Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-07-14
CHAPTER Xxx
Tho Fate Of the Miwaka.


"No, Alan; this Is an Indians house,
house. He and his wife went some
where else when you needed this"
'Ie helped to bring me here, thenT
mo, Alan. They were alone, here
she and Adams wife. When she found
you, they brought you here-more than
mile along the beach. Two women"
Alan choked as he put down the lit
tie porcupine quill box which had
started this line of inquiry. Whatever
questions he had asked Judah or Sher-
rill these last few days had brought
him very quickly back to her. Moved
by some intuitive certainty regarding
Spearman, she had come north; she
had not thought of peril to herself;
she had struggled alone across danger
Gus Ice In storm-a girl brought up rs
she had been! She had found him
Alap-with life almost extinct-upon
the beach; she and the Indian woman,
Wassaquam had just said--had
brought him along the shore. How
had they managed that, he wondered.
His throat closed up. and his eyes
filled as he thought of this.
In the week during which he had
been cared for here, Alan had not seen
| Constance; but there had been a pc
culiar and exciting alteration In Sher-
rills manner toward him, he had felt ;
| II was something more than merely lik-
ing for him that Sheriff. had showed,
4 Shorrfll c.anlnn nf fn him
as Constance, not, as he had called
her always before, Miss Sheriff." or
my daughter" Alan had had dreams
which had seemed impossible of full
| fillment, of defeating his life and all
| that he could make of 1t to her; now
| Sherrllls manner had brought to him
something like awe, as OF something
| quite Incredible.
He turned TO the Indian.
"Has anything more been heard of
Spearman, Judah"
"Only this. Alan; he crossed the
straits the next day upon the ferry
there. In Mackinaw City he bought
liquor at n bar and took It with him;
he asked there about trains into the
northwest. He has gone, leaving all
he had. What else could he do?"
Alan crossed the little cabin and
looked out the window over the snow
covered slope, where the bright sun
was shining. Snow had covered any
tracks that there had been upon the
beach where those who had been in
| the boat with him had been found
dead. He had known that this must
be- he had believed them beyond aid
when he had tried for the shore to
summon help for them and for him.
self. The other boat. which had car
ried survivors OF the wreck, blown
| farther to the south. had been able to
gain the shore Of North Fox island !;
| and as these men had not been so long
exposed before they were brought to
( shelter, four men lived. Sheriff. had
told him their names; they were the
mate, the assistant engineer, IA deck
hand and Father Perron, the priest
who had been passenger but who had
stayed with the crew till the last. Ben
jamln Corvet had persisted In the
wreckage of the cars.
As Alan went back TO his chair, the
Indian watched him and seemed not
displeased.
"You feel good, now, AlanT Wnssa-
guam asked.
almost like myself, Judah"
"That Is right, then. II was thought
you would be like that today. A sled
is coming soon. now"
Were going to leave here, Judah? p
Eyes, Alan
Was he going to see her, then2 FIX
element stirred him, and he turned 10
Wassaquam To ask that; but suddenly
he hesitnted and did not inquire.
WnssaQunm brought the mackinaw
and cap which Alan had worn on Mum
Der % he took from the bed the new
blankets which had been furnished by
Sheriff. They waited until n farmer
appeared driving tenn hitched to q
low. wide-runneTec sled. The India
settled Alan ON the sled. and they
drove OF.
They travelled south along the shore
rounded into Little Traverse bay, anC
the houses of Harbor Point appeare ,
among their pines. The sled proceed
ed across the edge of the bay TO th'
little city even before leaving the BAY
Ice. Alan saw. Constance and her IA
Their; they were walking at the watel
front near the railway station, anC