The daily Alaskan., 1922-07-27
CHAPTER XVII
Wr sps7rman Goes North.

Mr. spsarman Goes North.
 The message, in blurred lettering and mon the aImsy tissue paper of car bon copy-that message which had h,,ught tension to the offices of Cor ,rt. Sherrlu and Spearmun and had .gTed Constance Sherrill and her mother downtown where further infor- nation could be more quickly ob falncd-wus handed to Constance by 6 clrr as soon as she entered her fa- rler- nfFlce. She reread It; it already had been repeated 10 her over the tele- phone.
 "4 :O5 a. m. Frankfort Wireless sta ton has received following message from Number 25: We have Benjamin CUryct, of Chicago, abourd'"
 "Youye received nothing later than thiS?" she asked.
 Nothing regarding Mr. Coryet, Miss Sherrll," the clerk replied.
 "The crcwG'
 "Yps; We have just got the names Of the crew" He took another copied sheet from among the pages and hand ed iJ tu her. and she looked swiftly down the list of names until she found that of Alan Conrad
 Her eyes filled. bliudlng her as she put the paper down and began to take of her things. She had been cIingiug derrrmlnrdly in her thought to the belief that Alan might not have been aboard the ferry. A,nus message. which had sent her father north 10 meet tAe ship. had implied plainly that some one whom Alan believed might hc Uncle Bo.uy wus uu Number %: she had bycu 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 our. looking through the papers which up had Jeff with her What she WAS reading was the carbon nt- the report prrparsd that woruiug and sent at his ruoms. to Henry, who was not yet down.
 The last message read: "&:iO, Pc tcskey Is calling Mauitowoc. signals from Number %. after becomlng tn- distinct failed entirely ahou: 5:+5, probably by failure of ships power to supply current. Operator appears To have remained at Key Frum 5 20 to 5:43 We received disconnected mes sagcs. us follows: Have cleared am other ear they are sticking to lt down there eng.ne-room crew is also sticking hell on car deck everything smashed they won't give up .. sinking now we're going
 good-by stuck to end an they could know that hand 1t Go them .. have cleared another car sink s. O. Signals then en- tlreIy ceased"
 Constance had not realized, until the reports of the wireless messages told her rhar he was gone. what compau- iuuShip with Alln had come to mean 10 her. She had accepted it as al- ways Co be existent, somrhow-n com nanionship which might he interrupted often but always to he formed again. It amazed her To find how firm a place he had round lr her world of those close 10 her with whom she must al- ways he intimately concerned.
 The telephone switchboard beside Constance suddenly buzzed, and The ,rcrator, plugging in a connection, ,aid: "Yes. sir; at once" and through the partitions of the private office on the other side, mans heavy tones came to Constance. Tint was Henry's office. and In tImbre. the voice was hls but 1t was SO strange. in other chorac- terls'ics of expression that she waited an instant before saying to the clerk,
 "AIr. SDearm0n has come ln?"
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