The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

DO You Know At All What These Arc,
Judah7" He Asked.
them, and take them out and put them
back. That is all I know"
DO you know any OF these peo-
He gave the lists to Wassaquam,
who studied them through attentlvely,
holding them to the lamp.
'No. Alan"
Have you ever heard Of any Of
their names beforeT"
"That may be. do not know. They
are common names"
do you know the places?"
"Yes-the places. They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes.
have been in most OF them, Alan. EN-.
met county, Alan. came from there.
Henry comes from there, too"
Then that Is where they hear the
Drum?"
"Yes, Alan"
"My father took newspapers from
those places, did he not2"
Wassaquam looked over the ad.
dresses again. Eyes; from all. He
took them for the shipping news, he
said. And sometimes he cut pieces
out Of them-these pieces, l see now |;
and afterward I burned the papers;
he would not let me only throw them
away"
'"That's all you know about them,
JudahT'
"Yes, Alan; that is ALL"
Alan dismissed the Indian, who,
stolidly methodical in the midst of
these events, went downstairs and
commenced to prepare q dinner which
Alan knew he could not eat. Alan got
up and moved about the rooms; he
went back and looked over the lists
and clippings once more; then he
moved about again. How strange q
picture Of his father did these things
call up to him! When he had thought
Of Benjamin Corvet before, 1t had been
as Sheriff. had described him, pur-
sued by some thought he could not
conquer, seeking relief In study, in cor
respondence with scientific societies,
In anything which could engross him
and shut out memory. But now he
must think Of him, not merely as one
trying to forget; what had thwarted
Corvet's life was not only In the past ::
1t was something still going on. It had
amazed Sheriff. to learn that Corvet
for twenty years, had kept trace of
Alan; but COrvet had kept trace III the
same way and with the same secrecy
of many other people--of about a
score CT people. When Alan thought
Of Corvet, alone In his silent house
he m"st think Of him as solicitous
ABOUT these peoples az seeking for
their names In the newspapers which
he took for that purpose, ana as re-
cording. the changes In their lives. The
deaths, the births, the marriages
among these people had been Of the
intensest interest to Corvet.
1t was possible that none Of these
people knew about Corvet; Alan had
not known about him In Kansas. but
had known only that some unknown
person had sent money for his support.
But he appreciated that 1t did not
matter whether they knew about him
or not; for at some point common to
all of them, the lives of these people
must have touched Coryet's life. When
Alan knew what had been that point
Of contact, he would know about Cor
vet; he would know about himself.
Alan had seen among Corvets
books q set Of charts Of the Great
Lakes. He went and got that now and
an atlas. Opening them upon the ta-
BILE, he looked up the addresses given
on Corvet's list. They were most Of
them. he found, towns about the north
ern end of the lake a very few upon
other lakes-Superior and Huron
but most were upon or very close to
Lake Michigan. These people lived by
means Of the lake; they got their sus-
tenance from 1t, as Corvet had lived,
| and as Coryet had got his wealth. Alan
| was feeling like one who, bound, has
| been suddenly unloOsed. From the time
| when, coming to see Corvet, he had
found Corvet gone. until now, he had
felt the impossibility Of explaining
from anything he knew or seemed like
ly to learn the mystery which had sur
| rounded himself and which had sur
rounded Corvet. But these names and
addresses They indeed offered some
] thing to 60 upon, though Luke now
| was forever still, and his pockets had
told Alan nothing.
He found Enmet county on the map
and put HIS finger On II Bpearman,
4 WassaQuam. had raid, cane fron1
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