Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-06-24

| talk" into the swollen whisky soaked
hulk Of the man dying now on the
lounge.
For his state that day the man
blamed Benjamin Corvet. Alan, fore
Ing himself to touch the swollen face,
shuddered at thought OF the truth I'M
DERIVING that accusation. Benjamin
Corvets aet-whatever it might be
that this man knew-undoubtedly had
destroyed not only him who paid the
blackmail but hun who received 1t !:
the effect Of that act was still going
on, destroying. hlighting. Its threat OF
shane vas not only against Benjamin
COrvet; II threatened also all whose
names must be connected with Cor
vets This shame Threatened Alan:
II threatened als0 the Sherrills. What
Sheriff. had told Alan and even Cor
vets gifts to him had not been able
TO make Alan feel tnat without ques-
ton Coryet was his father, but now
shame and horror were making him
feel it; in horror ut Corvet's act
whatever II might be--and In shame
at Coyert's cowardice. Alan was think
ing Of Benjamin. C0rvet as his father.
This shame, this horror were his In.
heritance.
He left Luke and went to the win
dow to see II the doctor was coming.
He had called the doctor because In his
first sight Of Luke he had not recog-
nlzed that Luke was beyond the aid
of doctors and because to summon
doctor under such circumstances was
The right thing to do; but he had
thought of the doctor also as a wit
ness to anything Luke might say. But
now-did he want witness? He had |
no thought Of concealing anything for
his own sake or for his fathers; but |
he would, ~ least. want the chance to
determine the circumstances under
which II was to be made public.
He hurried back to Luke. 'What |
s 1t, Luke?' he cried to him. "What
Nn you tell? Listenl Luke-Luke.
$ II about the Miwaka-the Miwaka?
.ukei"
Luke had sunk into stupor; Alan
nook him and shouted In his ear
Without awakening response. AS Alan
and stood hopelessIy look
ng down at him, the telephone bell
ang sharply. Constance SherrilPs
dice came to him; her first words
nade 1t clear that she was at home
nd had just come In.
"The servants tell me some one was
laking a disturbance beside your
ouse a while ago." she said, "and
houting something about Mr.. Corvet.
there something wrong there? Have
on discovered something's"
He shook excitedly while, holding
Is hand over the transmltter lest
IKE should break out again and she
lould hear II. he wondered what he
lould say TO her.
"Please don't ask me just now, Miss
herrill," he managed. 'T'u tell you :
hat can--later." s
His reply, he recognized, only made t
ar more certain that there was some. r
ling the matter but he could not add G
lythlng to IT, He found Luke, when v
; went back to him, still In coma v
e bloodshot veins stood out against II
e CHASTITY grayness of his face, and Il
$ stertOrous breathing sounded II
rough the rooms. II
=,
Constance Sheriff. had come in a o.
W moments before from an after b.
on reception; the servants told her a
once that something was happening lie
Mr.. Corvet's. They had heard HI
outs and had seen man pounding
on the door there. but they had not a.
ken 1t upon themselves to 60 over
ere. She had told the chauffeur to II
lit with the motor and had run ut
ce to the telephone and called Alan: hi
, attempt to put her off made her er
rtain That what had happened was ke
I finished but was still going on.