Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-05-19

Decon,r very low. now ceased Sh,
was speaking to Alan of his fathers
father whom he had never known, ant
whom he could not have recognized b
sight until she showed him the picture
a few weeks before; but she wa,
| speaking Of his father.
MIR. Sheriff. didn't feel that it wa.
necessary for him to do anything, ever
| though he thought that?"
IF Mr.. Coryet was dead, we could
do him no good. surely, by telling this
10 the police; If the police succeeded
in finding out all the facts, we would
be doing only what Uncle Benny did
not wish-what he preferred death to
We could not tell the police about II
without telling them all about Mr.. Cor.
vet, too. So father would not lot him.
self believe that you had been attacked
TO be killed. He had to believe the
police theory was sufficient"
Alan made no comment at once.
"Wassaquam believes Mr.. Corret is
dead" he said finally. HE told me 50.
Does your father believe that?7
Il think he is beginning to believe
it,"
I've not told any one" he said, now
watching her, how / happened to be
out of the house that night. / followed
man who came there to the house.
Wassaquam did not know his name.
He did not know Mr.. Corvet was gone I;
for he came there to see Mr.. Corvet.
He was not an ordinary friend of Mr..
Corvet's; but he had come there often.
Wassaquam did not know why. Was
saquam had sent the man away, and
| ran out after him; but l could not
find him."
He stopped an instant, studying her.
That was not the first man who came
to the house." he went on quickly, as
she was about TO speak. 81 found a
man in Mr.. COrvet's- house the first
night that l spent there. Wassaquam
was away, you remember. and l was
alone in the house."
"a man there in the house?" she re-
peated.
He was going through Mr. Corvet's
the silver and all that, but
through his desks and files and cases.
He was looking for something-some-
thing which he seemed to want very
much; when interfered it greatly ex-
cited him. 1 frightened him. He
thought l was a ghost"
"A ghost. Whose ghostT'
He shrugged. Il don't know; some
one whom he seemed to have known
pretty well-and whom Mr.. Corvet
knew, he thought"
why didn't you tell us this before?"
at least-I am telling you now,
Miss Sheriff.. l frightened him, and
he got away. But had seen him
plainly. can describe him.
You've talked with yolr father of the
possibility that something might hap
PEN to me such as, perhaps, happened
10 Mr.. Corvet. If anything does hap
pen to me, description of the man
may t.. prove useful"
Then clearly and definitely as he
could, he described Spearman to her.
She did not recognize ,the description;
le had known she would not. Had not
spearman been in Duluth? Beyond !
hat, was not connection of Spearman
With the prowler in Corvets house the
ne connection of all most difficult for |
er to make?
They were silent as they went on TO |
1ard her home. He had said all he !
ould. or dared to say; to tell her that |
he man had been Spearman would not |
lerely have awakened her increduli- |
=; it would have destroyed credence
tterly. A definite change in their re-
ltion TO one another had taken place
uring their walk. The fullness, the
of the sympathy there had
cen between them almost from their
rst meeting, had gone; she was
ute aware, he saw, that he had not
anl1ly answered her questions; she
as aware that in some way he had
AVN back from her and shut her