Licking Valley courier., 1922-06-22

CHAPTER II-Corvets letter summons
Conrad, a youth Of unknown parentage'
to Chicago.
CHAPTER ItI.-From = statement Of
Sheriff. 1t seems probable Conrad 10 Cor:
vets illegftimate son. Corvet has decided
his house and It's contents to Allah.
CHAPTER 1v.-Aian takes possession
Of his new home.
CHAPTER V.-That night Alan discov-
ers a man ransacking the desks ana bu-
reau drawers In C6rvets apartments: The
the intruder. who appeafe to think him
ghost and raves OF 'the Miwaka." After
a struggle the man escapes.
CHAPTER vI.--Next day Alan learns
entire property to him. Introduced to
Alan is astounded at the dis
eovery that he 10 the man whom he had
found In his house the night before.
CHAPTER VII.-Alan tells no one Of
his strange encounter. but In q private
Interview taxes Spearman with the fact.
spearn,an laughs at and denss him.
CHAPTER YIu.-cOryet's Indian ssrv-
ant, Wassaquam, tells Alan he believes
his employer 10 dead, He also tells MIN
the legend Of the Indian Drum, which ac-
cording To old superstition beats once Tor
every life lost oh the Great LakeS. Tween
waka had gene down with twenty-five on
board. but the Drum had sounded for
only twenty-fouf. leaving the inference
that one person had been saved, since II
was general belle1 that the drum never
erred. Pursuing u stranger who had
made n disturbance at his house, Alan
Is alugged and rendered unconscious.
CHAPTER Ix.-Conrad recovsrs. and
the affair remains Q mystery.
CHAPTER X.-Alan learns from Was
sauuam that Il was Corvets habit to
keep the sum Of q. 900 In the house, appar-
emily to meet thaEdemands Of q certain
III. huas aS:.nc. .S Ss comes
to the house demanding to see Coryet.
He Is evidently In dying condition, Que
to alcohol and exposure. Conrad tries
without avail 10 get him 70 explain his
connection with Coryet The man dies.
Wassaquam gives Conrad q paper on
which II list OF names.
CHAPTER XI.-From the document Al
an thinks he may hays a clue TO the
disappearance. He leaves Chicago to vis-
Il Lake Michigan ports In search Of the
persons whose names were on the list.
CHAPTER XIL-constance receives
package wrapped In muffler which ahe
recognizes C0rvet was wearing ION the
day he went away. II contains q few
coins, q watch. and woman's wedding
ring. She believes them TO have been the
property Of Corvst, and accepts accepts them ma. a.
Constance 70 marry. him. She consents.
but refuses his demRnd for an immedi-
ute ceremony.
CHAPTER xIIL-lnquiries show tnat
the watch In the package had been the
property Of q Captain Stafford, COM
naflder of the Mwaka, who had gone
down with his ship.
CHATTER XIv.-working on lake
freighter. Alan becomes acquainted with
an elderly man known as Jim Burr,
who seems to be possessed Of mforma-
ton which Alan believes would only be
known TO Corvet
CHAPTER Xv.-Alan secures position
on the freighter OF which Burr" is
wheelsman. He Is satisfied he has found
the man he believes to be his father.
Burr" at the wheel OF the freighter,
apparently In demenua, refuses to obey
orders 70 change the vessels course,
and the ship collldes with derelict.
In almost sinking condition they attempt
to reach port. The loaded freight cars
which the vessel Is carrying break loose.
CHAPTER XVI.-Coryet RECEIVERS his
reason and leads IN the work OF throw
ing the cars overheard. He and Alan
are pinned under the debris. Alan dis
spearman had killed his father. Alan Is
rescued. but II Is impossible to save
CorVet. A priest, passenger on the boat,
Is summoned. and Alan leaves them In
conversation.
CHAPTER XVII.-The news OF the
loss OF the freighter reaches Chicago.
Spearman fearing that Conrad had found
Corvet, seems, to Constancea amaze
ment. actually to rejoice at the sinking
CHAPTER XVIII - Learning that
Spearman had left for the north. Con:
stance fears he has gone not to help but
to hinder the saving Of any who might
succeed In reaching shore, She, follows
him. realizing that she loves Alan.
Henry had stopped In front Of her
half turned her way; his body swayet
and bent to the booming Of the Dfgm
as his swollen lips counted Its sound
ings. She could see him plainly In thu
moonlight, yet she drew nearer to hin
as she followed his count, "Twenty
one" he counted-"Twenty-twow Tit
drum was still going on. "rwenty
four-twenty-f y-fve-twenty-slxW Woul'
he count anotherP
He did not; and her pulses, whlcl
had halted, leaped with relief. IL
moved on again, descending the steel
side OF little ravlne, and she fol
lowed. One of his snowshoes caugh
in q protrudlng root and, instead o
slowing to free II with care, he pulle,
It violently out, and she heard the dry
seasoned wood crack. He looked dowr
swore; siS that the wood was no
broken through and went on; but a
he reached the bottom Of the slope, sh
leaned downward from little helgl
behind him and crashed down upon III
trailing snowshoe just behind the hee
The rendlng snap Of the wood can
beneath her feet. Had she broke
through his shoe or snapped her owr
She sprang back, us he cried out nm
swung I'm an attempt to grasp her; I
! lunged to follow her, and she ran
few steps away and stopped, AT b
next step his foot entangled In Il
mesh of the broken snowshoe, and
stopped. curslng, to strip II off m
hurl It from him; then he tore or Il
one from the other foot, and threw
away, and lurched after her again b.
now he sank above his knees and fou
dered In the snow. She stood for
moment while the half.mad, hal
drunken figure struggled toward h
along the side OF the ravine; then 81
ran to where the tree trunks hid h
from him, lie gained the top of Il
slope and turned in the direction 81
Ind hnna. assured then. apnnrent