Bishops Car
ri2ge." Bobe Daniels is the star
The production will appear at the
Coliseum Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday matinee.
Emory Johnson. tall and cookbook
ing, comes to the Daniels company
direct from two productions with
Betty Compson Others in the cast
include Milla Davenport, Helen Ray
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-05-17
WORKING WOMEN
ATTEND COLLEGE
Women Industrial Workers
Will Again Study at Bryn
Mawr This Summer.

PHILADELPHIA. May 17.-Women
who work with their hands for their
living will again be students at Bryn
Mawr College this summer at the
second term for women in in
dustry." The classrooms. filled dur
ing the regular term with daugh-
ters of wealthy American families,
women who work in factories, laun-
dry workers, glove makers, telephone
operators and Representatives of a
score of industries.
Admission to the summer school,
instituted last year, is limited to
women and girls who work with the
tools of their trade The school
last year had an enrolment of 80
and for the term this summer, from
June II to August 10, applications
CT 100 candidates were accepted.
An international aspect will at
tach to the school this year in that
II countries are represented.
Applicants were selected by dis
tricts ard these were passed upon by
a central admissions committee. The
district committees after examining
hundreds of applicants, submitted
the names of 143 candidates. The
central committee accepted 81 OF
these. In an additional classified
ton known as the leaders group,
10 were selected by the central com
mittee
Garment and textile workers have
the largest representation in the list
of accepted candidates. There are
10 garment workers and - textile
workers. Other trades represented
are
Telephone workers, 7; electrical
workers, 6; tobacco and cigarettes,
6; printing. ); shoes, ); millinery,
g; advertising spccialties, 3; gloves,
.; manufactures of typewriters, 2;
watches. 2; laundry, 2; neckwear,
corsets, metals. candy. kodaks, auto
mobiles. paper boxes, blcachery
chemicals and soap, one each.
America leads in the representa-
ton by countries with g. The other
countries represented are: Russia
9; England, 2; Hungary, 2; Poland
Germany, Holland. Austria, Lithuania
Roumania and Sweden. each one.
Tho studer-s will come from eight
Of the larger cities of the United
States. New York leads with 30 and
Philadelphia has II. Others in or
Ter are Boston 10, Chicago 10, Wash
ington 10, Cleveland 7, ST. Louis 8
San Francisco 2. Five moro come
from towns in the northwest section
of the cOurdrY