The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-03
II Continued from last issue)

One OF the Office girls entered, bring
ing a white page Of paper with three
OF Your lines of purple typeWriting up
on II which Constance recognized must
be. a transcript Of Ia message just re-
ceiyed. + {, .,r-,sti VI -, (, +. 4
4: She started: forward at sight of 1t,
forgetting everything else; ;but he took
the paper as though he. did not know.
she was there. He merely held it I'M
til the girl had gone out; even then
he. stood folding and unfolding it, and
his eyes did not drop to the sheet.
The girl had said nothing at all but,
having seen !. her, Constance was
athrill; the girl had not been a bearer
OF bad news, that was sure; she
brought some sort of good news! Con,
stance, certain. Of it, moved nearer to
Henry to read what he held. He looked
down and. read. !. a1. Il
what is IT., Henry" tsg.,S t,3:ys,- Z
| His muscular reaction, as he read,
| had drawn the sheet away from her;
he recovered himself almost instantly
and gave the paper to her. =. -. 4 r.
:35 a. M; Manitowoc, Wis.," she
read. 1.-THE schooner Anna s. SOlwerk
has been sighted making for this port.
She Is not close enough for communi-
cation, but two slifeboats, additional to
her own, can be plainly made out. 1t
is believed that she must have picked
up survivors, OF, No. 25. She carries
{e,tc 70
Tugs are going to her" ~. S .g=s51 =.
Il Two lifeboats!!" Constance cried.
That could mean that they all are
saved or. nearly all; doesn't it, Hen
doesn't it2' ys4a K r. -. :. l 4
| Il He: had read some other significance
in It, she stheuglIs, or, from his greater
! understanding Of conditions in the
storm, he had been able to hold no.
hope. from. what. had been reported:
That was the only way she could ex-11
plain to heFfaseif III sshesrepli to@her;;
That The word fneaht to him that men
!, were saved and that therefore it
dismaying to him, could not come to
lsher rat ) onc6E hen it. came now, It
welt over her INST only. in the fash
] ofe1ncredMous aSestion. ~ II
! Mhe telephone byzzer under his desk
sounded = she drew close as he took
up his receiver, =. 81: .t$s- Il a
"ManitowoeY he said. II want to
know what you've heard from the Sol
werk. f.. r.. You hear me? :.
The men the Solwerk picked up. You
have the names yet?"@t.r >.' ~
'.The Benton?" a:,.... 1922
! ;" ~ ,,Eet- H. II, ~ 80. ?.
"oh, I understand Allesfrom the
Benton. Iissee.!' No; never
mind their names. How about Number
%? Nothing more heard from theln!"
/ Constance had caught his shoulder
! willie he was speaking and now chung
to it. Release-releas Of strain was
going through him! she could feel It,
and she heard Il in his tones and saw
1t in his eyes,; sSs ~ ~ =: +. Z
1.-THE steamer Number rs rammed
proved ito have been the Benton" he
told her. |"The 5lnen are all from her.
They had abandoned her in the small
{. boats. and the Solwerk picked them
UP before the ferry found her." +"
He was not asking her to congratu-
late him upon. the relief he felt; he
HAD not sd far forgotten himself as
THAT, BUTT was plain to her that ne
was congratulating himself; 1t had
been fear that he was feeling before
fear, she was beginning to understand,
T that those on the ferry had been saved.
T. Horror and amazement flowed in up
on her with her realization of this IN
the man She had promised to marry.
For an instant she stared at him, all
: her body tense !; then, as she turned
and went out, she followed her, calling
her. name. I, But, seeing the seamen In
tie larger office, he stopped, and she
understood he was not willing to urge
himself upon her In their presence.
il"rm5w.;l!ng to 80 home now, mother,
II you wish" she said steadily.
When they had gone down to the
street and we're in the car, Constance
LEANED back, closing her eyes; she
feared her mother might wish to talk
with herr ySss - ..eszs :, i !.
Toward three O'clock, the Office
called l,er, but onlyito report that they
. had heard from Mr.. Sheriff. He Fhad
: wired that he was going on fromrAl Nan
fistique and would cross the Straits non
st. lsnace messages from HIM were IL
be addressed to Petoskey. There wa:
! no other report except that tvesse4s
were still continuing the search Sf9f'
survivors, because the Indian DRUM
which had been beating, was beatina
"short," causing the superstitious t
be certain that, though some of tn
men from Number IS were lost, som
yet survived.
Constance thrilled as she hear
that. She did not believe in the Drum
at least she had never thought sh
had really believed in it.; she had onl
stirred to the idea Of it's being true
But IL the Drum was beating, she wa
glad It was beating short. It wa
serving, at least, to keep the lake me
more alert.
A little later. rs Constance stood a
the window, sazing out Mt the sno,